My mother always told me, “When you get older, you’ll begin to see the world in shades of gray.” Generally speaking, she was right (as usual), but I often find that idiom falling short of my personal experience. Listening to the prismatic 12 Comp (ZIM) 2017, I finally understood why: I’d much rather see the […]
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Mary Halvorson recruits singer Robert Wyatt to take her Code Girl project to the next level
You don’t get a MacArthur “genius” grant just for thinking big; you get one because your big ideas work extraordinarily well. Mary Halvorson, who was awarded the grant last year, has earned hers by moving from strength to strength. Ever since she began recording in the mid-2000s, she’s projected a strikingly personal voice on the […]
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Saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock and pianist Kris Davis get to the heart of their collaboration
Like so many other musicians based in New York, saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock and pianist Kris Davis migrated there. Davis moved from Canada in 2001; Laubrock was born and raised in Germany, then spent nearly a decade in England before moving to the U.S. in 2009. For as long as they’ve lived in the same neck […]
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Brooklyn-based saxophone and drum duo meld composition and improvisation seamlessly
Saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock and drummer Tom Rainey have been married to each other since 2010 and playing together since 2007, working as a duo as well as within larger ensembles, where they’ve collaborated with avant-garde jazz musicians such as Tim Berne and Mary Halvorson. Though the duo initially focused on improvisational music, a 2016 tour […]
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Drummer Tom Rainey’s trio with guitarist Mary Halvorson and saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock makes improvised music with an uncanny tune-like sensibility
I had listened to Hotel Grief (Intakt) several times before I noticed that leader and drummer Tom Rainey, guitarist Mary Halvorson, and saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock were credited for improvising all five pieces when the recording was made live at New York’s Cornelia Street Café in April 2014. I’m still shaking my head in disbelief that […]
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Open House Chicago, and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend
The Annoyance Theatre’s 30th anniversary party, Robot Riot at Emporium Arcade Bar, and more happenings from October 13-15
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Tuba player Dan Peck makes doom metal sound frisky with his trio the Gate
New York low-brass master Dan Peck, who’s in town this week with reedist Ingrid Laubrock, finds new territory for the tuba in his own projects.
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Saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock presents her most ambitious and thorny batch of compositions yet
Over the past decade, saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock has increasingly used composition to provoke and organize adventurous improvisation. She made a major leap on the knotty 2016 album Serpentines (Intakt). The musical personalities she’s assembled, and the unusual timbres they contribute, represent compositional decisions just as profound as anything she’s put down on the page. The […]
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Mary Halvorson’s band keeps getting bigger—and better
New York guitarist Mary Halvorson brings her daring but sophisticated octet to Chicago for the first time.
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New York saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock plays Experimental Sound Studio on Monday
The bold reedist performs both solo as well as with drummer Andrew Drury.
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Guitarist Mary Halvorson makes her presence felt
Guitarist Mary Halvorson, who performs tonight with violist Jessica Pavone at the Washington Park Arts Incubator, has been on a tear lately