Amaryllis & Belladonna Mary Halvorson SKU: 0075597912708 Barcode: 0075597912708 30.00 £30.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Nonesuch Released Date: 13th May 2022 Buying Format: 2LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info ‘An unflinching original who has revealed new possibilities within the music.’ – New York Times ‘During the last decade, Halvorson has reimagined the rules and roles of jazz guitar by pairing a graceful approach to melody with an iron will to warp, corrupt, and subvert it.’ – Pitchfork ‘The most future-seeking guitarist working right now, thinking out the instrument on a level most couldn’t comprehend.’ – NPR Nonesuch Records releases twin label debut albums, Amaryllis and Belladonna, from Brooklyn-based guitarist, composer, and MacArthur fellow Mary Halvorson. The two suites, which Halvorson describes as “modular and interlocking,” were performed at Brooklyn’s Roulette last fall. The records, produced and mixed by John Dieterich (Deerhoof), will be available as a two-LP vinyl set or as two separate CDs, and also will be available digitally. Halvorson and the ensembles celebrate the albums’ release with a special performance of the two suites at National Sawdust in Brooklyn on May 18. Amaryllis is a six-song suite performed by a newly formed sextet of master improvisers, including Halvorson, Patricia Brennan (vibraphone), Nick Dunston (bass), Tomas Fujiwara (drums), Jacob Garchik (trombone), and Adam O’Farrill (trumpet). The Mivos string quartet joins for three of the songs, making this the largest ensemble for which Halvorson has written to date. The suite showcases Halvorson’s many musical influences from jazz, experimental, new music, and beyond. Belladonna is a set of five compositions written for Halvorson on guitar plus The Mivos Quartet: Olivia De Prato (violin), Maya Bennardo (violin), Victor Lowrie Tafoya (viola), and Tyler J. Borden (cello). It is Halvorson’s first time writing for a string quartet. Mivos’ parts are through-composed and augmented by Halvorson’s guitar improvisations. Halvorson says, “Amaryllis features some of my favorite musicians on the planet. I started writing the music in 2020, when the world slowed and most activities came to a halt, and all I had was my guitar, a pencil, some staff paper, and a computer. The pleasure of imagining what the music might sound like kept me sane during that time and gave me reason to push forward. “Around the same time, I was listening to a lot of string quartet music. I had a few orchestration books lying around my apartment, and ample time to take composition lessons. Writing for string quartet has always been a dream of mine, but something that seemed intimidating and somehow out of reach. But with a clear schedule and endless days stretching out in front of me, it felt like the right time to finally go for it,” she continues. “Working with the Mivos Quartet was a dream. After I composed the Belladonna record, for string quartet and guitar, I wanted to keep going, so I started adding string quartet parts to the Amaryllis sextet music, too. Hence the project ultimately circled back around to contain both groups, as a tentet,” Halverson concludes. “I liked the notion that the projects are modular – they can exist separately or come together as one large ensemble.” Nonesuch President David Bither says, “I am so pleased to welcome Mary to Nonesuch. We first talked a number of years ago and I said to Mary, when the time comes that you have a project that would benefit from us working together, please tell me. She sent a note about nine months into the pandemic asking if that invitation was still good, and I was happy to respond that it was. For all of the remarkable music Mary has made over the past fifteen years, I think Amaryllis and Belladonna represent a next step forward for her – which is saying a great deal given the many forward steps she has taken in her career.” Rolling Stone said, ‘Mary Halvorson’s guitar playing can be challenging and at times even confrontational, but it is never conventional. A fixture in avant-garde and improvisational music circles, the New York City-based guitarist is just as likely to pick out intricate, harmonically and melodically complex lines of stunning beauty as she is to unleash a violent spray of atonal, harshly distorted six-string noise.’ Halvorson has released a series of critically acclaimed albums, from Dragon’s Head (2008), her trio debut featuring bassist John Hébert and drummer Ches Smith, expanding to a quintet with trumpeter Jonathan Finlayson and alto saxophonist Jon Irabagon on Saturn Sings (2010) and Bending Bridges (2012), a septet with tenor saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock and trombonist Jacob Garchik on Illusionary Sea (2014), and finally an octet with pedal steel guitarist Susan Alcorn on Away With You (2016). She also released the solo recording Meltframe (2015), and most recently debuted Code Girl (2018, 2020), a new ensemble featuring vocalist Amirtha Kidambi (singing Halvorson’s own lyrics), trumpeter Adam O’Farrill, saxophonist and vocalist María Grand, bassist Michael Formanek, and drummer Tomas Fujiwara. One of New York City’s most in-demand guitarists, over the past decade Halvorson has