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Tag: Joe Maneri

  • Mat Maneri in Brooklyn

    Image via Wikipedia Mat Maneri has an upcoming show at Brooklyn’s Barbes: October 8th MAT MANERI & Friends. Mat Maneri is a violin and viola player, specifically derivatives such as the five-string viola, the electric six-string violin, and the baritone violin. He is the son of the saxophonist Joe Maneri. He has performed and recorded…

  • Microtonal marks 20 years with several premieres

    Image via Wikipedia A recent Boston Microtonal Society performance is reviewed. The equal-tempered 12-note scale is near-universal in Western music; but within that qualifying “near,” the Boston Microtonal Society finds an expansive playground. Founded 20 years ago by composer and avant-garde jazz saxophonist Joseph Maneri, the BMS and its resident ensemble, NotaRiotous, threw a long,…

  • Shinkoyo Web Releases

    Shinkoyo Web has new material out. PALO – Monument to Our Common Past is Southwestern Folk Music for the 31st Century. Backcountry Zappa-esque vocals haunting tales of Arizona roads and lost loves over Parch influenced alternatively tuned C-sound synthesizers. Palo (Paul Chaikin) was a friend of Shinkoyo at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music TIMARA program…

  • The Squid’s Ear Reviews

    From the Squid: Chris Speed, Chris Cheek, Stephane Furic Leibovici – Jugendstil (ESP) – Wyman Brantley Joe Maneri / Peter Dolger Joe Maneri / Peter Dolger – Peace Concert (Atavistic) – Kurt Gottschalk Les Poules: Hetu, Labrosse, Roger Les Poules: Hetu, Labrosse, Roger – Phenix (Ambiances Magnetiques) – Kurt Gottschalk Haino Keiji / Yoshida Tatsuya…

  • Marshall Allen and Sam Hillmer at Zebulon

    Image via Wikipedia Zebulon in Brooklyn is featuring Marshall Allen and Sam Hillmer in an upcoming show. Trouble and Zebulon present REGATTAS Record Release Party featuring MARSHALL ALLEN (Sun Ra Arkestra) and REGATTAS (Sam Hillmer) OCTOBER 19, 2008 9PM @ ZEBULON, 208 WYTHE ST WILLIAMSBURG BROOKLYN Celebrating the release of Regattas’ first album (out October…