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Dragon's Head [Digipak] (CD)

By: Mary Halvorson (Artist)

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DISC 1 for Dragon's Head [Digipak] (CD) Album By Mary Halvorson (Artist)
1   Old Nine Two Six Four Two Dies
2   Momentary Lapse
3   Screws Loose
4   Scant Frame
5   Sweet Than You
6   Sank Silver Purple White
7   Too Many Ties
8   Totally Opaque
9   Dragon's Head
10   April April May
 

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Review

The Wire (p.62) - "Through well aware of the past, this particular dragon's heading to the future, and breathing new fire into the time-honoured guitar/bass/drums format along the way."
JazzTimes (p.104) - "Guitarist Mary Halvorson strides boldly into avant-garde territory on her powerhouse debut."
Signal To Noise (magazine) (p.58) - "Sections of lacy intricacy adn roiling, insistently-looped patterns of intersecting lines work through to hammered vamps full of fuzzed-out overdrive, then explode into bristling freedom."

Title Note

Mary Halvorson: Mary Halvorson (guitar); John Hebert (bass guitar); Ches Smith (drums).

Recording information: Firehouse 12, New Haven CT.

The avant-jazz guitarist Mary Halvorson has been making a stir in downtown New Music circles for a while now. She is noted for her collaborations with the violist Jessica Pavone, among many others. Halvorson's strong 2008 debut DRAGON'S HEAD however just features her new trio, comprised of the extraordinarily fluent bassist John Hebert and drummer Ches Smith (of indie-rockers Xiu-Xiu). Together, they make a far-ranging, expansive, and even accessible sound. Hebert's more-or-less continual dialogue with Halvorson's spidery, fresh improvisations places the music in the vicinity of free improvisation but the set is also distinguished by the guitarist's angular, brainy compositions. She does indulge in some rock-like freakouts and climaxes when called for (see the title track), but her highly inventive playing is characterized by cleanly executed, loping intervals--an endless web of logical free associations. It's much less impressionistic (and rootsy) than, say, Bill Frisell, but just as imaginative.

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