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Mary Halvorson
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Mary Halvorson is an American recording artist, composer, and jazz musician born in Boston in 1980. She is a guitarist who began her work period in 2002 and was educated at Wesleyan University. Her professional output spans free jazz, avant-garde jazz, chamber jazz, and free improvisation. She records for Thirsty Ear Recordings and speaks English.
Halvorson has received the MacArthur Fellows Program award and is recognized in the Macarthur Fellows collection. As a female artist from the United States, her work is associated with the avant-garde and free improvisation genres.
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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 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 Halv
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mary
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Boston
- Educated at
- Wesleyan University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- avant-garde jazz
- Instrument
- guitar
- Record label
- Thirsty Ear Recordings
- Official website
- www.maryhalvorson.com
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- Mary-halvorson.jpg
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- Mary Halvorson
- date of birth
- 1980-10-16
- start of work period
- 2002-00-00
- name in native language
- Mary Halvorson
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