Mat Maneri

{{Short description|American composer, violin, and viola player}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Mat Maneri

| image = Mat DSC01386.jpg

| caption = Mat Maneri in Aarhus, Denmark, 2016

| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|10|4}}

| birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

| genre = Avant-garde jazz

| occupation = Musician

| instrument = Violin, viola

| years_active = 1980s–present

| label = ECM, Leo, Thirsty Ear, Hathut, Sunnyside

}}

Mat Maneri (born October 4, 1969) is an American composer, violin, and viola player. He is the son of the saxophonist Joe Maneri{{cite web|last1=Proefrock|first1=Stacia|title=Mat Maneri|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mat-maneri-mn0000387687/biography|website=AllMusic|accessdate=21 February 2016}} and Sonja Maneri.

Career

Image:Mat Maneri.jpg

Maneri has recorded with Cecil Taylor, Guerino Mazzola, Matthew Shipp, Joe Morris, Gerald Cleaver, Tim Berne, Borah Bergman, Mark Dresser, William Parker, Michael Formanek, John Lockwood, as well as with his own trio, quartet, and quintet. He also played on various band releases such as: Club d'Elf, Decoupage, Brewed by Noon, Paul Motian's Electric Bebop Band, and Buffalo Collision.

Maneri started studying violin at the age of five.{{Cite web |title=Mat Maneri |url=https://ecmrecords.com/artists/mat-maneri/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=ECM Records}} He received a full scholarship as the principal violinist at Walnut Hill High School and New England Conservatory of Music, before going on to pursue a professional career in jazz music.{{cite web| url=http://bostonphoenix.com/boston/music/other_stories/documents/00668826.htm |title=Music | Dark star |website= Bostonphoenix.com|accessdate=2016-02-21}}

He started releasing records as a leader in 1996 and performed and recorded worldwide. Maneri has worked with Ed Schuller, John Medeski, Roy Campbell, Paul Motian, Robin Williamson, Drew Gress, Tony Malaby, Ben Monder, Barre Phillips, Joëlle Léandre, Marilyn Crispell, Craig Taborn, Ethan Iverson, David King and many others. Maneri also taught privately and at the New School.

Discography

=As leader=

Fever Bed (Leo, 1997)
Acceptance (hatOLOGY, 1998)
Fifty-One Sorrows (Leo, 1999)
So What (hatOLOGY, 1999)
Blue Decco (Thirsty Ear, 2000)
Trinity (ECM, 2001)
Sustain (Thirsty Ear, 2002)
For Consequence (Leo, 2003)
Pentagon (Thirsty Ear, 2005)
Dust (Sunnyside, 2019)
Ash (Sunnyside, 2023)

= As co-leader =

In Time (Leo, 1994) with Pandelis Karayorgis
Three Men Walking (ECM, 1995) with Joe Maneri and Joe Morris
Out Right Now (hatOLOGY, 1995 [2001]) with Joe Maneri and Joe Morris
Lift & Poise (Leo, 1998) with Pandelis Karayorgis
Blessed (ECM, 1997) with Joe Maneri
Light Trigger (No More, 2000) with Randy Peterson
Tales of Rohnlief (ECM, 2000) with Joe Maneri and Barre Phillips
Disambiguation (Leo, 2002) with Pandelis Karayorgis
Going to Church (AUM Fidelity, 2002) with Maneri Ensemble
Jam (Hopscotch, 2003) with Assif Tsahar and Jim Black
Angles of Repose (ECM, 2004) with Joe Maneri and Barre Phillips
Chamber Trio (Leo, 2005) with Mark O'Leary and Matthew Shipp
Metamorphosis (Leo, 2011) with Arrigo Cappelletti, Andrea Massaria, and Nicola Stranieri
A Violent Dose of Anything (Leo, 2013) with Ivo Perelman and Matthew Shipp
Transylvanian Concert (ECM, 2013) with Lucian Ban
Two Men Walking (Leo, 2014) with Ivo Perelman
Sounding Tears (Clean Feed, 2017) with Evan Parker and Lucian Ban
Conference of the Mat/ts (Rogueart, 2018) with Matthew Shipp
Live at the Armoury (Clean Feed, 2023) with Gordon Grdina and Christian Lillinger
Oedipe Redux (Sunnyside, 2023) with Lucian Ban
Transylvanian Dance (ECM, 2024) with Lucian Ban