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Terrence McManus

A native of Brooklyn, New York, guitarist/composer/sound artist Terrence McManus has been called "... one of New York's latest guitar heroes ..." (All About Jazz), and that he has "... hit on an entirely new language." (Gambit), and "... possesses the goods to impart a significant impact ..." (jazzreview.com). Time Out New York calls him a "Texture-minded guitar abstractionist ..." and the NY Times times has described him as a "guitarist drawn to abstract texture."
 
He has performed or recorded with many of the major innovators in contemporary music, including John Zorn, Bill Frisell, Tim Berne, Gerry Hemingway, Mark Dresser, Ellery Eskelin, Herb Robertson, Mark Helias, John Hollenbeck, Ben Monder, Russ Lossing, Randy Peterson, Mat Maneri, Tom Rainey, Michael Sarin, John Hébert, and Marty Ehrlich

Saints and Sinners

By Terrence McManus

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2016
Track listing: Quick Roux; Downriver; My Word!; The Levees; Psycho Rockabilly; Cajun new Year; Southern Hospitality; Saints and Sinners; It’s Always Something.

Terrence McManus & John Hebert: Saints and Sinners

by Glenn Astarita
April 30, 2016

Here's an album that was recorded in 2010 and released in 2015. Hence, It's better late than never, especially since this duo production by rising star experimental guitarist Terrence McManus and all-universe jazz session bassist and leader, John Hebert tease our imaginations via these nine contrasting works. The duo's creative improvisational sparks and acute call and ...

2012 Tampere Jazz Happening: Tampere, Finland, November 1-4, 2012

by Martin Longley
December 6, 2012

Tampere Jazz Happening Tampere, Finland November 1-4, 2012 Here's another veteran jazz festival, and one which has been gaining increasing international recognition during recent years. This is a Happening with a personality. A distinct orientation to its programming, and a taste for the more adventurous aspects of jazz. The Finnish ...

Below The Surface

By Terrence McManus

Label: Auricle Music
Released: 2011

Transcendental Numbers

By Terrence McManus

Label: NoBusiness Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: Written in the Cracking of the Ice; Upperside; Junction; Products of Primes; The Radio Astronomers; When We First Left The Oceans.

Below the Surface of

By Terrence McManus

Label: Auricle Music
Released: 2011
Track listing: 1. The Night Ocean - 11:05; 2. The Constants - 5:11; 3. The Glass Take - 6:47; 4. The Rush to Get There - 6:06; 5. The Dry Land - 8:47; 6. The Disturbance - 11:24; 7. The Amber Field - 10:44.

Gerry Hemingway Quintet: Riptide

by Mark Corroto
September 5, 2011

Over the past 25 years, the lineup of drummer/percussionist Gerry Hemingway's quintet might have changed, but his central organizing concepts have remained constant. Like a working dog, specifically a shepherd, he always seems to be organizing chaos and safeguarding melody. Well, that is, when he isn't inciting the tumult.The most recent variation of his ...

Terrence McManus - Gerry Hemingway: Below the Surface of

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 13, 2011

Sentiremo ancora parlare di Terrence McManus. E non soltanto per quel nome che pare preso in prestito da un romanzo di Roberto Bolaño o Thomas Pynchon. C'è la netta sensazione, ascoltando Below the Surface of, di essersi imbattuti in un improvvisatore che ha numeri e talento, idee in abbondanza e coraggio da vendere. Newyorkese di Brooklyn ...

Terrence McManus / Mark Helias / Gerry Hemingway: Transcendental Numbers

by John Sharpe
May 11, 2011

Guitarist Terrence McManus helms a stellar trio on Transcendental Numbers, through six collective concoctions recorded in New York City's The Stone, straddling and blurring the line between textural improvisation and the more traditional sound of guitar and rhythm section. Brooklyn-born McManus is carving a niche for himself on the scene. Having worked with drummer/composer Tyshawn Sorey, ...