Mat Maneri

Mat Maneri (born October 4, 1969) is an American composer, violin, and viola player. He is the son of the saxophonist Joe Maneri and Sonja Maneri.

Career
Maneri has recorded with Cecil Taylor, Guerino Mazzola, Matthew Shipp, Joe Morris, 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 also played on various band releases such as: Club d'Elf, Decoupage, Brewed by Noon, Paul Motian's Electric Bebop Band, and Buffalo Collision.

Maneri started studying violin at the age of five. He received a full scholarship as the principal violinist at Walnut Hill High School and New England Conservatory of Music, before going on to pursue a professional career in jazz music.

He started releasing records as a leader in 1996 and performed and recorded worldwide. Maneri has worked with Ed Schuller, John Medeski, Roy Campbell, Paul Motian, Robin Williamson, Drew Gress, Tony Malaby, Ben Monder, Barre Phillips, Joëlle Léandre, Marilyn Crispell, Craig Taborn, Ethan Iverson, David King and many others. Maneri also taught privately and at the New School.

As leader

 * In Time with Pandelis Karayorgis (Leo, 1994)
 * Three Men Walking (ECM, 1995) with Joe Maneri and Joe Morris
 * Out Right Now (hatOLOGY, 1995 [2001]) with Joe Maneri and Joe Morris
 *  Acceptance (hatOLOGY, 1998)
 * Lift & Poise (Leo, 1998) with Pandelis Karayorgis
 * Blessed (ECM, 1997) with Mat Maneri
 * Fifty-One Sorrows (Leo, 1999)
 * So What (Hathut, 1999)
 * Blue Decco (Thirsty Ear, 2000)
 * Fever Bed (Leo, 2000)
 * Light Trigger (No More, 2000)
 * Tales of Rohnlief (ECM, 2000)
 * Trinity (ECM, 2001)
 * Disambiguation (Leo, 2002)
 * For Consequence (Leo, 2003)
 * Jam (Hopscotch, 2003)
 * Angles of Repose (ECM, 2004)
 * Chamber Trio (Leo, 2005)
 * Pentagon (Thirsty Ear, 2005)
 * The Iron Stone (ECM, 2006)
 * Duos (Harmonia Mundi, 2011)
 * Metamorphosis (Leo, 2011)
 * A Violent Dose of Anything (Leo, 2013)
 * Transylvanian Concert (ECM, 2013)
 * Two Men Walking (Leo, 2014)
 * Breaking Point (Leo, 2016)
 * The Art of the Improv Trio, Vol. 2 (Leo, 2016)
 * The Bell (ECM, 2016)
 * Villa Lobos Suite (Leo, 2016)
 * Sounding Tears with Evan Parker & Lucian Ban (Clean Feed, 2017)
 * Vessel in Orbit (AUM Fidelity, 2017)

As sideman
With Borah Bergman With Steve Dalachinsky With Kris Davis With Heinz Geisser and Guerino Mazzola With Whit Dickey With Ellery Eskelin With Guillermo Gregorio With Masashi Harada With Pandelis Karayorgis With Russ Lossing With Joe Maneri With Joe Morris With Ivo Perelman With Matthew Shipp With Spring Heel Jack With Stone Quartet (Joëlle Léandre, Roy Campbell, Marilyn Crispell, Maneri) With Craig Taborn With Cecil Taylor With David S. Ware With Keith Yaun With Ches Smith With Lucian Ban
 * The River of Sounds (Boxholder, 2000)
 * Incomplete Directions (Knitting Factory, 1998)
 * Capricorn Climber (Clean Feed, 2013)
 * Heliopolis (Cadence, 1999)
 * Chronotomy (Blacksaint, 2004)
 * Life Cycle (AUM Fidelity, 2001)
 * Vessel in Orbit (AUM Fidelity, 2017)
 * Vanishing Point (hat HUT, 2000)
 * Approximately (hat HUT, 1995)
 * Red Cube(d) (hat HUT, 1996)
 * Obliteration at the End of Multiplication (Leo, 1998)
 * The Other Name (Motive, 1992)
 * Metal Rat (Clean Feed, 2000)
 * Kalavinka (Cochlea, 1989)
 * Get Ready to Receive Yourself (Leo, 1993)
 * Tenderly (hatOLOGY, 1993 [1999])
 * Dahabenzapple (hat ART, 1993 [1996])
 * Coming Down the Mountain (hatOLOGY, 1993 [1997])
 * Let the Horse Go (Leo, 1995)
 * Three Men Walking with Joe Morris (ECM, 1995)
 * Out Right Now with Joe Morris (hatOLOGY, 1996)
 * In Full Cry (ECM, 1996)
 * Blessed (ECM, 1997)
 * The Trio Concerts (Leo, 1997)
 * Tales of Rohnlief (ECM, 1998)
 * Going to Church (AUM Fidelity, 2002)
 * You Be Me (Soul Note, 1997)
 * A Cloud of Black Birds (AUM Fidelity, 1998)
 * Underthru (OmniTone, 1999)
 * Soul Search (AUM Fidelity, 1999)
 * At the Old Office (Knitting Factory, 2000)
 * Balance (Clean Feed, 2014)
 * A Violent Dose of Anything (Leo, 2013)
 * Counterpoint (Leo, 2015)
 * Breaking Point (Leo, 2016)
 * Critical Mass (2.13.61, 1995)
 * The Flow of X (2.13.61, 1997)
 * By the Law of Music (hat HUT, 1997)
 * Gravitational Systems (hatOLOGY, 2000)
 * Expansion, Power, Release (hatOLOGY, 2001)
 * The Gospel According to Matthew & Michael (Relative Pitch, 2015)
 * Masses (Thirsty Ear, 2001)
 * DMG @ The Stone Volume 1: December 22, 2006 (DMG/ARC, 2008)
 * Live at Vision Festival (Ayler, 2011)
 * Junk Magic (Thirsty Ear Recordings, 2004)
 * Compass Confusion (Pyroclastic, 2020) with Junk Magic
 * Algonquin (Bridge, 1999)
 * Threads (Thirsty Ear, 2003)
 * Countersink (Leo, 1998)
 * Amen: Improvisations on Messiaen (Boxholder, 1999)
 * The Bell (ECM, 2016)
 * Enesco Re-imagined (Sunnyside, 2010)
 * Elevation (Sunnyside, 2016)