worked with such diverse musicians as Tim Berne, Anthony Braxton, Taylor Ho Bynum, John Dieterich, Trevor Dunn, Bill Frisell, Ingrid Laubrock, Jason Moran, Joe Morris, Tom Rainey, Jessica Pavone, Tomeka Reid, Marc Ribot, and John Zorn. She is also part of several collaborative projects, most notably the longstanding trio Thumbscrew with Michael Formanek on bass and Tomas Fujiwara on drums. Artist Mary Halvorson Genre Jazz Label Nonesuch Buying Options 2LP Format 2LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings Side A - Amaryllis Night Shift Anesthesia Amaryllis Side B - Amaryllis Side Effect Hoodwink 892 Teeth Side C – Belladonna Nodding Yellow Moonburn Flying Song Side D – Belladonna Haunted Head Belladonna Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Mary Halvorson and more from Jazz View Product Quick View Mary Halvorson Cloudward Jazz | Nonesuch | 1LP Released 19th January 2024 £28.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Mary Halvorson Cloudward £28.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Nonesuch SKU: 0075597902334 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 19th January 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Various Artists The Wonderful Sounds Of Quality Record Pressings Jazz | Acoustic Sounds | 180g, 3LP Released 30th December 2022 £125.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Various Artists The Wonderful Sounds Of Quality Record Pressings £125.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Acoustic Sounds SKU: AAPP 147 Formats: 180g, 3LP Released Date: 30th December 2022 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Norah Jones Begin Again Jazz | Blue Note | 1LP Released 11th April 2019 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Norah Jones Begin Again £18.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note SKU: 7744040 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 11th April 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Tony Williams Foreign Intrigue Jazz | Blue Note | 180g, 1LP Released 10th January 2020 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Tony Williams Foreign Intrigue £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note SKU: 838341 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 10th January 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Roland Kirk Here Comes The Whistleman Jazz | Modern Harmonic | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 24th February 2023 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Roland Kirk Here Comes The Whistleman £24.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Modern Harmonic SKU: LPMH8261C Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 24th February 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Sonny Rollins Rollins Plays For Bird (mono) Jazz | Analogue Productions | 180g, 1LP Released 13th October 2014 £45.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Sonny Rollins Rollins Plays For Bird (mono) £45.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Analogue Productions SKU: APRJ7095 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 13th October 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus Jazz | Pure Pleasure | 180g, 1LP Released 2nd November 2005 £34.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Pure Pleasure SKU: CJS9005 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 2nd November 2005 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View John Coltrane Coltrane Plays The Blues (Atlantic 75 Series) Jazz | Analogue Productions (Atlantic 75 Series) | 180g, 2LP, 45rpm Released 31st May 2024 £75.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders John Coltrane Coltrane Plays The Blues (Atlantic 75 Series) £75.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Analogue Productions (Atlantic 75 Series) SKU: AAPA 041-45 Formats: 180g, 2LP, 45rpm Released Date: 31st May 2024 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Wolfgang Muthspiel, Ambrose Akinmusire, Brad Mehldau, Larry Where The River Goes Jazz | ECM | 1LP Released 11th October 2018 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Wolfgang Muthspiel, Ambrose Akinmusire, Brad Mehldau, Larry Where The River Goes £19.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ECM SKU: 6765103 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 11th October 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Ben Webster Soulville Jazz | Analogue Productions | 200g, 2LP, 45rpm Released 11th September 2013 £60.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ben Webster Soulville £60.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Analogue Productions SKU: AVRJ827445 Formats: 200g, 2LP, 45rpm Released Date: 11th September 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Sonny Rollins Saxophone Colossus (mono) Jazz | Analogue Productions | 180g, 1LP Released 13th May 2015 £45.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Sonny Rollins Saxophone Colossus (mono) £45.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Analogue Productions SKU: APRJ7079 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 13th May 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Jazz Start again
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