Very excited for the upcoming tour with Mary Halvorson’s Code Girl sextet in Europe! We are all so proud of our MacArthur genius grant winning bandleader and couldn’t be happier for her. Come celebrate with us if you are in one of these cities!

October 2nd- 15th

Mary Halvorson’s Code Girl: European Tour

Mary Halvorson (guitar), Amirtha Kidambi (voice), María Grand (tenor saxophone & voice), Adam O’Farrill (trumpet), Michael Formanek (bass) & Tomas Fujiwara (drums)
Wednesday, October 2nd @ Le Petit Faucheux (Tours, France)
Friday, October 4th @ Sunset Club (Paris, France)
Saturday, October 5th @ CBSO Centre (Birmingham, UK)
Wednesday, October 9th @ Jazzclub Fasching (Stockholm, Sweden)
Thursday, October 10th @ Teatro Victoria Eugenia Antzokia (San Sebastian, Spain)
Friday, October 11th @ Stadtgarten (Cologne, Germany)
Saturday, October 12th @ Jazz Club Ferrara (Ferrara, Italy)
Monday, October 14th @ Braga, Portugal
Tuesday, October 15th @ Elb Philarmonie (Hamburg, Germany)

Mary Halvorson’s Code Girl

Amirtha Kidambi - vocals

María Grand - saxophone, vocals

Adam O’Farrill - trumpet

Mary Halvorson - guitar

Michael Formanek - bass

Tomas Fujiwara - drums

Code Girl is the latest project of guitarist and composer Mary Halvorson, and her first project for which she has composed both lyrics and music. The band has been described as “...a bold experiment in song form” by The New York Times. Deftly interpreted by Amirtha Kidambi (vocals), María Grand (saxophone, vocals), Adam O’Farrill (trumpet), Michael Formanek (bass) and Tomas Fujiwara (drums), the music synthesizes influences of jazz, folk and improvisation to create an original take on songwriting. Code Girl’s debut album was a top ten record in the annual NPR Jazz Critic’s Poll of 2018.

Halvorson's music has always had the capacity to surprise, but Code Girl amounts to the most startling move in her solo career.”

-Nate Chinen, NPR

“With strong compositions delivered by an excellent ensemble, the album's puzzles remain a treat to continually almost crack.”

-Justin Cober-Lake, PopMatters

“(Code Girl) is an album that touches upon various musical traditions in oblique fashion, but it’s most recognizable as yet another major step in Halvorson’s meteoric ascent.”

-Peter Margasak, bandcamp daily