Halvorson, Mary Quintet / Bending Bridges
| Album: | Bending Bridges | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Halvorson, Mary Quintet | Added: | Jun 2012 | |
| Label: | Firehouse 12 | |||
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| Add Date: | 2012-06-30 | Pull Date: | 2012-09-02 | Charts: | Jazz |
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Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2012-06-15
Reviewed 2012-06-15
MARY HALVORSON QUINTET: Bending Bridges
Firehouse 12, 2012
Mary Halvorson : guitar
Jonathan Finlayson : trumpet
Jon Irabagon : alto sax
John Hébert : bass
Ches Smith : drums
AVANT-JAZZ – Nobody else sounds like guitarist Mary Halvorson: loose and angular, her stinging, wobbly chords can slice you up or make you think, running amok like a berserk robot or oozing slowly through oblique melodies. This is her second CD leading a quintet, top improvisers all, and its full of surreal vistas, rock-ish aggression, and loud, surprising twists. Very unusual, highly compelling music.
Try any. Fo’s Picks: 2, 4, 5, 7, 9
1. 7:48 – slow trudge: guitar slithers; open bass solo, then a loud rock freakout
2. 7:59 – friendly start; solos stretch & flip over oddball rhythms, briefly shreds
3. 8:03 – thumping theme slips into shimmering shards, then bustling improv
4. 10:15 – quintet march, solo trumpet & dialogue with guitar, happy middle breaks down in sax/guitar weirdness, drum solo realigns it
5. 7:50 – guitar navigates lopsided rhythm, busy bass, 2nd half raw & noisy
6. 4:48 – moody trio: calm strange guitar, heavy bass, open drums, gets jangly
7. 6:52 – tight but detached quintet, gets rolling under horn solos, space guitar
8. 7:09 – goofy pounding theme drifts into speedy sci-fi improv, long drum solo
9. 7:48 – guitar intro, spinning groove slips off axis, strong semi-melodic solos
[ Fo ] - June 2012
Firehouse 12, 2012
Mary Halvorson : guitar
Jonathan Finlayson : trumpet
Jon Irabagon : alto sax
John Hébert : bass
Ches Smith : drums
AVANT-JAZZ – Nobody else sounds like guitarist Mary Halvorson: loose and angular, her stinging, wobbly chords can slice you up or make you think, running amok like a berserk robot or oozing slowly through oblique melodies. This is her second CD leading a quintet, top improvisers all, and its full of surreal vistas, rock-ish aggression, and loud, surprising twists. Very unusual, highly compelling music.
Try any. Fo’s Picks: 2, 4, 5, 7, 9
1. 7:48 – slow trudge: guitar slithers; open bass solo, then a loud rock freakout
2. 7:59 – friendly start; solos stretch & flip over oddball rhythms, briefly shreds
3. 8:03 – thumping theme slips into shimmering shards, then bustling improv
4. 10:15 – quintet march, solo trumpet & dialogue with guitar, happy middle breaks down in sax/guitar weirdness, drum solo realigns it
5. 7:50 – guitar navigates lopsided rhythm, busy bass, 2nd half raw & noisy
6. 4:48 – moody trio: calm strange guitar, heavy bass, open drums, gets jangly
7. 6:52 – tight but detached quintet, gets rolling under horn solos, space guitar
8. 7:09 – goofy pounding theme drifts into speedy sci-fi improv, long drum solo
9. 7:48 – guitar intro, spinning groove slips off axis, strong semi-melodic solos
[ Fo ] - June 2012
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