Released 1998 Length 63:37 Producer Steve Lake | Recorded October 1997 Release date 1998 | |
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Blessed(1997) The Trio Concerts(1997) Similar Joe Maneri albums, Jazz albums | ||
Blessed is an album by American composer, saxophonist and clarinet player Joe Maneri with his son, violinist Mat Maneri recorded in 1997 and released on the ECM label.
Contents
Reception
The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "It has within it the basis of a new study of harmonic improvisation, and a manner of execution and construction that show respect and tenderness not only toward one another as family, but to the music they approach with the sole intention of changing it from the inside out. Blessed is remarkable for its close dancing with the infinite".
Track listing
All compositions by Joe Maneri and Mat Maneri except as indicated- "At the Gate" - 3:53
- "There Are No Doors" - 4:22
- "Sixty-One Joys" (Mat Maneri) - 4:01
- "From Loosened Soil" - 11:05
- "Five Fantasies" - 5:36
- "Never Said a Mumblin' Word" (Traditional) - 5:38
- "Is Nothing Near?" - 9:03
- "Body and Soul" (Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) - 6:16
- "Race You Home" - 1:12
- "Gardenias for Gardenis" (Joe Maneri) - 1:42
- "Outside the Whole Thing" - 5:36
- "Blessed" (Mat Maneri) - 5:05
Personnel
Songs
1At the GateJoe & Mat Maneri3:54
2There Are No DoorsJoe & Mat Maneri4:22
3Sity-One JoysJoe & Mat Maneri4:02
References
Blessed (Joe Maneri album) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA