Results for "Steven Lantner"

Steven Lantner

Voices Lowered

By Steven Lantner

Label: Leo Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Dirty Daisies, Calling, Dig In, What You're Saying, To Start..., ...On the Way, Hangin' in the Garden

Steven Lantner-Joe Maneri-Joe Morris: Voices Lowered

by Glenn Astarita
June 1, 2001

No one gloms the spotlight on Voices Lowered, as the musicians' draw upon a spontaneous group related effort consisting of three-way conversations, micro-themes and abstract lyricism. With works such as “Dirty Daisies , the band conveys a circular flow, accentuated by Joe Maneri's brawny tenor sax lines in conjunction with Joe Morris' intricately executed single note ...

Reaching

By Steven Lantner

Label: Leo Records
Released: 1999
Track listing: Reachin' and Grabbin'; In the River; Inside; Sway; Old Style; Magic; Moving; Planet o' Love; Waltzing; For You (For Me); Keeping it There; No Other.

Steven Lantner / Mat Maneri: Reaching

by Robert Spencer
December 1, 1999

This one is aptly named. Steven Lantner and Mat Maneri are indeed reaching: for new combinations, new sounds, new potentialities to realize. This is extraordinarily active music, lurching every which way, jumping, skating, flying, and swooping down into a brood. Microtonality - the huge caverns between the conventional pitches, explored by Mat Maneri's father Joe - ...

Steven Lantner & Mat Maneri: Reaching

by Glenn Astarita
November 1, 1999

On Reaching violinist Mat Maneri and pianist Steven Lantner improvise through twelve pieces as they seemingly pursue two thousand ideas per track. Fragmented themes, microtonal passages, humor, pathos and intuitive interplay come to light as Maneri's notorious improvising skills while performing on electric violin work well with the equally adept and creative pianist Steven Lantner. Throughout, ...