Mary Halvorson: “Night Shift”

Mary Halvorson’s first name is buried within the title of her latest album Amaryllis. Coincidence? Or a little wink to the listener on an album full of winks, nods, bobs, weaves, and roundhouses.

The instruments supplied by this sextet playing six songs is standard contemporary jazz, but the instrumentation makes chock-a-block, maximalist use of the instruments. There’s a symphony squirreled away somewhere in that song suite.

Watch for the vibraphone-forward gyrations of our highlighted track “Night Shift.”

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