Mary Halvorson Speaks With Jazzwise About Collaboration and Much More

Mary Halvorson recently told Jazzwise a bit about how she was able to truly collaborate with the other members of her sextet on her new LP Cloudward. “Having total trust in the musicians, I could leave decisions up to them,” she said. “I did that a little on the first album, but I really didn’t want to dictate who solos where. I might say: ‘There’s a solo here’ and someone would jump into the slot. I love stuff like that, giving up control and watching how different people change the music. That’s really cool.” The wide-ranging interview feature dives into quite a few more interesting topics; read the whole thing here.

Cloudward, out now on Nonesuch Records, has been in the top 5 at NACC Jazz for the past two weeks and has also spent two weeks at #1 on the Earshot Jazz chart. Thanks for all the support — we’re hoping to get even more stations on board with this interesting, ethereal release this week!