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Trevor Dunn's Trio-Convulsant Mike Pride Trio The Thirteenth Assembly Map Aych Tom Rainey Trio Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet Mary Halvorson Trio Mary Halvorson Quintet People Crackleknob The New York Underground Orchestra Diamond Curtain Wall Quartet Anthony Braxton Septet + 1 Anthony Braxton Septet + 2 Anthony Braxton Septet Living By Lanterns Blarvuster Sextet Ingrid Laubrock Anti-House Ches Smith And These Arches Secret Keeper Mary Halvorson Septet Thumbscrew Ingrid Laubrock Octet Plymouth The Hook Up The Young Philadelphians Taylor Ho Bynum 7-tette Tomeka Reid Quartet Ensemble Kolossus Illegal Crowns Mary Halvorson Octet Taylor Ho Bynum Plustet Mary Halvorson Quartet Michael Formanek Very Practical Trio Taylor Ho Bynum 9-tette Fred Ho And The Green Monster Big Band Susan Alcorn Quintet Mary Halvorson's Code Girl Kris Davis Quartet Tomas Fujiwara's Triple Double Myra Melford's Fire And Water Quintet Columbia Icefield Amaryllis Sextet The Out Louds

ex Anthony Braxton Quartet, The Tri-Centric Orchestra

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.

ALBUMS


Sylvie Courvoisier, Mary Halvorson
Bone Bells
2025, CD, Album, Pyroclastic Records
Mary Halvorson
About Ghosts
2025
Mary Halvorson
Cloudward
2024, Vinyl,
Mary Halvorson
Amaryllis & Belladonna
2022, 2xLP, Comp, Nonesuch
Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Mary Halvorson
Strings & Things
2022, CDr, Jam-All Productions, ,
Free Jazz
Mary Halvorson
Amaryllis
2022, CD, ,
Avant-garde Jazz
Mary Halvorson
Belladonna
2022, ,
Avant-garde Jazz
Sylvie Courvoisier / Mary Halvorson
Searching For The Disappeared Hour
2021, CD, Album, Pyroclastic Records, ,
Avant-garde Jazz
Mary Halvorson & John Dieterich
A Tangle Of Stars
2019, CD, Album, Dig, New Amsterdam Records
Tom Rainey Trio With Mary Halvorson And Ingrid Laubrock
Combobulated
2019,
The New School For Jazz And Contemporary Music Ensemble, Noël Akchoté, Mary Halvorson, Patricia Brennan
Cheshire Hotel – The New School For Jazz And Contemporary Music Ensemble (Spring 2018)
2018, 2xFile, MP3, EP, 320, Noël Akchoté Downloads, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Mary Halvorson
The Maid With The Flaxen Hair
2018, CD, Album, Tzadik,
Mary Halvorson – Joe Morris
Traversing Orbits
2018, CD, Album, Rogueart, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Free Jazz/Free Improvisation/Contemporary Jazz
Mary Halvorson
Code Girl
2018, 2x CD, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Post Bop
Robbie Lee (5) & Mary Halvorson
Seed Triangular
2018
Sylvie Courvoisier / Mary Halvorson
Crop Circles
2017, CD, Album, Relative Pitch Records, ,
Avant-garde Jazz
Greg Saunier, Mary Halvorson, Ron Miles
New American Songbooks Volume 1
2017, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz/Free Jazz
Elliott Sharp With Mary Halvorson And Marc Ribot
Err Guitar
2017, CD,
The Out Louds : Fujiwara* / Goldberg* / Halvorson*
The Out Louds
2016, CD, Album, Relative Pitch Records, ,
Avant-garde Jazz
Mary Halvorson, Noël Akchoté
Mary Halvorson & Noël Akchoté
2016, 20xFile, MP3, Album, 320, Noël Akchoté Downloads, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation/Post Bop/Avant-garde Jazz
Mary Halvorson, Noël Akchoté
Live In Strasbourg
2016, 11xFile, MP3, Album, 320, Noël Akchoté Downloads
Tom Rainey Trio With Ingrid Laubrock And Mary Halvorson
Hotel Grief
