"Sounding like no
one but herself, she possesses a well-focused, slightly edgy tone that
suits equally her firmly swinging, uptempo postbop excursions and her
highly melodic slow-tempo explorations." -David Franklin, JazzTimes
 Sarah Manning
A fiercely independent performer, Sarah Manning is a jazz alto
saxophonist and composer with her own distinctive voice. Sarah Manning
will record a live album at Yoshi's in Oakland on November 21st with
her quartet, which includes Randy Porter on piano, John Wiitala on bass
and Akira Tana on drums. You can join her for that performance or join
her now as she prepares via and interactive web site at
www.sarahmanningmusic.com
Sarah current project uses ArtistShare,
a revolution in music production, pioneered by Grammy award winning
Maria Schneider, where the musicians themselves have taken control of
produciton and distribution on their music, providing a more direct way
for jazz fans to support the art and the artists. As Manning sets out
on her first ArtistShare venture, she will be sharing with you the
development of new works for her Yoshi’s debut. Fans can support this
unique artist by participating in this very special event by
registereing on her website.
Producer Bud Spangler will be recording the performance for the album
and for future broadcast on his radio program on KCSM, "Sunday Night
Suites." Empowered by the ArtistShare web platform, Manning will
feature seven new originals. She has been documenting the process on
her website through essays, news items, sheet music, interviews and
more. Joining her onstage will be Randy Porter on piano, John Wiitala
on bass and Akira Tana on drums - the same quartet as Manning's
critically acclaimed debut album, House
on Eddy Street.
Participants can have exclusive access to Sarah Manning’s creative
process as she composes several new works for her Yoshi’s performance.
All participants in her site will have access to developmental sketches
of the new works along with exclusive audio or video clips of
rehearsals and performances leading up to the big night at Yoshi’s.
Sarah will also provide insight into her creative world through her
journal where she will share her thoughts on this creative experience
along with commentary on today’s music scene and much more.
Participants will have exclusive access to Elflion Radio, which will
provide in depth looks into each composition. This feature will be a
fascinating opportunity for musicians and non-musicians alike as Sarah
will give addresses on the new works and provide commentary on the
process as well as the materials and concepts which provided her with
inspiration.
Alto saxophonist Sarah Manning has been described as an iconoclast.
Not one to take
things simply as they are, her development has been shaped by the
search for an
individual sound and has led her down strange and difficult paths.
Manning attended Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan, on a
scholarship; and after
graduation, she was accepted into the distinguished jazz studies
program at William
Paterson College in New Jersey, directed by bassist Rufus Reid. Later
in Massachusetts,
she studied with Dr. Yusef Lateef.
In addition to stints as a sideman and bandleader, Manning has
performed frequently in
the most public venue of them all - the street. Frustrated with her
music, she took her
horn via Greyhound bus from New York to San Francisco, where she spent
eleven days
playing on the street and paid for her trip by busking for change.
Without a rhythm-
section, and trampled upon by tourists and businesspeople, Manning
began to develop the edginess and determination she displays today.
Several years after that bus trip to San Francisco, Manning packed up
the U-Haul and
the cat, and once again headed west. Today she resides in Berkeley,
California.
"Sarah Manning can swing as
naturally as she breathes...an enlivening presence in
the new generation of jazz makers" - Nat Hentoff
Sarah Manning Quartet - Live recording
Yoshi's at Jack London Square
Monday, November 21
8:00pm Show $10
10:00pm Show $5
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