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	Thumbscrew (Fujiwara / Halvorson / Formanek): Never Is Enough [VINYL + DOWNLOAD] Label: Cuneiform Product Code: 30077 Catalog Code: Rune 478 LP Country: USA		Price: $38.95 In Stock
Recorded at the same time and influenced by the recording of their 2020 album The Anthony Braxton Project, the NY Thumbscrew trio of Tomas Fujiwara on drums, Mary Halvorson on guitar, and Michael Formanek on double bass & electric bass present 9 original compositions, three pieces from each of the musicians, of melodically inclined forward thinking, creative jazz.
	Alcorn, Susan Quintet: Pedernal Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 29810 Catalog Code: RPR 1111 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
An innovator in integrating pedal steel guitar into modern improvised music, Cleveland-born, Baltimore-based pedal steel guitar player Susan Alcorn's quintet enlists a superb set of New York players--Mark Feldman on violin, Michael Formanek on double bass, Mary Halvorson on guitar, and Ryan Sawyer on drums--taking on a diverse set of Alcorn compositions.
	Reid, Tomeka Quartet: Old New Label: Cuneiform Product Code: 29438 Catalog Code: Rune 465 Country: USA		Price: $14.95 In Stock
Drawn from some of New Yorks finest and most active improvisers, cellist Tomeka Reid's string-centric quartet with Mary Halvorson on guitar, Jason Roebke on bass, and Tomas Fujiwara on drums, take Reid's lyrical compositions into ebullient territory, showing the effective power of these versatile string instruments in creative and irresistible modern jazz.
	Douglas, Dave: Showing Up / The Power of the Vote [7" VINYL] Label: Greenleaf Music Product Code: 27267 Catalog Code: SI-GRE-1070 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
2019 Record Store Day release, a 7" from trumpeter Dave Douglas in two different configurations: the lead track from his album "Engage" featuring guitarist Jeff Parker and cellist Tomeka Reid along with Anna Webber, Nick Dunston & Kate Gentile; and a B-Side from 2018's "Uplift" featuring Joe Lovano and Bill Laswell alongside Mary Halvorson, Julian Lage, and Ian Chang.
	Fujiwara, Tomas : Triple Double [VINYL 2 LPs] Label: Firehouse 12 Records Product Code: 27247 Catalog Code: FH12-04-01-026LP Country: USA		Price: $36.00 In Stock
Drummer Tomas Fujiwara's sextet is actually two trios interacting, with fellow drummer Gerald Cleaver, both Mary Halvorson and Brandon Seabrook on guitar, and Taylor Ho Bynum on cornet and Ralph Alessi on trumpet, the pairings forming unisons and contrasts that add an unrestrained sense of enthusiasm and excitement to Fujiwara's sophisticated compositions.
	Halvorson, Mary / Joe Morris: Traversing Orbits Label: RogueArt Product Code: 26514 Catalog Code: ROG-0083 Country: France		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Two of this generation's most influential and skilled guitarists, Mary Halvorson and Joe Morris bring their distinct styles and jaw-dropping mastery of their instruments into a duo of collective improvisation, neither player using effects but instead impressing by (often high-speed) lyricism, incredibly precise interaction, and the warmth their long association brings to them.
	Thumbscrew (Michael Formanek / Tomas Fujiwara / Mary Halvorson): Ours Label: Cuneiform Records Product Code: 26073 Catalog Code: RUNE 439 Country: USA		Price: $14.95 In Stock
The New York free improvising jazz trio Thumbscrew with long-time collaborators guitarist Mary Halvorson, double bassist Michael Formanek and drummer Tomas Fujiwara in the 1st of 2 albums on the reborn Cuneiform label, here presenting creative original compositions from each of the three musicians in 9 virtuosic, sometimes quirky, and always warmly adventurous tunes.
	Halvorson, Mary Quartet (w/ Gress / Fujiwara / Okazaki): Paimon: The Book Of Angels Volume 32 Label: Tzadik Product Code: 25142 Catalog Code: CD-TZA-8356 Country: USA		Price: $14.95 Out of Stock
The final album from John Zorn's "Book of Angels" series presenting Zorn's Masada compositions, here with 10 previously unrecorded compositions from "Masada Book Two" performed by NY guitarist Mary Halvorson in a quartet with Drew Gress on bass, Tomas Fujiwara on drums, and Miles Okazaki on guitar, in an album of joyfully exciting and melodic improvisations.
	Fujiwara, Tomas : Triple Double Label: Firehouse 12 Records Product Code: 25137 Catalog Code: FH12-04-01-026 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
Drummer Tomas Fujiwara's sextet is actually two trios interacting, with fellow drummer Gerald Cleaver, both Mary Halvorson and Brandon Seabrook on guitar, and Taylor Ho Bynum on cornet and Ralph Alessi on trumpet, the pairings forming unisons and contrasts that add an unrestrained sense of enthusiasm and excitement to Fujiwara's sophisticated compositions.
