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Mary Halvorson & Sylvie Courvoisier: Bone Bells And The Art Of Surprise
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These two players come from different worlds: Sylvie from European classical traditions and Mary from experimental jazz guitar circles. But when they join forces, something magical happens. Their music shifts from delicate to eruptive, structured to spontaneous, with a shared musical language they've built over nearly a decade.
The record Bone Bells (Pyroclastic, 2025) takes its name from a line in Hernan Diaz's Pulitzer-winning novel Trust. It carries that same haunting, enigmatic quality through eight compositions that blend composition and improvisation in ways only these two can pull off.
Our conversation veered from structure to improvisation and led us to interesting places, a fitting companion to the new album.
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