Mat Maneri

Alex Harding, Lucian Ban: Blutopia

by Neri Pollastri
August 18, 2025

Il pianista Lucian Ban e il sassofonista baritono Alex Harding, assidui collaboratori dalla fine degli anni Novanta, riuniscono qui un quintetto di stelle per interpretare una musica assai diversificata di brano in brano e la cui sintesi è forse espressa da una citazione del filosofo Ibn Al-Arabi riportata nel libretto, la quale celebra il movimento quale origine della vita ed elemento che rende impossibile qualsiasi stasi nel mondo. Accanto ai due co-leader, la formazione vede il violista Mat ...

Jeong Lim Yang: Synchronicity

by Neri Pollastri
August 11, 2025

È piuttosto sorprendente questo nuovo lavoro di Jeong Lim Yang, contrabbassista coreana residente a New York dal 2011 e ormai figura molto presente nella musica metropolitana. Alla testa di un eccellente quartetto, entro il quale spicca la viola di Mat Maneri, la Yang presenta un programma di proprie composizioni (solo “Salad for Lunch" è firmata dal pianista del gruppo, Jacob Sacks), estremamente complesse nell'intreccio stilistico e tutte molto aperte agli apporti dei musicisti, che di fatto conferiscono al disco una ...

Ivo Perelman: Armageddon Flower

by John Sharpe
August 8, 2025

Pianist Matthew Shipp serves as the fulcrum of Armageddon Flower, a riveting quartet date that unites two longstanding units: the duo with tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman, and his String Trio with violist Mat Maneri and bassist William Parker. However, no-one is confined by past roles. Each of these four players has collaborated in multiple configurations over the last three decades. So four known quantities perhaps, but the familiarity here breeds neither complacency nor predictability. What emerges is a daring, combustible ...

Ivo Perelman: Armageddon Flower

by Mike Jurkovic
July 29, 2025

Ekphrastic by design, Armageddon Flower, the forty-seventh bold, forward-thinking testament pairing saxophonist Ivo Perelman and pianist Matthew Shipp is the duo's new zenith in a tireless exploration dating back nearly thirty years. It is another view from the pinnacle of their brotherhood that includes such watermark recordings as the symbiotic Live In Nuremberg (SMP, 2019), Fruition (ESP, 2022), Magical Incantations (Soul City Sounds, 2024) and the fanciful, Brazilian flavored Bendito of Santa Cruz (Cadence, 1996) which started it all.

Ivo Perelman & Matthew Shipp String Trio: Armageddon Flower

by Dan McClenaghan
June 3, 2025

Saxophonist Ivo Perelman's albums come at us relentlessly. He is prolific. Multiple albums per year is his norm. His approach is, more often than not, sound and fury, signifying... what? It is hard to say. Of his Armageddon Flower he says: “Listening to this music is akin to reading the Book of Revelations in the Bible." Armageddon Flowers sounds like a search for truth, a deep quest for Rama or the Holy Ghost, the workings of the intricacies ...

Ivo Perelman & Matthew Shipp String Trio: Armageddon Flower

by Mark Corroto
May 19, 2025

Imagine our earliest ancestors huddled deep inside a cave, safe from the howling wind and stalking predators outside. A fire flickers at the center, casting erratic shadows onto the jagged walls. Among the tribe, someone watches those shadows--not with fear, but with imagination. Perhaps they see, in the dancing silhouettes, the outlines of animals hunted earlier that day. This individual reaches out, dips a crude brush in pigment and begins to trace the forms on stone. In that moment, a ...

Jeong Lim Yang: Synchronicity

by Jerome Wilson
May 1, 2025

Bassist Jeong Lim Yang is a member of the Brooklyn jazz scene who has worked with many different musicians such as Jason Palmer, Oscar Noreiga, and Kenny Wollesen. On her third album as a leader, she uses a quartet combining motion and atmosphere with melodic beauty elements. The quartet has Mat Maneri on viola, Jacob Sacks on piano, Randy Peterson on drums and Yang on bass. The overall group sound is fluid with the rhythm section shifting through ...

Whit Dickey / Mat Maneri / Matthew Shipp Album To Be Released March 24 On AUM Fidelity

Source: Steven Joerg
March 16, 2017

On March 24, AUM Fidelity will release Vessel in Orbit, the first new group music in over a decade from singular drummer-composer Whit Dickey. Created together with the impeccable improvisers Mat Maneri on viola and pianist Matthew Shipp, it is a richly melodic and deeply focused album; structural integrity and emotional resonance are paramount throughout. Each of these men has a lifetime commitment to creative music, and they share a musical relationship with one another that dates back decades. Dickey’s ...
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Ches Smith with Craig Taborn and Mat Maneri release "The Bell" on ECM Records

