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Mary Halvorson

Jazz CD Reviews: Mary Halvorson and Rich Halley — Fearlessly Free

New albums from Mary Halvorson and Rich Halley march into fresh realms of freedom.

By: Steve Feeney Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Code Girl, Firehouse 12 Records, Mary Halvorson, Michael Formanek, Pine Eagle Records, Rich Halley, Steve Feeney, The Shape of Things, Thumbscrew, Tomas Fujiwara

Jazz CD Review: “Maid With the Flaxen Hair” — Mandatory Listening

Every guitarist should listen carefully to this album. And then maybe some Johnny Smith.

By: Michael Ullman Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Review Tagged: Bill-Frisell, Johnny Smith, Mary Halvorson, The Maid with the Flaxen Hair, Tzadik

Jazz CDs Review: Thumbscrew’s Yin and Yang — “Theirs” and “Ours”

Perhaps the idea is for the listener to come up with their own ideal blend, sort of a mix and max approach regarding the strengths in each disc.

By: Steve Feeney Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Cuneiform Records, Mary Halvorson, Michael Formanek, Thumbscrew, Tomas Fujiwara

Fuse Jazz Review: An Improvised Saturday at the 2016 Newport Jazz Festival

This year I resolved to do an unapologetic fan experience at Newport Jazz.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: 2016 Newport Jazz Festival, Chick Corea, Hot Sardines, Mary Halvorson, Milo Miles, Sonic Creed, Stefon Harris

Jazz Concert Review: Guitar Double Header at the Lily Pad — Joe Morris Trio/Mary Halvorson Quintet

When the musical whirlwind came to an end the crowd responded with a standing ovation, an enthusiastic testament to the power of this sweat-soaked night of edgy jazz guitar.

By: Steve Mossberg Filed Under: Featured, Jazz Tagged: guitar, Joe Morris, Lily Pad, Mary Halvorson

Jazz Review: “Bending Bridges” – Mary Halvorson Changes the Musical Conversation

If you have a taste for something different that also has some depth and heft, then guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson’s new album may be just what you’re looking for.

By: Steve Mossberg Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music Tagged: Bending Bridges, Ches Smith, John Hebert, Jon Irabagon, Jonathan Finlayson, Mary Halvorson

Coming Attractions in Jazz: December 2009

By J. R. Carroll December is always an exasperating month for jazz fans: The first week is crammed with more events than any human without self-cloning abilities can possibly attend; after that, the major clubs close their doors many evenings in order to host private parties (hey, something has to pay the bills). The upside […]

By: J. R. Carroll Filed Under: Coming Attractions, Jazz, Music Tagged: A-NO-NE, Acton Jazz Cafe, Anat Cohen, Armenian Library and Museum of America, Beehive, Berklee Performance Center, Bern Nix, Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, Cameron Brown, Catherine Bent, Choro, Choro Democratico, Choros Com Chocolate, Dave Bryant, Either/Orchestra, Fernando Huergo, Firehouse 12, Gabrielle Agachiko, HBO, Hiro Honshuku, Jazz Underground, Ken Field, Lily Pad, Mary Halvorson, Natick Center for the Arts, Outpost 186, Pannonica de Koenigswarter, Revolutionary Snake Ensemble, Ryles, Sheila Jordan, Third Life Studio, Trio Baru, Vernissage, Vortex, Yulia Musayelyan

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