Joe Maneri

Joe Maneri
Joe Maneri at the 40 Watt Club in Athens, Georgia, 2004
Background information
Birth name	Joseph Gabriel Esther Maneri
Born	(1927-02-09)February 9, 1927 Brooklyn, New York
Died	August 4, 2009(2009-08-04) (aged 82) Boston, Massachusetts
Genres	Jazz
Occupation	Musician
Instrument(s)	Saxophone, clarinet
Years active	1960–2009
Labels	Leo, ECM

Joseph Gabriel Esther Maneri (February 9, 1927 – August 24, 2009), was an American jazz composer, saxophone and clarinet player. Violinist Mat Maneri is his son.^[1]

In 1988, Maneri founded the Boston Microtonal Society, dedicated to microtonal music and tuning. It is currently led by James Bergin and Julia Werntz.^[2]

• Kalavinka (Cochlea, 1989)
• Get Ready to Receive Yourself (Leo, 1995)
• Three Men Walking with Mat Maneri, Joe Morris (ECM, 1996)
• Dahabenzapple (hatART, 1996)
• Let the Horse Go (Leo, 1996)
• In Full Cry (ECM, 1997)
• Coming Down the Mountain (hatOLOGY, 1997)
• Paniots Nine (Avant, 1998)
• Blessed with Mat Maneri (ECM, 1998)
• Tales of Rohnlief with Mat Maneri, Barre Phillips (ECM, 1999)
• Tenderly (hatOLOGY, 1999)
• Out Right Now with Mat Maneri and Joe Morris (hatOLOGY, 2001)
• Voices Lowered (Leo, 2001)
• The Trio Concerts (Leo, 2001)
• Going to Church (AUM Fidelity, 2002)
• Angles of Repose (ECM, 2004)
• Peace Concert with Peter Dolger (Atavistic, 2008)
• Pinerskol with Masashi Harada (Leo, 2009)

With Mat Maneri

• Acceptance (hatOLOGY, 1996)
• Pentagon (Thirsty Ear, 2005)

• "A Fireside Chat With Joe Maneri" Jazz Weekly
• "Microtonal marks 20 years with several premieres" Boston Globe
• JazzVisionsPhotos.com: Joe Maneri
• Obituary The Guardian