Source: Michael Ricci
January 8, 2016

Ches Smith: drums, vibraphone, timpani; Craig Taborn: piano; Mat Maneri: viola The Bell features dynamic chamber music compositions written for masterful improvisers. “The best thing I caught all weekend,” said critic Peter Margasak of the 2014 New York Winter Jazzfest, “was a superb trio led by drummer Ches Smith with pianist Craig Taborn and violist Mat Maneri, which expertly infused seductively narcotic writing with a mixture of brooding melody and rich texture.” Since that NY debut, the trio has become ...
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Angles Of Repose, Featuring: Mat Maneri, Drew Gress, Lucian Ban, Randy Peterson

Source: Lwm
October 24, 2012

Brooklyn, NY: The palimpsestic Series, curated by Oscar Noriega, presents “Angles of Repose” featuring Mat Maneri, Viola, Drew Gress, Bass, Lucian Ban, Piano and Randy Peterson, drums, October 24, 8pm at Barbes, Park Slope Brooklyn. Angles, always presented as a quartet led by Maneri and Ban, will be presenting new music for this performance. “Angles of Repose” is the continuation of a musical rapport developing between violist Mat Maneri and pianist Lucian Ban which features an ever changing roster of ...
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Brooklyn Conservatory Of Music Presents The Art Of Improvisation

Source: Brooklyn Conservatory of Music
June 29, 2011

One semester course, Two hours/week September 14, 2011 to January 23, 2012 (fall) or February 3 to June 10, 2012 (spring) $325/$195 58 7th Avenue, Park Slope Brooklyn, NY The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music is pleased to announce a new class for teens: The Art of Improvisation. An important part of musicianship, improvisation spans all cultures and styles of music, including jazz, blues, rock and even classical! Under the instruction of master ...
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Jacob Sacks, Eivind Opsvik, Paul Motian, Mat Maneri Live at Cornelia Street Cafe, NYC

Source: Michael Ricci
May 27, 2010

Friday June 11th and Saturday June 12th Cornelia Street Cafe 29 Cornelia Street 9:00PM & 10:30PM TWO MILES A DAY Jacob Sacks, piano; Eivind Opsvik, bass; Mat Manieri, viola, violin; Paul Motian, drums

Back in 2005 Jacob Sacks and Eivind Opsvik wrote five songs each and invited Paul Motian and Mat Maneri with them to record 'Two Miles A Day'. ...
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Sean Noonan's Brewed by Noon: November 9th & 18th with Thierno Camara, Aram Bajakian, Abdoulaye Diabate, Mat Maneri

Source: All About Jazz
October 30, 2007

Brewed By Noon pre-recording session sneak album preview performances When:Tea Lounge, Friday, November 9, 9pm Soundfix Records, Sunday, November 18, 7pm With: Thierno Camara -bass/vocals, Aram Bajakian -guitar, Abdoulaye Diabate -vocals, Mat Maneri - viola, Sean Noonan - drums SEAN NOONAN'S BREWED BY NOON DELIVERS A RICH BLEND OF TRADITIONS ON STORIES TO TELL Drummer/composer Sean Noonan describes Brewed by Noon as “tribal rhythms by an Irish griot....My goal is to adapt folklore in a modern jazz context, ...
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Sean Noonan's Brewed By Noon American Composers Forum premiere w/ Marc Ribot, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Mat Maneri, Abdoulaye Diabate, Susan McKeown etc.

Source: All About Jazz
December 15, 2006

NOONAN'S BREWED BY NOON DELIVERS A RICH BLEND OF TRADITIONS ON STORIES TO TELL

Songlines Debut from NY-based Drummer Fuses Jazz-Punk, Rock, Blues with Celtic and West African Rhythms

Speaking of his Brewed by Noon project, which will release its new CD, Stories To Tell, on January 9, 2007, drummer Sean Noonan describes it as “tribal rhythms by an Irish griot". “My goal is to adapt folklore in a modern jazz context, merging storytelling and folk music from bardic and ...
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Project One presents: The Aura Electric, Opus 3 (Mat Maneri/Randy Petersen Duo & Project One Ensemble)

Source: All About Jazz
October 25, 2005

the aura electric, opus three saturday, november 19, 2005 at 7:00 pm performances by: mat maneri / randy petersen duo project one ensemble ISSUE PROJECT ROOM 400 Carroll Street (between Bond and Nevins) Brooklyn, NY 11231 Telephone: 718-330-0313 www.issueprojectroom.org Admission: $10 Saturday, November 19, 2005 7:00 Project One Ensemble Michael Spassov: World Permiere George Crumb: Black Angels for Electric String Quartet: Thirteen Images from the Dark Land Cornelius Dufallo & Ariana Kim, violins Kenji Bunch, viola Leigh Stuart, cello 8:00 ...
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Vision Club Presents Rob Brown Trio - Stone House 8pm Mat Maneri Trio 10pm

Source: All About Jazz
October 27, 2004

The Vision Club On The Move November 6th, 2004 THE BRUNSTEIN SHOWROOM 13 Stanton St. btwn Bowery & Christie Rob Brown Trio - Stone House 8pm Mat Maneri Trio 10pm $10 per set or $15 for the night Rob Brown Trio - Stone House Rob Brown - Alto Saxophone “Alto-saxophonist Rob Brown (is) one of the most consistently musical and compelling of the new free-jazz players." ...
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