Joe Maneri

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Joe Maneri
Maneri at the 40 Watt Club in Athens, Georgia, 2004
Background information
Born	Joseph Gabriel Esther Maneri (1927-02-09)February 9, 1927 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Died	August 24, 2009(2009-08-24) (aged 82) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Genres	Jazz microtonal jazz free improvisation
Occupations	Musician composer
Instruments	Tenor saxophone clarinet
Years active	1960–2009
Labels	Leo ECM Hathut
Spouse	Sonja Maneri (née Holzwarth)

Joseph Gabriel Esther Maneri (February 9, 1927 – August 24, 2009) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. Violinist Mat Maneri is his son.^[1][2]

He has performed with his son, Mat, Paul Bley (at the Montreal Jazz Festival), and Ted Harris, studied with Josef Schmid, and taught saxophonist Matana Roberts and pianists John Medeski, Jack Reilly and Matthew Shipp.

Boston Microtonal Society

In 1988, Maneri founded the Boston Microtonal Society, dedicated to microtonal music and tuning. It is currently led by James Bergin and Julia Werntz.^[3]

Discography

• Kalavinka (Cochlea, 1989)
• Get Ready to Receive Yourself (Leo, 1995)
• Three Men Walking with Mat Maneri and 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 and 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)

References

1. Loewy, Steve. "The Trio Concerts – Joe Maneri Trio | Album". AllMusic. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
2. Fordham, John (October 27, 2009). "Joe Maneri obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved February 3, 2026.
3. Boston Microtonal Society.

External links

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