Editing Mat Maneri

{{Short description|American composer, violin, and viola player}}
{{BLP sources|date=February 2016}}
{{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|Brooklyn]], New York, U.S.
| genre             = [[Avant-garde jazz]]
| occupation        = Musician
| instrument        = Violin, viola
| years_active      = 1980s–present
| label             = [[ECM Records|ECM]], [[Leo Records|Leo]], [[Thirsty Ear Recordings|Thirsty Ear]], [[Hathut Records|Hathut]], [[Sunnyside Records|Sunnyside]]
}}

'''Mat Maneri''' (born October 4, 1969) is an American composer, violin, and viola player. He is the son of the saxophonist [[Joe Maneri]]<ref name="AM">{{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}}</ref> and Sonja Maneri.

==Career==
[[Image:Mat Maneri.jpg|right|thumb|Mat Maneri in 2007]]
Maneri has recorded with [[Cecil Taylor]], [[Guerino Mazzola]], [[Matthew Shipp]], [[Joe Morris (guitarist)|Joe Morris]], [[Gerald Cleaver (musician)|Gerald Cleaver]], [[Tim Berne]], [[Borah Bergman]], [[Mark Dresser]], [[William Parker (musician)|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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mat Maneri |url=https://ecmrecords.com/artists/mat-maneri/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=ECM Records}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://bostonphoenix.com/boston/music/other_stories/documents/00668826.htm |title=Music &#124; Dark star |website= Bostonphoenix.com|accessdate=2016-02-21}}</ref>

He started releasing records as a leader in 1996 and performed and recorded worldwide. Maneri has worked with [[Ed Schuller]], [[John Medeski]], [[Roy Campbell, Jr.|Roy Campbell]], Paul Motian, [[Robin Williamson]], [[Drew Gress]], [[Tony Malaby]], [[Ben Monder]], [[Barre Phillips]], [[Joëlle Léandre]], [[Marilyn Crispell]], [[Craig Taborn]], [[Ethan Iverson]], [[David King (musician)|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 Recordings|Thirsty Ear]], 2000)
* ''[[Trinity (Mat Maneri album)|Trinity]]'' (ECM, 2001)
* ''Sustain'' (Thirsty Ear, 2002)
* ''For Consequence'' (Leo, 2003)
* ''Pentagon'' (Thirsty Ear, 2005)
* ''Dust'' ([[Sunnyside Records|Sunnyside]], 2019)
* ''Ash'' (Sunnyside, 2023)

=== As co-leader ===
* ''[[In Time (Mat Maneri album)|In Time]]'' ([[Leo Records|Leo]], 1994) with Pandelis Karayorgis 
* ''[[Three Men Walking]]'' ([[ECM Records|ECM]], 1995) with Joe Maneri and Joe Morris
* ''[[Out Right Now]]'' ([[Hathut Records|hatOLOGY]], 1995 [2001]) with Joe Maneri and Joe Morris
* ''[[Lift & Poise]]'' (Leo, 1998) with Pandelis Karayorgis
* ''[[Blessed (Joe Maneri album)|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 (Pandelis Karayorgis album)|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 Records|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

=== As sideman ===
'''With [[Borah Bergman]]'''
* ''The River of Sounds'' (Boxholder, 2000)
'''With [[Lucian Ban]]'''
* ''Enesco Re-imagined'' (Sunnyside, 2010)
* ''Songs from Afar'' (Sunnyside, 2016)
* ''Blutopia'' (Sunnyside, 2024)
'''With Lucian Ban and [[John Surman]]'''
* ''Transylvanian Folk Songs'' (Sunnyside, 2020)
'''With [[Lucian Ban|Michael Bisio]]'''
* ''MBefore'' (TAO Forms, 2022)

