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Mary Halvorson/Jessica Pavone Duo
The group has performed regularly in New York City since 2002 at venues such as Roulette, Tonic, Barbes and The Stone. They have also appeared at several music festivals, including the Wels Unlimited Festival (Austria), The Other Half New, the Improvised and Otherwise Festival and The Vision Festival.
Their discography includes three releases: Praries (Lucky Kitchen, 2005), One and Off (Skirl Records, 2007) and Thin Air (Thirsty Ear, 2009).
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Mary Halvorson & Jessica Pavone: Walking on Thin Air
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Improvised Communications
One sings … and so does the other. Except when they aren’t. Which means that at any time when they are onstage together, performing as an entity called MaryandJess, or JessandMary if you like the ring of it better and prefer Christian name alphabetical, they’ll be doing just about anything at a moment’s notice, or with even less warning.
It’s not as if they don’t already have enough to do. Mary Halvorson, 27, has graduated from new-kid-on-the-block status to become ...
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--Troy Collins, AllAboutJazz.com
Carefully notated structures and interplay morph effortlessly into free
improvisation that is intelligent and expressive, but never self-indulgent...the
two women make transcendent chamber music outside of any genre.
--Elliott Sharp, Guitar Player
As an acoustic duo they produce something distinct and beguiling: an
amalgam of experimental folk, rock and chamber music that feels both
meticulous and raw. There's a disarming openness to their interaction, never
more pronounced than when the two are blending their voices in something
like a campfire harmony. But this music isn't clever or cute. Its core is steely,
and its execution clear.
--Nate Chinen, New York Times
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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson