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℗ 2024 Mary Halvorson, under exclusive license to Nonesuch Records Inc.
Released | November 2, 2023 |
Duration | 47m 33s |
Record Label | Nonesuch |
Genre | Jazz |
Cloudward
Mary Halvorson
Available in MQA and 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
1.1
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The Gate
Mary Halvorson |
4:32 | |||
1.2
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The Tower
Mary Halvorson |
8:08 | |||
1.3
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Collapsing Mouth
Mary Halvorson |
5:55 | |||
1.4
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Unscrolling
Mary Halvorson |
5:19 | |||
1.5
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Desiderata
Mary Halvorson |
6:36 | |||
1.6
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Incarnadine
Mary Halvorson |
4:12 | |||
1.7
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Tailhead
Mary Halvorson |
4:35 | |||
1.8
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Ultramarine
Mary Halvorson |
8:16 |
Brooklyn-based guitarist, composer, and MacArthur fellow Mary Halvorson’s new album, Cloudward, is out on Nonesuch Records. The album features eight new compositions by Halvorson, performed with her sextet Amaryllis; the improvisatory band that performed on her critically praised 2022 albums Amaryllis and Belladonna comprises Halvorson, Patricia Brennan (vibraphone), Nick Dunston (bass), Tomas Fujiwara (drums), Jacob Garchik (trombone), and Adam O’Farrill (trumpet). Labelmate Laurie Anderson also is featured on the album track “Incarnadine.”
One of New York City’s most in-demand guitarists, over the past decade Halvorson has worked with such diverse musicians as Tim Berne, Anthony Braxton, Taylor Ho Bynum, John Dieterich, Trevor Dunn, Bill Frisell, Ingrid Laubrock, Jason Moran, Joe Morris, Tom Rainey, Jessica Pavone, Tomeka Reid, Marc Ribot, and John Zorn. She is also part of several collaborative projects, most notably the longstanding trio Thumbscrew with Michael Formanek on bass and Tomas Fujiwara on drums.
“All the music on Cloudward was written in 2022, mostly in the fall and winter, when things started moving forward. Life felt like a creaky machine starting up again. Air travel, however chaotic, had resumed, and we were once again cloudward. Performances and tours and recordings were happening after a long hiatus and with a renewed sense of gratitude. This band, for me, was quite simply working, both musically and personally, and the main thing I felt while writing the music was optimism.”
- Mary Halvorson
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Nonesuch Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.12 -0.56 to -0.05 | -17.04 -20.95 to -14.63 | -14.61 -18.40 to -12.30 | 11 9 to 13 | |
1 | The Gate | -0.05 | -14.63 | -12.3 | 10 |
2 | The Tower | -0.05 | -20.53 | -17.8 | 13 |
3 | Collapsing Mouth | -0.05 | -15.34 | -12.6 | 9 |
4 | Unscrolling | -0.05 | -18.34 | -15.8 | 12 |
5 | Desiderata | -0.05 | -15.40 | -13.4 | 11 |
6 | Incarnadine | -0.56 | -20.95 | -18.4 | 13 |
7 | Tailhead | -0.05 | -15.39 | -13.0 | 10 |
8 | Ultramarine | -0.05 | -15.77 | -13.6 | 10 |