MARY HALVORSON – ABOUT GHOSTS (LP VINYL)

1-LP
Jazz
Nonesuch Records releases About Ghosts by Brooklyn-based guitarist, composer, and MacArthur fellow Mary Halvorson on June 13, 2025. The album features eight new compositions by Halvorson, performed with her sextet Amaryllis, the improvisatory band that also was featured on her critically praised albums Amaryllis, Belladonna, and Cloudward. Amaryllis comprises Halvorson, Patricia Brennan (vibraphone), Nick Dunston (bass), Tomas Fujiwara (drums), Jacob Garchik (trombone), and Adam OFarrill (trumpet). Saxophonists Immanuel Wilkins and Brian Settles join the ensemble on five tunes, including Carved From, which is available today. About Ghosts is produced and mixed by John Dieterich (Deerhoof).

I started writing this record in the fall of 2023, for Amaryllis, and I thought, You know what? I want to add saxophones. And I just started writing, Halvorson says. It felt like an experiment. I was just feeling denser harmony, more horns.