Jessica Pavone Explained

Jessica Pavone
Genre:avant-garde jazz, contemporary classical, experimental, improvised music
Occupation:composer-improviser, teacher
Instrument:viola, violin
Label:Astral Spirits, Birdwatcher, Relative Pitch, Tzadik, Thirsty Ear, Skirl Records
Associated Acts:Mary Halvorson, Dark Tips, JOBS

Jessica Pavone is a New York-based violinist, violist and experimental composer. Her jazz-and-classical-inspired avant-garde music combines elements of improvisation and composition.[1] [2]

Background

Pavone is a graduate of the Hartt School of Music. While teaching public school in Hartford, Connecticut, she became involved with a community of  improvisers and composers around Wesleyan University and avant-garde jazz composer Anthony Braxton.

In 2001, Pavone released Jessica Pavone & the String Army. A year later she released 27 Epigrams, a collection of short pieces for small ensembles.

Her music has been characterized as “avant-improv.”[3]

Around 2001, Pavone started performing with avant-jazz guitarist (and Anthony Braxton student) Mary Halvorson. The New York Times described her duo work with Halvorson as “intricate song forms met with startling jolts of insight that felt as rooted in experimental rock, folk and chamber music as in any subspecies of jazz.”[4]

She also performs as Dark Tips with Raquel Bell.

Pavone has been part of ensembles led by Anthony Braxton, Henry Threadgill, and Matthew Welch. Pavone has earned grants and commissions from the Aaron Copland Recording Fund, the American Music Center, The Kitchen, MATA, The Jerome Foundation. Her music has been released by Tzadik, Thirsty Ear, Relative Pitch Records, and other labels. Pavone has also performed with cellist Paul de Jong on occasion.[5]

Discography

As leader / co-leader

References

  1. News: Pavone Brings Her Strings Back Home. The New York Sun. 2018-08-09.
  2. News: Pavone, Jessica. 2013-01-09. Improvised and Experimental Music. 2018-08-18. en-US.
  3. Web site: Mary Halvorson/Jessica Pavone. fac.umass.edu. 2018-08-09.
  4. News: The Guitarist Mary Halvorson Make Music 'Sort of Based in Jazz'. Chinen. Nate. The New York Times . 4 November 2008 . 2018-08-09. en.
  5. Web site: Best NYC shows (section:Paul de Jong, Jessica Pavone Ensemble) . Village Voice . 19 March 2018 . 9 August 2018.
  6. Web site: Rubolino . Frank . Jessica Pavone: 27 Epigrams . All About Jazz . 8 March 2021 . 25 June 2003.
  7. Web site: Sunderland . Celeste . Mary Halvorson / Jessica Pavone: Prairies . All About Jazz . 8 March 2021 . 24 July 2006.
  8. Web site: Jessica Pavone: Songs of Synastry and Solitude CD Release Concert – Roulette. roulette.org. en-US. 2018-08-18.
  9. Web site: Margasak . Peter . Jessica Pavone: Hope Dawson Is Missing . DownBeat . 8 March 2021 . January 2013.
  10. News: Jessica Pavone - Hope Dawson is Missing (Tzadik, 2012) ***½. The Free Jazz Collective. 2018-08-18.
  11. Web site: Menestres . David . J. Pavone String Ensemble - Brick and Mortar (Birdwatcher Records) ****1/2 . The Free Jazz Collective . 8 March 2021 . 30 September 2019.
  12. Web site: Nadelle . David . Jessica Pavone gets back to business with a new album composed for string quartet, Brick and Mortar, out in October on Birdwatcher . Tiny Mix Tapes . 8 March 2021 . 22 August 2019.
  13. Web site: Hear the latest album by J Pavone String Ensemble . WIRE . 8 March 2021 . 2020.
  14. Web site: Clamor . OOYH / Bandcamp . December 22, 2023.

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