Mat Maneri

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American composer, violin, and viola player

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FieldValue
nameMat Maneri
imageMat DSC01386.jpg
captionMat Maneri in Aarhus, Denmark, 2016
backgroundnon_vocal_instrumentalist
birth_date
birth_placeBrooklyn, New York, U.S.
genreAvant-garde jazz
occupationMusician
instrumentViolin, viola
years_active1980s–present
labelECM, Leo, Thirsty Ear, Hathut, Sunnyside
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| name = Mat Maneri | image = Mat DSC01386.jpg | caption = Mat Maneri in Aarhus, Denmark, 2016 | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_date = | birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | genre = Avant-garde jazz | occupation = Musician | instrument = Violin, viola | years_active = 1980s–present | label = ECM, Leo, Thirsty Ear, Hathut, Sunnyside

Mat Maneri (born October 4, 1969) is an American composer, violin, and viola player. He is the son of the saxophonist Joe Maneri and Sonja Maneri.

Career

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Maneri has recorded with Cecil Taylor, Guerino Mazzola, Matthew Shipp, Joe Morris, Gerald Cleaver, Tim Berne, Borah Bergman, Mark Dresser, William Parker, Michael Formanek, John Lockwood, as well as with his own trio, quartet, and quintet. He also played on various band releases such as: Club d'Elf, Decoupage, Brewed by Noon, Paul Motian's Electric Bebop Band, and Buffalo Collision.

Maneri started studying violin at the age of five. He received a full scholarship as the principal violinist at Walnut Hill High School and New England Conservatory of Music, before going on to pursue a professional career in jazz music.

He started releasing records as a leader in 1996 and performed and recorded worldwide. Maneri has worked with Ed Schuller, John Medeski, Roy Campbell, Paul Motian, Robin Williamson, Drew Gress, Tony Malaby, Ben Monder, Barre Phillips, Joëlle Léandre, Marilyn Crispell, Craig Taborn, Ethan Iverson, David King and many others. Maneri also taught privately and at the New School.

Discography

As leader

  • Fever Bed (Leo, 1997)
  • *Acceptance *(hatOLOGY, 1998)
  • Fifty-One Sorrows (Leo, 1999)
  • So What (hatOLOGY, 1999)
  • Blue Decco (Thirsty Ear, 2000)
  • Trinity (ECM, 2001)
  • Sustain (Thirsty Ear, 2002)
  • For Consequence (Leo, 2003)
  • Pentagon (Thirsty Ear, 2005)
  • Dust (Sunnyside, 2019)
  • Ash (Sunnyside, 2023)

As co-leader

  • In Time (Leo, 1994) with Pandelis Karayorgis
  • Three Men Walking (ECM, 1995) with Joe Maneri and Joe Morris
  • Out Right Now (hatOLOGY, 1995 [2001]) with Joe Maneri and Joe Morris
  • Lift & Poise (Leo, 1998) with Pandelis Karayorgis
  • Blessed (ECM, 1997) with Joe Maneri
  • Light Trigger (No More, 2000) with Randy Peterson
  • Tales of Rohnlief (ECM, 2000) with Joe Maneri and Barre Phillips
  • Disambiguation (Leo, 2002) with Pandelis Karayorgis
  • Going to Church (AUM Fidelity, 2002) with Maneri Ensemble
  • Jam (Hopscotch, 2003) with Assif Tsahar and Jim Black
  • Angles of Repose (ECM, 2004) with Joe Maneri and Barre Phillips
  • Chamber Trio (Leo, 2005) with Mark O'Leary and Matthew Shipp
  • Metamorphosis (Leo, 2011) with Arrigo Cappelletti, Andrea Massaria, and Nicola Stranieri
  • A Violent Dose of Anything (Leo, 2013) with Ivo Perelman and Matthew Shipp
  • Transylvanian Concert (ECM, 2013) with Lucian Ban
  • Two Men Walking (Leo, 2014) with Ivo Perelman
  • Sounding Tears (Clean Feed, 2017) with Evan Parker and Lucian Ban
  • Conference of the Mat/ts (Rogueart, 2018) with Matthew Shipp
  • Live at the Armoury (Clean Feed, 2023) with Gordon Grdina and Christian Lillinger
  • Oedipe Redux (Sunnyside, 2023) with Lucian Ban
  • Transylvanian Dance (ECM, 2024) with Lucian Ban
  • Chamber (Gotta Let It Out, 2025) with Hein Westgaard

As sideman

With Borah Bergman

  • The River of Sounds (Boxholder, 2000) With Lucian Ban
  • Enesco Re-imagined (Sunnyside, 2010)
  • Songs from Afar (Sunnyside, 2016)
  • Blutopia (Sunnyside, 2024) With Lucian Ban and John Surman
  • Transylvanian Folk Songs (Sunnyside, 2020)
  • Cantica Profana (Sunnyside, 2025)
  • Athenaeum Concert (Sunnyside, 2025) With Michael Bisio
  • MBefore (TAO Forms, 2022)

With François Carrier

With Ivo Perelman

References

References

  1. "Mat Maneri".
  2. "Mat Maneri".
  3. "Music | Dark star".

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