2015, CD, Album, Intakt Records, ,
Avant-garde Jazz
Mary Halvorson, Stephan Crump : Secret Keeper
Emerge
2015
Mary Halvorson
Meltframe
2015
Mary Halvorson, Michael Formanek, Tomas Fujiwara : Thumbscrew
Thumbscrew
2014, CD, Album, Cuneiform Records, ,
Avant-garde Jazz
Mary Halvorson
Reverse Blue
2014, CD, Album, Relative Pitch Records, ,
Free Improvisation/Avant-garde Jazz
Stephan Crump, Mary Halvorson : Secret Keeper
Super Eight
2013, CD, Album, Intakt Records
Mary Halvorson, Kirk Knuffke, Matt Wilson : Sifter
Sifter
2013, CD, Album, Relative Pitch Records, ,
Avant-garde Jazz
Tom Rainey Trio with Mary Halvorson and Ingrid Laubrock
Camino Cielo Echo
2012, CD, Album, Intakt Records, ,
Free Improvisation
Weasel Walter / Mary Halvorson / Peter Evans
Mechanical Malfunction
2012
Weasel Walter / Mary Halvorson / Peter Evans
Electric Fruit
2011, CD, Album, Thirsty Ear, ,
Free Improvisation
Mary Halvorson And Jessica Pavone
Departure Of Reason
2011, CD, Album, Thirsty Ear, ,
Free Jazz/Acoustic/Folk/Experimental/Avant-garde Jazz
Hubert Bergmann / Mary Halvorson
Mixtour
2010, CD, EP, mudoks records, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz
Mary Halvorson, Reuben Radding & Nate Wooley - Crackleknob
Crackleknob
2009, CD, Album, hatOLOGY
Weasel Walter / Mary Halvorson / Peter Evans
Mystery Meat
2009, CDr, Ltd, ugEXPLODE
Weasel Walter / Mary Halvorson / Peter Evans
Live At WFMU On Scott McDowell's Show 5/13/09
2009, 2xFile, MP3, 320, Free Music Archive
Mary Halvorson & Jessica Pavone
Thin Air
2009, ,
Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation
Mary Halvorson, Jessica Pavone, Devin Hoff, Ches Smith
Calling All Portraits
2008, CD, Album, Skycap,
Mary Halvorson And Weasel Walter
Opulence
2008, CD, Album, ugEXPLODE
Mary Halvorson & Jessica Pavone
On And Off
2007, CD, Album, Skirl Records,
Mary Halvorson And Jessica Pavone
Prairies
2005, CD, Album, Lucky Kitchen
John Zorn - Mary Halvorson Quartet
The Bagatelles Vol. 1
2025, CD, Album, RE, Tzadik, ,
Avantgarde
John Zorn
John Zorn's Bagatelles
2021, Box, Comp, Ltd + 4xCD, Album, Tzadik, Tzadik, Tzadik, Tzadik
Mary Halvorson's Code Girl
Artlessly Falling
2020,
Various
A Day In The Life: Impressions Of Pepper
2018, CD,
Mary Halvorson Octet
Away With You
2016, CD, ,
Avant-garde Jazz
Mary Halvorson Septet
Illusionary Sea
2013, CD, ,
Free Improvisation/Avant-garde Jazz
Mary Halvorson Quintet
Bending Bridges
2012, CD, ,
Jazz-Rock/Avant-garde Jazz
Mary Halvorson Quintet
Saturn Sings
2010, CD, Album, Firehouse 12 Records, ,
Free Improvisation
Mary Halvorson Trio
Dragon's Head
2008, CD, Album, Firehouse 12 Records,
Tomeka Reid Quartet
3+3
2024,
Thumbscrew
Wingbeats
2024, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Free Improvisation/Modal
Illegal Crowns
Unclosing
2023, ,
Avant-garde Jazz
Columbia Icefield
Ancient Songs Of Burlap Heroes
2022, CD, Album, Pyroclastic Records
Thumbscrew
Multicolored Midnight
2022
Thumbscrew
Never Is Enough
2021,
Thumbscrew
The Anthony Braxton Project
2020, CD, Album, Cuneiform Records
Susan Alcorn Quintet
Pedernal
2020, ,
Free Improvisation/Avant-garde Jazz
Tomeka Reid Quartet
Old New
2019, CD, Album, Cuneiform Records,
Michael Formanek Very Practical Trio
Even Better
2019, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Taylor Ho Bynum 9-tette
The Ambiguity Manifesto
2019
Illegal Crowns
The No-Nosed Puppet
2019, ,
Avant-garde Jazz
Thumbscrew
Ours
2018, CD, Album, Cuneiform Records
