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  • Summary: The latest full-length release from Brooklyn-based jazz guitarist Mary Halvorson was produced by John Dieterich and adds Immanuel Wilkins and Brian Settles to her Amaryllis ensemble.
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  1. Jun 24, 2025
    90
    The results are nothing short of spectacular.
  2. Jun 13, 2025
    90
    The album is a masterclass in orchestration and pacing. .... The result is deeply compelling and will have listeners coming back time and again to uncover more in these thrilling pieces.
  3. The Wire
    Jun 12, 2025
    80
    One thing that makes this music feel so good is the way it puts such skilled players through their paces. You can almost hear them rising to the challenge. [Jul 2025, p.52]
  4. Jun 12, 2025
    80
    The excitement of Halvorson’s music is not cinematic or illustrative, but in the kaleidoscopic fascination of its internal symmetries and conflict.
  5. Jun 12, 2025
    80
    Halvorson, as she has done on previous efforts, blends herself into the ensemble, rarely taking center stage, allowing her compositions to do so instead.
  6. Jun 13, 2025
    80
    About Ghosts offers more proof that Halvorson's Amaryllis are among the most inventive, articulate, and creatively forward-thinking ensembles playing jazz right now.
  7. Uncut
    Jun 12, 2025
    70
    Eight lively compositions that strike a sometimes uneasy balance between structural rigour and woolier, woozier inclinations. [Jul 2025, p.29]

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