Tag: Mary Halvorson

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A couple of weeks ago Downbeat published their August issue and with it their 74th annual critics poll of the best in jazz. The list is a lengthy undertaking in so far as it contains 62 categories, which invite critics to vote for a mix of established figures and rising stars. The headlines for this 74th edition of the...

The first song on Slo-Mo Neon Luminate Hoverings by the duo of Mary Halvorson and Ambrose Akinmusire sounds like it could be the last. Akinmusire initiates a bugle call on his trumpet, a funereal albeit slightly smeared air which retains more than a vestige of martial clarity while sounding decidedly crestfallen. As he reaches a lofty and stirring peak...

Since the release of 3+3 the formidable cellist Tomeka Reid has appeared on a hat-trick of stunning new albums, personal favourites and contenders for all sorts of accolades, deeply collaborative projects that are up there with some of the best jazz records of the past few years. As part of the Hemphill Stringtet alongside the violinists Curtis Stewart and Sam...