Mat Maneri: Jazz Musician in New York

About Mat Maneri

Mat Maneri is an American composer and a violin and viola player whose work sits in free jazz and the avant-garde. Raised in a musical household as the son of saxophonist Joe Maneri and Sonja Maneri, he developed a language that treats pitch and timbre as flexible materials. In New York City he brings that approach to small-room settings such as Bar Bayeux, often in close collaboration with improvisers including Lucian Ban, bassist Eivind Opsvik, and drummer Randy Peterson. His performances favor inquiry over polish, with the ensemble listening as the main engine.