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"...one of the most advanced improvisers in jazz today...one of the great innovators in jazz history" - Harvey Pekar, The Journal News, Oct 2003
"...original and deeply compelling...Maneri is a communicative player: His sounds on tenor, alto, and especially clarinet are impressively his own, his phrases logical and meaningful."
"From free improvisations to 'Body and Soul,' it all comes out as pure sensuality; there are just more notes to caress."
"Das ist Stoff für Legenden...Ein seltsamer Zauber geht von dieser Musik aus: Abstraktion und Sinnlichkeit zugleich, die Wärme der Instrumente und die Kühle der Gedanken. "("This is the stuff of legend...A strange charm proceeds from this music: abstraction and sensuality at the same time, the warmth of the instruments and the coolness of the thoughts. ")
Joseph Maneri is a genius whose aesthetics have been the source of influence for a considerable number of musicians who have received the recognition which Joe has not enjoyed...He is an artist without peer.
Along with Jimmy Giuffre and perhaps tomorrow's Don Byron, Joe Maneri is one of the 20th century's greatest clarinetists. His music is full bodied - it reeks of Flatbush Avenue, the Brooklyn Bridge, and the fire of the Middle East.
Observed as a teacher, I found Joe Maneri to be delicate and yet probing. As a creator, he organized a language which is his own, indicating courage and the light of truth.
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