Mary Halvorson
About Ghosts
Release Date: Jun 13, 2025
Genre(s): Jazz
Record label: Nonesuch
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Album Review: About Ghosts by Mary Halvorson
Awful, Based on 2 Critics
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Jazz guitarist and composer Mary Halvorson has plied her trade in a variety of configurations: as a solo guitarist, with vocalists, string ensembles, quartets, you name it. However, she’s currently in the midst of what may be her most acclaimed and creatively fruitful period. As the leader of the jazz sextet Amaryllis, Halvorson released Amaryllis (2022), Cloudward (2024), and now About Ghosts (2025).
Opinion: Fantastic
The strength of the guitar in jazz is its ability to do many things. With a less defined role than the piano or a brass instrument, it can push and pull compositions in a multitude of directions. It can provide a driving bluesy undercurrent or subtly colour a track with gentle finger picking, and a great deal in between. On About Ghosts, American guitarist, bandleader and restless experimentalist Mary Halvorson leans into her instrument's versatility within jazz ensemble playing.
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