sounds of New York
Mary Halvorson (guitar) with Adam O’Farrill (trumpet), Jacob Garchik (trombone), Patricia Brennan (vibraphone), Nick Dunston (bass), Tomas Fujiwara (drums), “Night Shift” (M. Halvorson), live, New York, 2022
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
like nothing else
Susan Alcorn Quintet (SA, pedal steel guitar; Eddie Kwon, violin; Mary Halvorson, guitar; Michael Formanek, bass; Ryan Sawyer, drums), “Night in Gdansk” (S. Alcorn), live, Berlin (Berlin Jazz Festival), 11/4/21
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this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of New York
Myra Melford’s Fire and Water (MM, piano, composition; Mary Halvorson, guitar; Ingrid Laubrock, saxophones; Tomeka Reid, cello; Lesley Mok, drums), live, New York, 11/7/22
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yesterday, Chicago
sounds of Chicago
Live, Chicago, last night: Thumbscrew (Michael Formanek [1958-], bass; Tomas Fujiwara [1977-], drums; Mary Halvorson [1980-, 2019 MacArthur “genius” grant recipient], guitar)
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this morning, outside Chicago
what’s new
Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) and Mary Halvorson (guitar), live (performance begins at 14:30), Amsterdam, 2/3/22
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yesterday, Chicago
like nobody else
Anthony Braxton Accelerator Ghost Trance Septet (AB, 1945-, reeds, composition; Taylor Ho Bynum, trumpet, bugle, trombone; Jessica Pavone, violin, viola; Chris Dahlgren, bass, viola da gamba; Aaron Siegel, drums, percussion, vibraphone; Mary Halvorson, guitar; Jay Rozen, tuba), “Composition #358,” live, Spain (San Sebastian), 2008
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other day, outside Chicago (Dean Nature Sanctuary, Oak Brook)
what’s new
Tomeka Reid Quartet (TR, cello, compositions; Mary Halvorson, guitar; Jason Roebke, bass; Tomas Fujiwara, drums), live (“Billy Bang’s Bounce,” “Niki’s Bop,” “Ballad,” “Aug 6,” “Glass Light,” “Woodlawn”), Los Angeles, 5/27/21
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yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
Feeling inert?
Not anymore.
Tomeka Reid Quartet (TR, cello; Mary Halvorson, guitar; Jason Roebke, bass; Tomas Fujiwara, drums), “Old New” (T. Reid), 2019
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reading table
On these southern roads,
on shrine or thatched roof, all the same,
swallows everywhere—Yosa Buson (1716-1784), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill
tonight in Chicago
They’re playing at the Hyde Park Jazz Festival. (Big week for the guitarist: she just won a MacArthur “genius grant.”)
Sylvie Courvoisier (piano), Mary Halvorson (guitar), live, Belgium (Ghent), 2018
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yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
3 x 2 x X = ?
Tomas Fujiwara (drums, composition) with Gerald Cleaver (drums), Mary Halvorson (guitar), Brandon Seabrook (guitar), Taylor Ho Bynum (cornet), Ralph Alessi (trumpet), “Blueberry Eyes,” live (studio), New Haven, Conn., 2017
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yesterday, Forest Park, Ill.
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