Video: Mary Halvorson's Nonesuch Selects
Nonesuch artists stop by the office, pick some of their favorite albums from the music library, and share a few words on their choices.
Mary Halvorson inaugurates the 'Nonesuch Selects' video series, in which artists stop by the Nonesuch office, pick some of their favorite albums from the music library, and share a few words on their choices. Opening music: Halvorson's "The Gate," from her 2024 album 'Cloudward.'
Mary Halvorson's Nonesuch Selects:
0:16 - Laurie Anderson, 'O Superman'
1:06 - Tyondai Braxton, 'HIVE1'
1:21 - Jeff Parker, 'ForFolks'
1:54 - Caroline Shaw & Attacca Quartet, 'Orange'
2:19 - Kronos Quartet with Aki Takahashi, 'Morton Feldman: Piano and String Quartet'
Video by Robert Edridge-Waks
Mary Halvorson (born October 16, 1980) is an American avant-garde jazz composer and guitarist from Brookline, Massachusetts.
Among her many collaborations, she has: led a trio with John Hébert and Ches Smith, and a quintet with the addition of Jon Irabagon and Jonathan Finlayson; recorded duo albums with violist Jessica Pavone; and recorded several albums with bassist Michael Formanek and drummer Tomas Fujiwara under the band name Thumbscrew.
In 2017, 2018, and 2019 Halvorson won Best Guitar in DownBeat's International Critics Poll. In 2019, she was awarded a MacArthur "Genius" Grant for music.
Halvorson is on faculty at the School of Jazz (The New School).