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Date(s) - 12/26/2020
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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- Michael Bisio – bass
- Mat Maneri – viola
“The fleet-fingered and pitch-perfect Bisio ends the piece with an absolutely jaw-dropping solo.”
– BBC Review, Bill Tilland
Michael Bisio, bassist-composer, has eighty five recordings in his discography, twenty four of these are split evenly between leader/co-leader, ten of them document his extraordinary association with modern piano icon Matthew Shipp. Michael has been called a poet, a wonder and one of the most virtuosic and imaginative performers on the double bass. Nate Chinen in the New York Times writes : “The physicality of Mr. Bisio’s bass playing puts him in touch with numerous predecessors in the avant-garde, but his expressive touch is distinctive;…”
“Violist Mat Maneri has a sound all his own: with his mahogany tone and muscular low register, he slithers from note to note like a satiated snake.”
– Chicago Reader
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.