“Light years ahead of her peers, (Halvorson) is the most impressive guitarist of her generation. The future of
jazz guitar starts here.”
-Troy Collins, All About Jazz, October 2008
“Here’s
a young musician entirely comfortable in her own skin - she’s closer to the true spirit of jazz than many who self-consciously
mull over its past glories, but end up fiddling with licks.”
-Philip Clark, Jazz Review, Oct - Nov 2008
“Flurries of notes mix it up with pungent chords not found in any Ted Greene book, played with an aggressive
tone and sharp attack- sometimes subtly distorted and bent, sometimes clean and acoustic. Whether playing in her phenomental
duo with violist Jessica Pavone, fronting with Mary Halvorson Trio with bassist John Hebert and drummer Ches Smith, avant-barnstorming
in legendary saxophonist Anthony Braxton’s trio, or hitting the alternarock scene in her duo People with drummer Kevin
Shea, Mary Halvorson orchestrates with her guitar, using counterpoint, textures and lines with nary a cliche to be found.”
-Elliott Sharp, Guitar Player Magazine, December 2007
“Halvorson’s sound is immediately
distinctive, viscerally powerful and, yes, intriguingly ‘anti-guitar’”.
-Brian Morton, Jazz
Review, Oct - Nov 2008
“…(Halvorson’s) style within the modern creative improvised
idiom leaves little doubt as to her immense talent, and resounds in a listener’s head with a sense of both bewilderment
and satisfaction… It is not a stretch to tag her as not only a new voice in new music, but also a figure to watch as
she develops a further extension of her already innovative approach to original 21st century sounds.”
-Michael
G. Nastos, All Music Guide, October 2008
“Consistently one of the most fascinating and satisfying
guitarists in town.”
-Time Out New York, February 2008
“Whether Halvorson’s
ballistic or pointillistic, this young NYC guitarist is tops in a new wave of young improvisers.”
-Time
Out Chicago, June 2006
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