Thumbscrew
Theirs
2018, CD, Album, Cuneiform Records
Anthony Braxton Quartet
Ao Vivo Jazz Na Fábrica
2016, 2xCD, Album, Selo SESC SP, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation/Free Jazz
Thumbscrew
Convallaria
2016, CD, Album, Cuneiform Records, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Taylor Ho Bynum Plustet
Enter The Plustet
2016, CD, ,
Avant-garde Jazz
Illegal Crowns
Illegal Crowns
2016,
Ingrid Laubrock Anti-House
Roulette Of The Cradle
2015, CD, ,
Free Improvisation
Tomeka Reid Quartet
Tomeka Reid Quartet
2015, ,
Free Jazz
People
3 X A Woman: The Misplaced Files
2014, ,
Avantgarde
Ingrid Laubrock Octet
Zürich Concert
2014, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Plymouth
Plymouth
2014
Ches Smith And These Arches
International Hoohah
2014, CD, ,
Avant-garde Jazz
Ingrid Laubrock Anti-House
Strong Place
2013, CD, Album, Intakt Records, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Free Jazz
Ches Smith And These Arches
Hammered
2013, CD, Album, Clean Feed, ,
Avant-garde Jazz
Mary Halvorson Trio
Ghost Loop
2013, CD, Album, For Tune, ,
Avant-garde Jazz
Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet
Navigation (Possibility Abstract X & XI)
2013, 2xLP, Album, Ltd, Firehouse 12 Records, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Experimental
Taylor Ho Bynum 7-tette
Navigation (Possibility Abstract XII & XIII)
2013, 2xCD, Firehouse 12 Records, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Experimental
Aych
As The Crow Flies
2012, CD, Album, Relative Pitch Records, ,
Free Improvisation/Avant-garde Jazz
Living By Lanterns
New Myth / Old Science
2012
Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet
Apparent Distance
2011, CD, Album, Firehouse 12 Records, ,
Free Improvisation
Fred Ho And The Green Monster Big Band
Year Of The Tiger
2011, CD, Album, Innova Recordings, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Big Band
The Thirteenth Assembly
Station Direct
2011, CD, ,
Free Improvisation
Tom Rainey Trio
Pool School
2010, CD, Album, Clean Feed
Ingrid Laubrock Anti-House
Anti-House
2010, CD, Album, Intakt Records, ,
Free Improvisation
Map
Fever Dream
2010
The Thirteenth Assembly
(un)sentimental
2009, CD, Album, Important Records (2)
Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet
Asphalt Flowers Forking Paths
2008, CD, Album, hatOLOGY, ,
Free Improvisation
Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet
The Middle Picture
2007, CD, Album, Firehouse 12 Records
People
Misbegotten Man
2007
People
People
2005
MAP
Six Improvisations (For Guitar Bass And Drums)
2004

APPEARANCES +


Adam O'Farrill
For These Streets
2025, CD, Album, Out Of Your Head Records
Noël Akchoté
The Last Item – (Noël Akchoté Downloads, 2010-2024).
2024, 74xFile, MP3, Album, 320, Noël Akchoté Downloads
Ned Rothenberg
Crossings Four
2023, CD, Album, Clean Feed, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Free Improvisation
Myra Melford's Fire And Water Quintet
Hear The Light Singing
2023
Myra Melford's Fire And Water Quintet
For The Love Of Fire And Water
2022, CD, Album, Rogueart
Trevor Dunn's Trio-Convulsant avec Folie À Quatre
Séances
2022, CD, Album, Pyroclastic Records
Tomas Fujiwara's Triple Double
March
2022
Noël Akchoté
Loving Highsmith
2022, ,
Free Improvisation
John Zorn
John Zorn's Bagatelles (Vol. 5-8)
2021, Box, Ltd + 4xCD, Album, Tzadik, Tzadik, Tzadik, Tzadik
Ben Goldberg
Everything Happens To Be.
