Thin Air

Mary Halvorson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 24, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Thirsty Ear
• ASIN: B001QWFU3I
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #78,520 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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"Conceived by artists who operate outside labels, Thin Air is a record, in the immortal words of Duke Ellington, simply "beyond category." --All ABout Jazz

"...Halvorson and Pavone do quite well at pushing, making an excellent case for why genre distinctions are themselves meaningless. Which makes this, I suppose, the perfect manifesto for what the Blue Series is ideally about. --Dusted

Product Description

Mary Halvoson and Jessica Pavone, two halves of a Brooklyn based collaborative duo, have amassed between them a unique body of work, drawing from classical, jazz and other traditions, while offering something absolutely new.

Mary Halvorson (Guitarist, composer and improviser), is a New York Jazz scene veteran, having been active there since 2002. She also performs with The Mary Halvorson Trio, and has performed in ensembles led by Tim Berne, Trevor Dunn, Elliot Sharp and John Tchicai, among others.

String instrumentalist and composier Jessica Pavone, is active as a musician in New York since 1999, and best known for her work with Anthony Braxton in his Septet and Twelve+1-tet, as well as her projhects with Mary Halvorson.

Their new album THIN AIR is a presentation showcasing their vast talents as composers, vocalists and lyricists. Their words, which borrow from themes relating to everything from human relationships and traveling to ideas that are much more abstract, complex and intangible, are paired in a sparse yet effervescent style that makes the listener fell as though the dup were sitting right there, in his or her livingroom. Both intimate and forward thinking, this release is a true example of the power of thought, offering a unique blend of avant folk with jazz underpinnings.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Never have "feminine" and "strange" fit together so well..., October 5, 2009

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Mary Halvorson and Jessica Pavone aren't the first women to explore avant-rock songwriting, but in this decade where dissonance and noise has continued to push further and further towards the mainstream, it's nice to see that there are those who can embrace the complex and idiosyncratic while retaining the warmth and femininity a couple of musically-talented women in their late twenties/early thirties with a violin and a hollow-body will naturally convey.