Mary Halvorson

Mary Halvorson (born October 16, 1980) is an American avant-garde jazz composer and guitarist from Brookline, Massachusetts. Among her many collaborations, she has: led a trio with John Hébert and Ches Smith, and a quintet with the addition of Jon Irabagon and Jonathan Finlayson; recorded duo albums with violist Jessica Pavone; and recorded several albums with bassist Michael Formanek and drummer Tomas Fujiwara under the band name Thumbscrew. In 2017, 2018 and 2019 Halvorson won Best Guitar in DownBeat's International Critics Poll. In 2019, she was awarded a MacArthur "Genius" Grant for music. Halvorson is on faculty at the School of Jazz (The New School).

A Tangle of Stars - 2019-10-25T00:00:00.000000Z

Seed Triangular - 2018-09-07T00:00:00.000000Z

The Maid With the Flaxen Hair: A Tribute to Johnny Smith - 2018-07-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Code Girl - 2018-03-30T00:00:00.000000Z

Greg Saunier/Mary Halvorson/Ron Miles: New American Songbooks, Volume 1 - 2017-12-05T00:00:00.000000Z

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