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Saxophonists · 1927–2009

Joe Maneri

American composer, jazz musician and microtonal innovator (1927–2009)

Born: 9 February 1927
Brooklyn
Died: 24 August 2009
Boston
Country: United States
Active: 1960–
Record labels: ECM Records
Discography: 2 albums

Biography

Joe Maneri was a jazz musician who played saxophone and clarinet. Joe Maneri was born on 9 February 1927 in Brooklyn and died on 24 August 2009 in Boston. The music is usually filed under jazz, free jazz and avant-garde jazz. Record labels: ECM Records. The discography here lists 2 albums, from “Tales of Rohnlief” (1999) to “Angles of Repose” (2004).

Joseph Gabriel Esther Maneri (February 9, 1927 – August 24, 2009) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. Violinist Mat Maneri is his son. Maneri was considered a pioneer and important theorist of microtonal improvisation. Early in his career, Maneri played with Ted Harris and studied with composer Josef Schmid. In 37 years teaching at New England Conservatory of Music, his students included John Medeski, Marty Ehrlich, Eyvind Kang, Matana Roberts and Matthew Shipp. According to the New York Times:He rarely performed outside the academy in the first two decades of his teaching career. But when his son Mat, an accomplished improviser on violin and viola, started to perform in the late 1980s, he encouraged his father, then in his mid-60s, to return to the stage with his saxophone and clarinet. The father and son began playing together, joined by the bassist John Lockwood and the drummer Randy Peterson.

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