Mary Halvorson

guitar · 1980 · Brookline

Born in Brookline (Massachusetts), she started on violin and discovered improvisation by taking Anthony Braxton's classes at Wesleyan University. She records mainly for Firehouse 12 and then Nonesuch, and received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2019.

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Styles

• Downtown New York, No Wave

Landmark tracks

• Away with You (2016)

Sources

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