Bending Bridges

by Mary Halvorson Quintet

Bending Bridges cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 8 May 2012
  • Label: Firehouse 12
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:08:29
  • Community rating: 3.93/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Expanding her highly acclaimed trio format by adding trumpet and alto saxophone, the virtuosic guitarist continues to entirely dismantle traditional jazz structures. The album is defined by Halvorson's wholly unique, heavily pitch-shifted guitar tone and her ability to weave dense, angular melodies through chaotic, free-form group improvisations. It is widely considered a defining text in the modern evolution of cerebral, avant-garde jazz.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Sinks When She Rounds The Bend (No. 22) (07:48)
  2. Hemorrhaging Smiles (No. 25) (07:58)
  3. Forgotten Men In Silver (No. 24) (08:02)
  4. Love In Eight Colors (No. 21) (10:14)
  5. The Periphery Of Scandal (No. 23) (07:50)
  6. That Old Sound (No. 27) (04:49)
  7. Sea Cut Like Snow (No. 26) (06:52)
  8. Deformed Weight Of Hands (No. 28) (07:08)
  9. All The Clocks (No. 29) (07:48)

Credits

  • Mary Halvorson Quintet - primary artist
  • Jon Irabagon - alto saxophone
  • John Hebert - bass
  • Ches Smith - drums
  • Jonathan Finlayson - trumpet

More from Mary Halvorson Quintet: full discography