Name: Belladonna
Brand: Mary Halvorson

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0075597910377

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-05-13

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Warner Music Group

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

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Mary Halvorson

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Jazz

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Nonesuch

Mary Halvorson is a guitarist, composer and improviser living in Brooklyn. She grew up in Boston and studied jazz at Wesleyan University and the New School. Since 2000 she has been performing regularly in New York with numerous groups and has toured Europe and the U.S. with Anthony Braxton and Trevor Dunn’s Trio-Convulsant.
Mary released her debut as a leader in 2008 with The Mary Halvorson Trio recording, "Dragon's Head". Her unique style blends elements of avant-garde jazz, rock, and experimental music, creating a captivating sound that pushes boundaries.
With influences such as Craig Taborn, Wadada Leo Smith, and Nels Cline among others, Mary's music showcases her technical prowess on the guitar combined with innovative compositions. Her performances are known for their energy and creativity, captivating audiences around the world.

Nonesuch is a US record label that was created in 1964 as a budget label for classical releases. It eventually expanded to include adventurous music from around the globe and world-premiere recordings of contemporary composers. Nonesuch has gone through various ownership changes over the years, including being acquired by Warner Communications in 1970 and becoming a sub-label of Warner Bros. Records in 2004.

Under the leadership of Jac Holzman, Nonesuch was established as a budget label for classical releases licensed from large record companies in Britain and France. Designed by Bill Harvey, the packaging emphasized affordability with releases marketed as "Recordings at the Price of a Quality Paperback."

In 1970, Nonesuch became part of Warner Communications (Kinney/WEA) and continued to release music under its own name along with other Elektra-based labels like Elektra and Asylum Records. The merger between Elektra and Atlantic labels in 2004 resulted in Nonesuch becoming a sub-label of Warner Bros. Records within the Warner Music Group.

Nonesuch Records releases twin label debut albums, Amaryllis and Belladonna, from Brooklyn-based guitarist, composer, and MacArthur fellow Mary Halvorson. The two suites, which Halvorson describes as “modular and interlocking,” were performed at Brooklyn’s Roulette last fall. The records, produced and mixed by John Dieterich (Deerhoof), are available as a two-LP vinyl set or as two separate CDs.

Belladonna is a set of five compositions written for Halvorson on guitar plus The Mivos Quartet: Olivia De Prato (violin), Maya Bennardo (violin), Victor Lowrie Tafoya (viola), and Tyler J. Borden (cello). It is Halvorson’s first time writing for a string quartet. Mivos’ parts are through-composed and augmented by Halvorson’s guitar improvisations.

Belladonna

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