Among the artists who performed at Big Ears in 2023 and are returning next year is guitarist Mary Halvorson and her sextet, Amaryllis. I saw the Amaryllis set at Big Ears last year, and I also caught Halvorson in a John Zorn Bagatelles set with guitarist Miles Okazaki, and as part of the large ensemble in Zorn's game piece, Cobra.
She has a new album, Cloudward, coming out on January 19th with her Amaryllis sextet (Halvorson, Adam O'Farrill, Jacob Garchik, Patricia Brennan, Nick Dunston and Tomas Fujiwara). I understand the album even features a track with Laurie Anderson on violin. Anderson will be performing separately at Big Ears next year along with the jazz quartet Sexmob, and it's enticing to wonder if she'll pop in on the Amaryllis set.
Here's a track from Cloudward to whet our appetites.
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