	Courvoisier, Sylvie / Mary Halvorson: Crop Circles Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 23050 Catalog Code: RPR 1045 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
A studio encounter between pianist Sylvie Courvoisier and electric guitarist Mary Halvorson, both using sophisticated techniques giving unique voices to their playing styles, in a set of improvisations that balance playful, subtle, energetic, and emotional playing.
	Fujiwara, Tomas / Ben Goldberg / Mary Halvorson: The Out Louds Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 21622 Catalog Code: RPR 1042 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
The first release from the NY/West Coast trio of Tomas Fujiwara on drums, Ben Goldberg on clarinet, and Mary Halvorson on guitar, a collaborative improv of lyrical and nuanced improv, using great skill and sophistication in dialog that takes unexpected twists and turns.
	Halvorson, Mary: Reverse Blue Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 19754 Catalog Code: RPR 1025 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 Out of Stock
Guitarist Mary Halvorson's project with Chris Speed on sax & clarinet, Eivind Opsvik on bass, and Tomas Fuijwara on drums, a band formed for a one-off concert at the Blue Note in NYC, that continued on based on the strength of the bond between them, as heard on this superb release.
	Cady, Jason: Happiness Is The Problem Label: Lock Step Records Product Code: 17961 Catalog Code: LKSTP 022 Country: USA		Price: $7.16 In Stock
A thoroughly modern and bizarre two-act opera about three struggling roommates in Brooklyn performed with Jason Cady, Mary Halvorson, Tomas Fujiwara, Jessica Pavone, Tim Dahl, Ben Holmes, Katie Young, &c.
	Braxton, Anthony Steptet (with Ho Bynum / Halvorson / Pavone / Rozen / Siegel / Testa): Echo Echo Mirror House Label: Les Disques Victo Product Code: 17688 Catalog Code: VICCD125 Country: Canada		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Composer/saxophonist Braxton performed "Composition NO 347 + 62'37" " at the 2011 Victo Festival with the "super-group" of Braxton alumni - Mary Halvorson, Taylor Ho Bynum, Jessica Pavone, Jay Rozen, Aaron Siegel, Carl Testa", on their respective instruments + iPods.
	Halvorson, Mary / Kirk Knuffke / Matt Wilson: Sifter Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 17525 Catalog Code: RPR 1014 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
Presenting compositions from all three players, the NY-based trio of Kirk Knuffke (cornet), Mary Halvorson (guitar) & Matt Wilson (drums) this exceptional trio play a stripped down, rocking blend of free form improvisation.
	Smith, Ches and These Arches (Smith / Berne / Malaby / Halvorson / Parkins): Hammered Label: Clean Feed Product Code: 17488 Catalog Code: CF270 Country: Portugal		Price: $15.95 In Stock
Drawing from some of NYC's finest - Tim Berne, Tony Malaby, Mary Halvorson and Andrea Parks - drummer Ches Smith's band takes the Downtown NY strategy to bridge experimental rock and avant jazz in unexpected and astonishing ways.
	Morris, Joe: Perpetual Frontier The Properties of Free Music [BOOK] Label: Riti Publishing Product Code: 16785 Catalog Code: 9780985981006 Country: USA		Price: $24.95 In Stock
Joe Morris wrote this book to discuss aspects of free music, including responses to his questionnaire written by Joe McPhee, William Parker, Jamie Saft, Ken Vandermark, Marilyn Crispell, Nate Wooley, Jack Wright, Matthew Shipp, &c.
	AYCH (Jim Hobbs, Mary Halvorson, Taylor Ho Bynum): As The Crow Flies Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 15675 Catalog Code: RPR 1004 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
From NY and Boston the Aych group (pronounce as "H", a letter shared by all 3's names) presents three improvisers representing some of the best of the new breed of modern jazz based players in a trio without bass and drums.
	Halvorson / Radding / Wooley: Crackleknob Label: Hatology Product Code: 11220 Catalog Code: Hatology662 Country: Switzerland		Price: $17.95 In Stock
Free improvisation from a trio of New Yorkers working in abstract territory but maintaining the pieces in compact works that are succint and spontaneously focused.
	Braxton, Anthony: 9 Compositions (Iridium) 2006 [DVD] Label: Firehouse 12 Records Product Code: 08432 Catalog Code: FH12-04-03-001 Country: USA		Price: $109.95 In Stock
Braxton's 9 Compositions (Iridium) 2006 is a nine-CD-plus-one-DVD box set documenting what Time Out New York called "last Spring's epochal run" at New York's Iridium Jazz Club with his 12+1tet.
	New York Underground Orchestra, The: Fragments Label: Hopscotch Records Product Code: 04489 Catalog Code: HOP 27 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
The 2nd recording by composer/saxophonist Assif Tshar's self-conducted, string-dominated NY Underground Orchestra including Jessica Pavone, Mary Halvorson, Tatsuya Nakatani, &c. &c.