Mat Maneri Quintet April 20, 2011

After a five year hiatus, violist Mat Maneri regroups his quintet with an all new line up featuring veterans Oscar Noriega, Craig Taborn, newcomer Garth Stevenson and long time collaborator, Randy Peterson. The quintet will feature all new music blending contemporary jazz, microtonality and modern classical music. The unusual acoustic instrumentation of viola, bass clarinet, piano, bass and drums will also seamlessly weave in electronic ambiences. The quintet's goal is to follow in the great jazz tradition and lineage of expanding the boundaries of improvised music.