2021, 10xFile, FLAC, BAG Production Records
Various
Musicworks 137
2020, CD, Comp, Musicworks, ,
Electroacoustic/Experimental
Noël Akchoté
Loving Highsmith (Teaser)
2020, File, MP3, EP, 320, Noël Akchoté Downloads, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz/Soundtrack
Kristo Rodzevski
Hubris
2020, CD, ,
Alternative Rock/Experimental
Nate Wooley
Columbia Icefield
2019, CD, Album, Northern Spy, ,
Free Jazz
Dave Douglas
Showing Up / The Power Of The Vote
2019, 7", RSD, Single, Ltd, Greenleaf Music
Maria Grand
Magdalena
2018, 11xFile, FLAC, Album, Biophilia Records
Various
Unlimited 31 Ribbons Of Euphoria
2018, DVDr, DVD-V, Ltd, PAL, PanRec
Dave Douglas
Uplift - Twelve Pieces For Positive Action
2018
Myra Melford
12 From 25
2018
Ingrid Laubrock
Contemporary Chaos Practices / Two Works For Orchestra With Soloists
2018
Noël Akchoté
Kcs (Kansas City Sessions)
2017, 10xFile, MP3, Album, 320, Noël Akchoté Downloads
Noël Akchoté
All I Have To Say
2017, 18xFile, MP3, Album, 320, Noël Akchoté Downloads
John Zorn – Mary Halvorson Quartet
Paimon (Book Of Angels Volume 32)
2017, CD, Album, Tzadik
Kristo Rodzevski
The Rabbit And The Fallen Sycamore
2017
Tomas Fujiwara
Triple Double
2017
Jason Moran
Bangs
2017, ,
Avant-garde Jazz
Michael Formanek, Ensemble Kolossus
The Distance
2016
Kristo Rodzevski
Bitter Almonds
2016, CD Digipak, ,
Avant-garde Jazz
Anthony Braxton
3 Compositions (EEMHM) 2011
2016
Anthony Braxton
10+1tet (Knoxville) 2016
2016, ,
Free Improvisation/Free Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz
Tomas Fujiwara & The Hook Up
After All Is Said
2015, CD, Album, 482 Music
Jacob Garchik
Ye Olde
2015, CD, Album, Yestereve Records
Alicia Hall Moran
Heavy Blue
2015, CD, Album, Yes Records (8)
Kristo Rodzevski
Batania
2015,
Marc Ribot, The Young Philadelphians
Live In Tokyo
2015, CD,
Curtis Hasselbring
Number Stations
2013, CD, Cuneiform Records, ,
Avant-garde Jazz
Anthony Braxton
Echo Echo Mirror House
2013, CD, Album, Les Disques Victo, ,
Free Improvisation/Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet & 7-tette*
Navigation (The Complete Firehouse 12 Recordings)
2013, 4xFile, FLAC, Album, Comp, Firehouse 12 Records, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Experimental
Xiu Xiu
Nina
2013
Anthony Braxton
Trio (NYC) 2011
2013, File, ,
Free Improvisation/Free Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz
Tomas Fujiwara & The Hook Up
The Air Is Different
2012, CD, Album, 482 Music, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Free Jazz
Ergo
If Not Inertia
2012, CD, Album, Cuneiform Records
Jessica Pavone
Hope Dawson Is Missing
2012, CD, Album, Tzadik
Joy Mega
Forever Is Something Inside You
2012, CD, New Atlantis Records
Anthony Braxton
Creative Music Orchestra (NYC) 2011
2012
Anthony Braxton
GTM (Iridium) 2007 Volume 3 - Set 1
2012, File, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation/Avant-garde Jazz
Anthony Braxton
GTM (Iridium) 2007 Volume 3 - Set 2
2012, File, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation/Avant-garde Jazz
Anthony Braxton
Echo Echo Mirror House (NYC) 2011
2012
Anthony Braxton
GTM (Iridium) 2007 Volume 4 - Set 1
2012, ,
Free Improvisation/Free Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz
Anthony Braxton
GTM (Iridium) 2007 Volume 2 - Set 1
2012
Anthony Braxton
GTM (Iridium) 2007 Volume 4 - Set 2
2012, ,
