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Maneri Ensemble: Going to Church
by AAJ Staff
Despite its heavy-sounding title, Going to Church is really not that ominous an affair. For this recording, Mat Maneri assembled a sextet of strong improvisers for an afternoon in the studio. The result is sprawling, open-ended, and daring interplay--focused on listening, interacting, and exploring. While somber at times, it's also inventive and clever enough to surprise and delight. Unpredictability remains the prime commodity in Maneri's musical universe. (With enough space surrounding the sound, it does admittedly get quite ethereal at ...
read moreThe Maneri Ensemble's "Going To Church" to be released by AUM Fidelity on October 1
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All About Jazz
Joe Maneri~tenor sax, alto sax, clarinet Roy Campbell~trumpets Mat Maneri~viola Matthew Shipp~piano Barre Phillips~bass Randy Peterson~drums
GOING TO CHURCH - BLOOD AND BODY - BEFORE THE SERMON
Going To Church is a rare and wondrous meeting of three distinct and potent worlds of improv. One sunny Saturday afternoon in the studio with no preset ideas, save free communication through tone. The open form and fluid dynamics that day manifest themselves ...
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Maneri Ensemble Presents Micro-Tonal Jazz At The Vermont Jazz Center On November 10th At 3:00 PM
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All About Jazz
This Sunday, November 10th at 3:00 PM, the Vermont Jazz Center will present the Maneri Ensemble, a unique group who speak" an improvisational language that incorporates micro-tonal systems within creative music structures. This may sound a little heady, but quite simply, their music uses micro-tones as found in Turkish, and Albanian music, and combines them with the other elements of the jazz language. They perform both standard jazz tunes and free improvisations and inject notes that are found between the ...
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