Sylvie Courvoisier and Mary Halvorson – Searching for the Disappeared Hour (Pyroclastic) The Swiss pianist Sylvie Courvoisier and the American guitarist Mary Halvorson recorded their first duet album, Crop Circles, in 2016 after a single concert. This new one follows …
Sara Schoenbeck is cast against type in the world of bassoonists. The versatile double reed, broad-ranged instrument dates to the Renaissance and is commonly found in wind ensembles and chamber orchestras. But Schoenbeck has brought her classical-leaning instrument to creative …
MAGNET’s Bill Meyer picks the best jazz/improv releases of the year 7) Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson Searching For The Disappeared Hour (Pyroclastic) READ MORE
Kris Davis, a 2021 Doris Duke Artist in the jazz category, is a critically acclaimed pianist and composer who was described by The New York Times as a beacon for “deciding where to hear jazz on a given night.” Since …
On piano, nobody quite sounds like Sylvie Courvoisier, nor, on guitar, like Mary Halvorson. Their individual voices are distinctive, which is why there’s all kinds of intrigue when they come together in a recording studio. On Searching for the Disappeared …
Sylvie Courvoisier/Mary Halvorson:Searching for the Disappeared Hour (Pyroclastic Records) One result of the pandemic has been a large number of solo and duet jazz albums — one of the few ways to record under strict protocols. Many of these have …
A look at the recent two-CD set Path of Seven Colors from the drummer/improviser/composer and his octet
Sara Schoenbeck If the bassoon represents one of the last frontiers for improvised music, Sara Schoenbeck is our Lewis and our Clark. After distinguishing herself in a range of chamber-like settings, often with partners like pianists Wayne Horvitz and Robin …
Drummer/composer Ches Smith got into Vodou drumming almost by accident. As a graduate student studying music at Mills College in Oakland, California, he was asked to accompany an Afro-Haitian dance class back in 2000. “I didn’t know anything about Haitian …
Drummer/composer Ches Smith got into Vodou drumming almost by accident. As a graduate student studying music at Mills College in Oakland, California, he was asked to accompany an Afro-Haitian dance class back in 2000.