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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. He has performed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Carnegie Hall, the New York Guitar Festival, Jazz Festival Willisau (Switzerland), Jazzfestival Saalfelden (Austria), the New Orleans Jazz National Historic Park, and the inaugural month at John Zorn’s The Stone. Terrence was featured in the book State of the Axe: Guitar Masters in Photographs and Words, by legendary photographer Ralph Gibson.
An accomplished solo guitarist, Terrence performs his own works on electric and classical guitar and has developed a unique style of improvisation, drawing on extended technique and prepared guitar. His solo recording Brooklyn EP was described as having "... visceral, stimulating fabrics." (The New York City Jazz Record). He has done numerous solo tours across the United States. In 2011, Terrence was selected as a semi-finalist on classical guitar in the Portland State University Guitar Festival.
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Terrence McManus & John Hebert: Saints and Sinners
by Glenn Astarita
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 response mechanisms tender deft expressionism from start to finish. They pose a challenging sequence of circumstances that spawn an abundance of mind-bending gambits.
read moreTerrence McManus / Mark Helias / Gerry Hemingway: Transcendental Numbers
by John Sharpe
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, and performed with fellow guitarist Bill Frisell and saxophonist John Zorn, McManus is currently a member of drummer Gerry Hemingway's quintet, and finds his ...
read moreTerrence McManus/- Gerry Hemingway: Below The Surface
by Glenn Astarita
Guitarist Terrence McManus conveys an extensive music vernacular, tinted with percussive attributes and perceptive interactions with famed drummer, bandleader and consummate improviser Gerry Hemingway during Below The Surface Of. The duo engages a pliant game plan, executed at various pulses, and a broad soundstage that invokes an entertaining outlook, combined with blooming adventurism. The duo kicks off the festivities with The Night Ocean." Here, Hemingway lays down a swaying, medium-tempo swing groove, underscored by his counterpart's subliminal lo-hum ...
read moreTerrence McManus: Thirty9Thirty8 & Live at the Clown Lounge
by Elliott Simon
Dave Ballou/Terrence McManus/Devin Gray Thirty9thirty8 Flattened Planet Records 2006 Terrence McManus/Michael Lewis/Adam Linz/J.T. Bates Live at the Clown Lounge Flattened Planet Records 2006
Although legitimate releases, both these sessions, on guitarist Terrence McManus' own Flattened Planet Records, have the look, feel, intimacy and immediacy of the best bootlegs. The cleverly constructed Thirty9Thirty8 is ...
read moreTerrence McManus: Bates/Linz/McManus & Pastellic Reflections
by Matthew Miller
Bates/Linz/ McManus Bates/Linz/ McManus Flattened Planet 2006 Terrence McManus/Joe Battaglia Pastellic Reflections Flattened Planet 2006
One of the joys of completely improvised music is the urgency and utter possibility lurking in each phrase. These provocative new releases, the first two on guitarist Terrence McManus' Flattened Planet label, restlessly push the improvisational ...
read moreTerrence McManus - Transcendental Numbers (No Business, 2011)
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Music and More by Tim Niland
Guitarist Terrence McManus writes in his notes to this album that he was: ..."interested in developing a personal sonic language on the guitar, in an attempt to be able to do things I have been hearing, which were not possible though standard ways of playing the guitar." Setting up a very nice open minded rhythm section with Mark Helias on bass and Gerry Hemingway on drums is certainly a good way to start and they support McManus regardless of how ...
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The Dream of the Ants Perform in Brooklyn
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All About Jazz
On February 5 the chamber ensemble, The Dream of the Ants, will make its first performance of the new year.
The performance will take place at the Brooklyn based art space, Issue Project Room. The ensemble, led by guitarist Terrence McManus, will perform the new work, The Machine, which is inspired by the music of Morton Feldman, Gyorgy Ligeti, and Bela Bartok.
The Can Factory 232 3rd Street 3rd Floor Brooklyn, NY Terrence McManus-electric classical guitar, ...
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Terrence McManus/Mark Helias/Gerry Hemingway at The Stone (NYC) on January 1
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All About Jazz
Terrence McManus/Ellery Eskelin/Gerry Hemingway at Stain Bar on December 16
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All About Jazz
Blaise Siwula/Sten Hostfalt + Tim Berne/Herb Robertson/Terrence McManus NYC
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All About Jazz
WHAT: LIVE in CONCERT at ABC No Rio New York City
WHEN: Sunday, September 21st 2008 at 8 pm
WHO: TIM BERNE - saxophone HERB ROBERTSON - trumpet TERRENCE McMANUS - guitar
WHEN: Sunday, September 21st 2008 at 9 pm
WHO: BLAISE SIWULA - saxophone STEN HOSTFALT - guitar
WHERE: ABC No Rio New ...
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"Pastellic Reflections" by Joe Battaglia and Terrence McManus now available
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All About Jazz
Primary Instrument
Guitar
Willing to teach
Intermediate to advanced