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Joe Manis

SteepleChase recording artist Joe Manis is quickly creating a strong presence in the Northwest jazz scene with the strength of his "intense, updated take on the glorious Rollins-'Trane tradition." (Willamette Week) He released his debut album Evidence in 2009 on the 8Bells label, featuring Manis on tenor saxophonist, Brooklyn drummer Kevin Congleton, and Portland luminary Dave Captein on bass: the Willamette Week called the album "explosive,” and said “(Manis) makes Pink Floyd's 'Money' sound like something a young John Coltrane might have played"; the Eugene Weekly called Evidence "Fabulous..

In a Heartbeat

By Kerry Politzer

Label: PJCE Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Bad News; Shaky Ground; Spring Day; Cycle; In a Heartbeat; Lullaby for Messiaen; 3 A.M.; Marble Maze; Umbrella Statement; Goodbye.

Spring Day

December 7, 2022

Album: In a Heartbeat
By Kerry Politzer
Label: PJCE Records
Released: 2022
Duration: 05:27

North by Northwest

By Joe Manis

Label: SteepleChase Records
Released: 2013

Joe Manis: Killin'!

by George Colligan
August 22, 2013

[ Editor's Note: The following interview is reprinted from George Colligan's blog, Jazztruth]Sometime last year, I got an email from a dude named Joe Manis, who said he was from Eugene and he wanted me to make a recording with him. He wanted me to play organ. I said to myself," Hmmm. Tenor player ...