Mat Maneri was born in 1969, and started studying violin at age five. He studied privately with Julliard String Quartet founder Robert Koff, and with bass virutuoso Miroslav Vitous. Mat received a full scholarship as the principal violinist at Walnut Hill High School, but left school to pursue a professional career in music. By 1990, Mat founded the critically acclaimed Joe Maneri Quartet with Randy Peterson. Mat started releasing records as a leader in 1996, and has developed four working ensembles. Pianists Paul Bley, Cecil Taylor, Matthew Shipp, and Borah Bergman have called upon Matt to perform with them in such venues as the Montreal Jazz Festival, the Library of Congress, and concert stages across Europe. Mat also enjoys a strong relationship with bassists Ed Schuller, Mark Dresser, William Parker, Michael Formanek, Barre Phillips, and John Lockwood. Never to be boxed in, Mat has also worked with Joe Morris, John Medeski, Tim Berne, Cecil McBee, T.K. Ramak! rishnan, Franz Kogelman, Roy Campbell, Spring Heel Jack, Draze Hoops, and appears on an Illy B Eats remix CD. Mat presently teaches privately and through the New School / NYC, and performs and records worldwide.

For the past ten years bassist/composer Matt Pavolka has been a vital force in the New York Jazz and Creative Music scenes. A partial list of musicians that he has performred with includes Joe Beck, Candido, Chris Cheek, Elysian Fields, Sunna Gunnlaugs, House of Illusion, Geoff Keezer, Guillermo Klein, Tony Malaby, Bill McHenry, Ben Monder, Matt Renzi, Josh Roseman, Angie Sanchez and Magalie Souriou. He has toured extensively in the United States, Europe and Japan and can be heard on over twenty recordings, including releases from Magalie Souriou, Guillermo Klein, Sunna Gunnlaugs, Marlon Browdon and House of Illusion. He is in the process of making his first recording as a leader for release on the Fresh Sounds record label.

Brooklyn based drummer Sean Noonan has been stunning audiences from the United States to the United Kingdom during his successful and ongoing career. Noonan displays incredible amounts of energy and creative talent that provide surprise whenever he approaches the drum kit. If you have heard his diverse albums “Chips”, “Accident” and “Look”, or seen him live on tour, you will know that Noonan is one of the most physical drummers you will ever see, a phenomenon to behold, producing levels of unpredictability and dramatic tension that fascinate and excite any audience.

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Mat Maneri/Matt Pavolka/ Sean Noonan
Thursday, August 18
Barbes 376 9th St, 6 ave Brooklyn, (718) 965 9177 - 8.00 pm Tickets: $10
Mat Maneri - Viola/Viloin
Pavolka - Bass
Noonan - Drums