Mat Maneri, Craig Taborn, Randy Peterson, Garth Stevenson, Denver Butson October 8, 2009

Thursday, October 8
Mat Maneri, Craig Taborn, Randy Peterson, Garth Stevenson, Denver Butson
8pm & 10pm, 2009
Barbes, Brooklyn

What: Mat Maneri Trio & Quartet
Feat:
Craig Taborn – piano
Garth Stevenson – bass
Randy Peterson – drums
Denver Butson - poetry
Where: Barbes, 376 9th street, Brooklyn
When: June 8, 8pm
Cost: $10
Info: www.myspace.com/matmaneri

October 8, 8pm & 10pm at Barbes in Brooklyn highly acclaimed viola player Mat Maneri will present a trio and Quartet featuring Craig Taborn, piano, Garth Stevenson, bass and Randy Peterson, drums and Denvor Butson poetry.

Mat Maneri has received such accolades as:

“Mat (Maneri) has changed the way the jazz world listen to the Violin & Viola” - All About Jazz

“Mat (Maneri) upholding… avant-garde excellence,…engrossing, ruminative viola improvisation of contrasting reticence” – Boston Globe

About the Mat Maneri
Mat Maneri has recorded with Cecil Taylor, Matthew Shipp, Joe Morris, Joe Maneri, Gerald Cleaver, Tim Berne, Borah Bergman, Mark Dresser, William Parker, Michael Formanek, John Lockwood, as well as with his own trio, quartet, and quintet. He has also played on various band releases: Club d'Elf, Decoupage, Brewed by Noon, Paul Motian's Electric Bebop Band, Buffalo Collision. Maneri has worked with Ed Schuller, John Medeski, Roy Campbell, Paul Motian, Tomasz Stanko, Robin Williamson, Drew Gress, Tony Malaby, Ben Monder, Barre Phillips, Joëlle Léandre, Marilyn Crispell, Craig Taborn, Ethan Iverson, David King and many others. Maneri has released recordings on labels such as Thirsty Ear, HatHut and ECM.