''Three Men Walking'' is an album by American composer, composer, saxophone and clarinet player
Joe Maneri
Joseph Gabriel Esther Maneri (February 9, 1927 – August 24, 2009), was an American jazz composer, saxophone and clarinet player. Violinist Mat Maneri is his son.
Boston Microtonal Society
In 1988, Maneri founded the Boston Microtonal Society ...
with guitarist
Joe Morris and violinist
Mat Maneri
Mat Maneri (born October 4, 1969) is an American composer, violin, and viola player. He is the son of the saxophonist Joe Maneri and Sonja Maneri.
Career
Maneri has recorded with Cecil Taylor, Guerino Mazzola, Matthew Shipp, Joe Morris, Ger ...
recorded in 1995 and released on the
ECM label.
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accessed November 16, 2011
Reception
The
Allmusic
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review by Stacia Proefrock awarded the album 4 stars stating "The music here is radically creative without being inaccessible, a beautiful example of innovation in jazz".
[Proefrock, S]
Allmusic Review
accessed November 16, 2011
Track listing
:''All compositions by Joe Maneri except as indicated''
# "Calling" - 3:15
# "
What's New?
What's New?" is a 1939 popular song composed by Bob Haggart, with lyrics by Johnny Burke.
It was originally an instrumental tune titled "I'm Free" by Haggart in 1938, when Haggart was a member of Bob Crosby and His Orchestra. The tune was writt ...
" (
Johnny Burke,
Bob Haggart) - 9:47
# "Bird's in the Belfry" (Joe Maneri, Mat Maneri, Joe Morris) - 6:54
# "If Not Now" (Morris) - 3:22
# "Let Me Tell You" (Maneri, Maneri, Morris) - 2:04
# "Through a Glass Darkly" - 4:58
# "Three Men Walking" (Maneri, Maneri, Morris) - 5:24
# "Deep Paths" (Maneri, Maneri, Morris) - 9:16
# "Diuturnal" - 3:34
# "Fevered" (Maneri, Maneri, Morris) - 5:40
# "Gestalt" - 2:40
# "To Anne's Eyes" (Morris) - 2:07
# "Arc and Point" (Maneri, Maneri, Morris) - 5:06
# "For Josef Schmid" - 2:09
:*Recorded at Hardstudios in Winterthur, Switzerland in October/November 1995
Personnel
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Joe Maneri
Joseph Gabriel Esther Maneri (February 9, 1927 – August 24, 2009), was an American jazz composer, saxophone and clarinet player. Violinist Mat Maneri is his son.
Boston Microtonal Society
In 1988, Maneri founded the Boston Microtonal Society ...
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clarinet,
alto saxophone,
tenor saxophone
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,
piano
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Joe Morris -
electric guitar
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Mat Maneri
Mat Maneri (born October 4, 1969) is an American composer, violin, and viola player. He is the son of the saxophonist Joe Maneri and Sonja Maneri.
Career
Maneri has recorded with Cecil Taylor, Guerino Mazzola, Matthew Shipp, Joe Morris, Ger ...
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electric 6 string violin
References
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1996 albums
ECM Records albums
Joe Maneri albums