Free Improvisation/Free Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz
Anthony Braxton
GTM (Iridium) 2007 Volume 2 - Set 2
2012, File, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation/Avant-garde Jazz
Anthony Braxton
GTM (Iridium) 2007 Volume 1 - Set 2
2012, File, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation/Avant-garde Jazz
Anthony Braxton
GTM (Iridium) 2007 Volume 1 - Set 1
2012
Weasel Walter
Ominous Telepathic Mayhem
2011, CD, Album, ugEXPLODE, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation/Avant-garde Jazz
Anthony Braxton
Composition, Improvisation, Synthesis - Selections From The Tri-Centric Foundation Archives
2011, 11xFile, MP3, Album, Smplr, 320, New Braxton House, ,
Free Jazz/Opera/Free Improvisation/Contemporary/Avant-garde Jazz
Anthony Braxton
Septet (Pittsburgh) 2008
2011
Anthony Braxton
Quartet (Mannheim) 2010
2011
Tomas Fujiwara & The Hook Up
Actionspeak
2010, CD, Album, 482 Music, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Free Jazz
Christian Marclay
Graffiti Composition
2010, CD, Album, Dog W/A Bone
Ches Smith & These Arches*
Finally Out Of My Hands
2010, CD, Album, Skirl Records, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Anthony Braxton
Quartet (Mestre) 2008
2010, CD, Album, Caligola
Matthew Welch
Blarvuster
2010, CD, Album, Tzadik, ,
Contemporary/Contemporary Jazz
Matthew Welch
Luminosity
2009, CD, Album, Porter Records, ,
Free Jazz/Avantgarde/Experimental
Anthony Braxton
Quartet (Moscow) 2008
2008, CD, Album, Leo Records
Stephen Haynes, Taylor Ho Bynum
The Double Trio - Live At The Festival Of New Trumpet Music
2008, CD, Album, Engine Studios
Anthony Braxton
9 Compositions (Iridium) 2006
2007, 9xCD + DVD + Box, Firehouse 12 Records
Anthony Braxton
12+1tet (Victoriaville) 2007
2007, CD, Album, Les Disques Victo
Anthony Braxton
Trio (Victoriaville) 2007
2007, CD, Album, Les Disques Victo, ,
Free Jazz
Dr. Eugene Chadbourne*
Sacred Insects Of Ancient Egypt
2007, CDr, Album, House Of Chadula
The Mpthree*
Sleep Cells
2006, CDr, Ltd, Utech Records
Ted Reichman
My Ears Are Bent
2006, CD, Album, Skirl Records
Anthony Braxton
Quintet (London) 2004 (Live At The Royal Festival Hall)
2005, CD, Album, Leo Records
The New York Underground Orchestra Conducted By Assif Tsahar
Fragments
2005, CD, Album, Hopscotch Records (3), ,
Free Jazz
Trevor Dunn's Trio-Convulsant
Sister Phantom Owl Fish
2004, ,
Free Jazz/Experimental/Heavy Metal
Friendly Bears
You Think You're In A Rush
2002, CDr, Not On Label
Susanna
FACT Mix 644
2018, File, MP3, Mixed, 320, FACT Magazine, ,
Folk/Nordic/Avant-garde Jazz/Downtempo/Shoegaze/Ethereal/Contemporary Jazz/Experimental
Various
A Day In The Life: Impressions Of Pepper
2018
Connie Converse
Vanity Of Vanities - A Tribute To Connie Converse
2017, CD, Album, Tzadik
Various
Banlieues Bleues: Les Sons De Festival 2017
2017, CD, Comp, Promo, Velvet SARL,
Various
Cuneiform Turns 30: The Albums Of 2014
2014, 21xFile, MP3, Comp, 320, Cuneiform Records, ,
Avantgarde/Art Rock/Alternative Rock/Prog Rock/Experimental
Various
I Never Meta Guitar (Solo Guitars For The 21st Century)
2010, CD, Comp, Clean Feed
Various
AUX Vol. 2
2010, CD, Album, Ltd, Num, Ideas For Creative Exploration, ,
Experimental
Various
WFMU Presents: The Free Music Archive Sampler Vol. 2
2008, CD, Comp, WFMU,
Trevor Dunn's Trio-Convulsant
Sister Phantom Owl Fish
2004