Trinity (Mat Maneri album)
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Trinity is a solo album
by American composer, improviser and jazz violin and viola player Mat Maneri
recorded in 1999 and released on the ECM label.
Solo album
A solo album, in popular music, is an album headlined by a current or former member of a band. A solo album may feature simply one person performing all instruments, but typically features the work of other collaborators; rather, it may be made with different collaborators than the artist is...
by American composer, improviser and jazz violin and viola player Mat Maneri
Mat Maneri
Mat Maneri, born on October 4, 1969 in Brooklyn, New York is an American composer, improviser and jazz violin and viola player, specifically derivatives such as the five-string viola, the electric six-string violin, and the baritone violin...
recorded in 1999 and released on the ECM label.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars calling it "a mystifying debut by a devastatingly creative and deftly talented musician".Track listing
- All compositions by Mat Maneri except as indicated
- "Pure Mode" (Matthew ShippMatthew ShippMatthew Shipp is an American pianist, composer and bandleader.Shipp was raised in Wilmington, Delaware, and began playing piano at six years old. His mother was a friend of trumpeter Clifford Brown....
) - 3:54 - "Almost Pretty" - 4:39
- "Trinity" - 10:04
- "Sun Ship" (John ColtraneJohn ColtraneJohn William Coltrane was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes in jazz and later was at the forefront of free jazz...
) - 7:22 - "Blue Deco" - 8:29
- "Veiled" - 5:08
- "Iron Man" (Eric DolphyEric DolphyEric Allan Dolphy was an American jazz alto saxophonist, flutist, and bass clarinetist. On a few occasions he also played the clarinet and baritone saxophone. Dolphy was one of several multi-instrumentalists to gain prominence in the 1960s...
) - 3:13 - "Lattice" (Joe MorrisJoe Morris (guitarist)Joe Morris is an American jazz guitarist. In addition to leading his own groups, he has recorded with William Parker, Whit Dickey, Rob Brown, Joe Maneri and others...
) - 3:22 - "November 1st" - 10:48
- "Lady Day's Lament" (Joe ManeriJoe ManeriJoseph Gabriel Esther "Joe" Maneri , was an American jazz composer, saxophone and clarinet player. Violinist Mat Maneri is his son....
) - 6:47- Recorded at Gateway Studio in Kingston, England in July 1999
- "Pure Mode" (Matthew Shipp