April 1, 2011 – 10:17 am
Guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson and her longstanding trio, featuring bassist John Hébert and drummer Ches Smith, will kick-off their two-week European tour tonight at Stadthalle Germering in Germering, Germany as part of the Jazz!t! 2011 series. The group will be performing selections from Ms….
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March 28, 2011 – 12:46 pm
Associate Editor Bob Weinberg profiles guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson in the new Spring 2011 print issue of Jazziz. “Her sonic presence is unmistakable,” writes Weinberg in the four-page article, “perhaps never more so than this past year. At age 30, Halvorson has…
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March 18, 2011 – 9:09 am
Tonight at 8:00 p.m., guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson will lead her quintet in its first gig of the year at Barbès in Brooklyn. This will also be the working ensemble’s first performance since its widely acclaimed debut, Saturn Sings (Firehouse 12…
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March 2, 2011 – 11:02 am
Guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson and her longstanding trio, featuring bassist John Hébert and drummer Ches Smith, will spend the first half of April on tour across Europe. The group will perform selections from Ms. Halvorson’s two most recent releases, Dragon’s Head…
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February 17, 2011 – 10:29 am
On Friday, March 18th at 8:00 p.m., guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson will lead her quintet in its first gig of the year at Barbès in Brooklyn. This will also be the working ensemble’s first performance since its widely acclaimed debut, Saturn…
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February 16, 2011 – 10:23 am
In the latest edition of his Jazz Today column at PopMatters.com, Will Layman calls Clean Feed Records and our own Mary Halvorson the two trends to watch in jazz for 2011. “There are at least two important jazz developments from…
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February 1, 2011 – 10:32 am
The results of Cadence‘s 2010 Record Poll are included in the Jan/Feb/Mar issue now reaching subscribers. We’re proud to report the following client releases were recognized by the voters in the New Issues category (new releases reviewed in the magazine…
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December 30, 2010 – 1:09 pm
The Mary Halvorson Quintet’s Saturn Sings (Firehouse 12 Records) earned the number one spot on Shaun Brady’s Top 10 Jazz Albums of 2010 list in this week’s Philadelphia City Paper. “Halvorson has been steadily reshaping the sound of jazz guitar in…
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December 1, 2010 – 12:42 pm
Guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson‘s latest release, Saturn Sings (Firehouse 12 Records), continues to gain momentum as one of the critical favorites of the year. This morning, the record added to its growing collection of year-end list selections when NPR’s A Blog…
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November 8, 2010 – 9:50 am
Guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson‘s new release, Saturn Sings on Firehouse 12 Records, is one of four featured titles in The Hot Box section of DownBeat‘s December issue. “Saturn Sings is a wisely calibrated affair that finds the inventive guitarist reaching a new…
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