'''With François Carrier'''
* ''Happening'' (Leo, 2006)
* ''Openness'' (Fundacja Słuchaj, 2023)
'''With [[Steve Dalachinsky]]'''
* ''Incomplete Directions'' ([[Knitting Factory]], 1998)
'''With [[Kris Davis]]'''
* ''[[Capricorn Climber]]'' (Clean Feed, 2013)
'''With Heinz Geisser and [[Guerino Mazzola]]'''
* ''Heliopolis'' (Cadence, 1999)
* ''Chronotomy'' ([[Black Saint/Soul Note|Black Saint]], 2004)
'''With [[Whit Dickey]]'''
* ''[[Life Cycle (Whit Dickey album)|Life Cycle]]'' (AUM Fidelity, 2001)
* ''[[Vessel in Orbit]]'' (AUM Fidelity, 2017)
* ''Astral Long Form (Staircase in Space)'' (TAO Forms, 2022)
'''With [[Ellery Eskelin]]'''
* ''Vanishing Point'' (hat HUT, 2000)
'''With [[Guillermo Gregorio]]'''
* ''Approximately'' (hat HUT, 1995)
* ''Red Cube(d)'' (hat HUT, 1996)
'''With Masashi Harada'''
* ''Obliteration at the End of Multiplication'' (Leo, 1998)
'''With [[Pandelis Karayorgis]]'''
* ''The Other Name'' (Motive, 1992)
'''With [[Joëlle Léandre]]'''
* ''For Flowers'' (Leo, 2004)
* ''hEARoes'' (Rogueart, 2023)
* ''Lifetime Rebel'' (Rogueart, 2024)
'''With Brandon Lopez'''
* ''nada sagrada'' ([[Relative Pitch Records|Relative Pitch]], 2025)
'''With [[Russ Lossing]]'''
* ''Metal Rat'' (Clean Feed, 2000)
'''With [[Joe Maneri]]'''
* ''Kalavinka'' (Cochlea, 1989)
* ''Get Ready to Receive Yourself'' (Leo, 1993)
* ''[[Tenderly (Joe Maneri album)|Tenderly]]'' (hatOLOGY, 1993 [1999])
* ''[[Dahabenzapple]]'' (hat ART, 1993 [1996])
* ''[[Coming Down the Mountain (album)|Coming Down the Mountain]]'' (hatOLOGY, 1993 [1997])
* ''Let the Horse Go'' (Leo, 1995)
* ''[[In Full Cry]]'' (ECM, 1996)
* ''The Trio Concerts'' (Leo, 1997)
'''With [[Joe Morris (guitarist)|Joe Morris]]'''
* ''[[You Be Me]]'' (Soul Note, 1997)
* ''[[A Cloud of Black Birds]]'' (AUM Fidelity, 1998)
* ''[[Underthru]]'' (OmniTone, 1999)
* ''[[Soul Search]]'' (AUM Fidelity, 1999)
* ''[[At the Old Office]]'' (Knitting Factory, 2000)
* ''[[Balance (Joe Morris album)|Balance]]'' (Clean Feed, 2014)
'''With [[Paul Motian|Paul Motian Trio 2000 + Two]]'''
* ''[[Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. II (Paul Motian album)|Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. II]]'' ([[Winter & Winter Records|Winter & Winter]], 2008)
* ''[[Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. III]]'' (Winter & Winter, 2010)
'''With Neel Murgai'''
* ''Neel Murgai Ensemble'' (Innova, 2010)
'''With Natraj'''
* ''The Goat Also Gallops'' (Accurate, 1990)
* ''Deccan Dance'' (Galloping Goat, 1998)
* ''Song of the Swan'' (Galloping Goat, 2008)
'''With [[Ivo Perelman]]'''
* ''Counterpoint'' (Leo, 2015)
* ''Breaking Point'' (Leo, 2016)
* ''Villa Lobos Suite'' (Leo, 2016) 
* ''The Art of the Improv Trio, Vol. 2'' (Leo, 2016)
* ''Strings 1'' (Leo, 2018)
* ''Strings 2'' (Leo, 2018)
* ''Strings 3'' (Leo, 2019)
* ''Strings 4'' (Leo, 2019)
* ''Seven Skies Orchestra'' (Fundacja Słuchaj, 2023)
* ''Armageddon Flower'' (AUM Fidelity, 2025)
'''With [[Matthew Shipp]]'''
* ''[[Critical Mass (Matthew Shipp album)|Critical Mass]]'' (2.13.61, 1995)
* ''[[The Flow of X]]'' (2.13.61, 1997)
* ''[[By the Law of Music]]'' (hat HUT, 1997)
* ''[[Gravitational Systems]]'' (hatOLOGY, 2000)
* ''[[Expansion, Power, Release]]'' (hatOLOGY, 2001)
* ''Duos'' (hatOLOGY, 2011) with Joe Morris
* ''[[The Gospel According to Matthew & Michael]]'' (Relative Pitch, 2015)
* ''Symbolic Reality'' (Rogueart, 2019)
'''With [[Ches Smith]]'''
* ''The Bell'' (ECM, 2016)
'''With [[Spring Heel Jack]]'''
* ''Masses'' (Thirsty Ear, 2001)
'''With Stone Quartet''' ([[Joëlle Léandre]], [[Roy Campbell Jr.|Roy Campbell]], [[Marilyn Crispell]], Maneri)
* ''[[DMG @ The Stone Volume 1|DMG @ The Stone Volume 1: December 22, 2006]]'' (DMG/ARC, 2008)
* ''[[Live at Vision Festival]]'' ([[Ayler Records|Ayler]], 2011)
'''With [[Craig Taborn]]'''
* ''[[Junk Magic]]'' (Thirsty Ear Recordings, 2004)
* ''[[Compass Confusion]]'' (Pyroclastic, 2020) with Junk Magic
'''With [[Cecil Taylor]]'''
* ''[[Algonquin (album)|Algonquin]]'' (Bridge, 1999)
'''With Two Miles a Day'''
* ''Two Miles a Day'' (2007, Loyal Label/Yeah Yeah)
* ''Two Miles a Day, So Depending On'' (2025, Loyal Label/Yeah Yeah)
'''With [[David S. Ware]]'''
* ''[[Threads (David S. Ware album)|Threads]]'' (Thirsty Ear, 2003)
'''With Robin Williamson'''
* ''The Iron Stone'' (ECM, 2006)
'''With Keith Yaun'''
* ''Countersink'' (Leo, 1998)
* ''Amen: Improvisations on Messiaen'' (Boxholder, 1999)
'''With Jeong Lim Yang'''
* ''Synchronicity'' (Sunnyside, 2025)
==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.myspace.com/matmaneri Maneri's MySpace page]

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