Mary Halvorson: Saturn Sings (CD)

Mary Halvorson (geb. 1980)

Saturn Sings

CD

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Mary Halvorson (geb. 1980): Saturn Sings, CD

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Label: Firehouse12, 2009
Erscheinungstermin: 18.10.2010

+ Jonathan Finlayson, Jon Irabagon u.a.
* Digipack

Saturn Sings is guitarist / composer Mary Halvorson's highly anticipated follow-up to her acclaimed 2008 debut, Dragon's Head (Firehouse 12). It documents a new book of music written for her latest ensemble, the Mary Halvorson Quintet, which adds fellow New Yorkers Jonathan Finlayson (trumpet) and Jon Irabagon (alto saxophone) to her longstanding trio with bassist John Hébert and drummer Ches Smith. These compositions, her first for a band with horns, employ harmonies influenced by such diverse inspirations as Clifford Brown, Sam Cooke and The Soul Stirrers, Marvin Gaye, Thelonious Monk, Alexander Scriabin, Archie Shepp, Dmitri Shostakovich and Robert Wyatt.

"Saturn Sings is a continuation of the concepts and ideas heard on Dragon's Head," Ms. Halvorson explains. "My interest in harmony has grown and I’m attempting to build on the foundation of guitar, bass and drums while writing a lot of close-knit and often dissonant horn lines. There are now many other directions to go in, and the horns push the trio into different realms and vice-versa. The more we perform, the more the music gets both looser and tighter; tighter because we are working on developing a band sound, and looser because we are comfortable and trust each other, which allows us the freedom to take chances and to explore within the framework of the piece."

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"Outside but also inside, adventurous but also accessible, Saturn Sings is a new sound from a new star." (allaboutjazz. com)

"Rising star of NYC’s post-jazz community impresses with second album as bandleader...While she may be receiving most attention for her moves located at jazz’s periphery, it’s the music Halvorson constructs from the form’s raw materials that continue to bear the sweetest fruit." (bbc. co. uk)

"Mary Halvorson is the most future-seeking guitarist working right now, thinking out the instrument on a level most couldn't comprehend. But Halvorson's compositions display that exploration with a telepathic connection between her fingers and the sound, making Saturn Sings her strongest document to date." (npr. org)

"Halvorson’s playing has always been spectacular, alternately embracing and eschewing rhythmic and melodic convention with the confidence of ever increasing experience. Her work with Anthony Braxton is an obvious influence where sudden rhythmic deviations are concerned, and she continues the now ubiquitous use of pitch-warping delay pedals that sets her apart from everyone else. Now, however, these diverse stylistic elements merge with new spontaneity and freshness." (dustedmagazine. com)

"It's the sound of Monk's humour, noise rock, expressionism, hard bop, and Ornette Coleman's insouciance. It might be a disservice to Halvorson, reducing her music to components, but the point is that those components have coalesced." (mcgilltribune. com)

"Each number is a world within itself which, though not necessarily hospitable on initial acquaintance, first intrigues and then captivates with repeated listens." (allaboutjazz. com)

"This is an impressive outing." (exclaim. ca)

"Even so, it’s Halvorson’s writing that makes all this creativity possible. Her innovative guitar playing is an essential component—but riding on such high-grade material, it feels more like a bonus. Saturn Sings ultimately passes muster on compositional grounds: It’s an ideal balance of formal experiment and compelling listen." (washingtoncitypaper. com)