Mat Maneri, Matt Choboter and Peter Bruun meet for the first time in trio format exploring improvisations within a continuum of microtonal landscapes.

Mat Maneri, a leading improvisational voice of his generation, was born in Brooklyn in 1969. He began studying the violin at the age of five, but since 1998 he has made the viola his instrument of choice. Maneri co-founded the legendary Joe Maneri Quartet with his father, drummer Randy Peterson, and bassists Ed Schuller and John Lockwood. Their music was widely acknowledged by critics and fellow musicians as among the most important developments in 20th century improvised music. Maneri’s 1999 solo debut on ECM Records marked his emergence as a musician with a singular, uncompromised voice. Pianist Matthew Shipp called him “one of the five greatest improvisers on the planet”, reflecting a growing consensus of Maneri as a central figure in American creative music.
Since then, the long list of musicians with who...

Mat Maneri, Matt Choboter and Peter Bruun meet for the first time in trio format exploring improvisations within a continuum of microtonal landscapes.

Mat Maneri, a leading improvisational voice of his generation, was born in Brooklyn in 1969. He began studying the violin at the age of five, but since 1998 he has made the viola his instrument of choice. Maneri co-founded the legendary Joe Maneri Quartet with his father, drummer Randy Peterson, and bassists Ed Schuller and John Lockwood. Their music was widely acknowledged by critics and fellow musicians as among the most important developments in 20th century improvised music. Maneri’s 1999 solo debut on ECM Records marked his emergence as a musician with a singular, uncompromised voice. Pianist Matthew Shipp called him “one of the five greatest improvisers on the planet”, reflecting a growing consensus of Maneri as a central figure in American creative music.
Since then, the long list of musicians with whom he has worked includes icons such as Cecil Taylor, Paul Bley, Paul Motian, and William Parker, as well as influential 21st century bandleaders such as Joe Morris, Vijay Iyer, Matthew Shipp, Marilyn Crispell, Joelle Leandre, Kris Davis, Tim Berne, and Craig Taborn.


Canadian composer and pianist Matt Choboter's music paints dream worlds between the cracks of post-jazz, experimental and contemporary classical music. He has contributed to labels such as Kairos (AU), Inner Circle Music (NY), ILK Music (DK) and Songlines Recordings (CA) and his music has been described as - “at times heavy and impenetrable, at other times soft and ethereal, but always moving and ever transforming”. (David Sumner, Bandcamp)


Peter Bruun has collaborated, toured and recorded with some of the most innovative personalities in improvised music: Django Bates, Marc Ducret, Tim Berne, Evan Parker, Chris Speed, Herb Robertson, John Tichai and many others. His drumming can be found on ECM, ILK Records, Hatology, Edition Records, Ayler Records. As a composer he has received broad recognition for a variety of different project; All Too Human, the pop-art group Eggs Laid By Tigers as well as his previous solo album Unintended Consequences....

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