Mat Maneri Quartet
Sun, Oct 15
|Community Music School of Springfield
Mat Maneri (viola), Lucian Ban (piano), Brandon Lopez (bass), Randy Peterson (drums)


Time & Location
Oct 15, 2023, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Community Music School of Springfield, 127 State St, Springfield, MA 01103, USA
About The Event
“The first problem I had to solve was how to play jazz on a string instrument. I knew about Stéphane Grappelli, of course, but I wanted to be able to play like the major forces in jazz, like Miles Davis or John Coltrane.”
Mat Maneri envisages his music as one of activity in stasis, or motion within stillness. His music continues from the lineage of master improvisers Paul Bley and Paul Motian (with whom Mr. Maneri has played in the past) with a sound that is distinctly his own and developed over decades of discovery and practice. Following his acclaimed 2019 album, ‘Dust’, Sunnyside records announces Mat Maneri’s – ASH – the second installment from his trilogy for quartet. The new recording showcases his stirring playing in a program of open-ended compositions that showcase his unique marriage of jazz and microtonal music. If a certain elusiveness permeated “Dust”, with ASH comes the permanence of memories…
Tickets
Mat Maneri Quartet
$15.00
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