Member Since: 7/19/2008
Band Website: maryhalvorson.com, johnhebert.com, chessmith.com
Band Members: Mary Halvorson (guitar)
John Hebert (bass)
Ches Smith (drums)
Sounds Like: "More than an auspicious debut, (Dragon's Head) is among this year’s standout jazz albums and one of the more original recent statements by any jazz guitarist..."
-Nate Chinen, The New York Times, November 2008 **************************************************"Watch how bassist John Hebert reads her mind."
-The Village Voice, November 2008
**************************************************"'Dragonâ€
™s Head' (Firehouse 12), the first record by the Mary Halvorson trio, is an itchy but appealing artifact of new jazz, full of tension, excitement and awkward pleasure, and very much of its moment."
-Ben Ratliff, The New York Times, November 2008
**************************************************"Dragon’
s Head is (Halvorson's) first recording as a leader, and it’s an auspicious debut. She possesses impressive technique, a broad, distinctive instrumental vocabulary and she is a canny caster of players and a strong writer."
-Bill Meyer, Downbeat Magazine, December 2008
**************************************************"Dissonant
arpeggios melding into pounding odd-meter repetitive grooves, spidery textures becoming cracked melodies, and jazzy vamps fragmenting into vicious free-form interactions, with Halvorson wrenching blistering lines and rude sounds from her guitar.â€
-Elliott Sharp, Guitar Player Magazine, November 2007
Record Label: Firehouse 12
Type of Label: Indie