Mary Halvorson

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Start with Amaryllis (2022) album, Her Nonesuch label debut

Bio

Mary Halvorson is an American guitarist and composer, born in 1980 and raised in Brookline, Massachusetts, widely regarded as one of the most original voices in contemporary jazz and experimental music. She switched from violin to electric guitar around age 11 after hearing Jimi Hendrix, then studied under saxophonist Anthony Braxton at Wesleyan University, with whom she has worked ever since. She has repeatedly won Guitarist of the Year in the DownBeat Critics Poll and received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2019

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