Blessed (Joe Maneri album)

1998 studio album by Joe Maneri / Mat Maneri

Blessed

Studio album by

Joe Maneri / Mat Maneri

Released| 1998
Recorded| October 1997
Studio| Hardstudios
Winterthur, Switzerland
Genre| Jazz
Length| 63:37
Label| ECM
ECM 1661
Producer| Steve Lake
Joe Maneri chronology
| In Full Cry
(1996)  | Blessed
(1998)  | The Trio Concerts
(1997)

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Blessed is an album by the American jazz reed player Joe Maneri, with his son, violinist Mat Maneri, recorded in October 1997 and released on ECM the following year.[1][2]

## Reception

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The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek stated: "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."[3]

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings| [4]

## Track listing

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All compositions by Joe Maneri and Mat Maneri except as indicated

1. "At the Gate" – 3:53
2. "There Are No Doors" – 4:22
3. "Sixty-One Joys" (Mat Maneri) – 4:01
4. "From Loosened Soil" – 11:05
5. "Five Fantasies" – 5:36
6. "Never Said a Mumblin' Word" (Traditional) – 5:38
7. "Is Nothing Near?" – 9:03
8. "Body and Soul" (Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) – 6:16
9. "Race You Home" – 1:12
10. "Gardenias for Gardenis" (Joe Maneri) – 1:42
11. "Outside the Whole Thing" – 5:36
12. "Blessed" (Mat Maneri) – 5:05

## Personnel

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* Joe Maneri – clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, piano
* Mat Maneri – violin, electric 6 string violin, baritone violin, electric 5-string viola

## References

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1. ^ ECM discography accessed November 16, 2011
2. ^ Lopez, R. Mat Maneri discography accessed July 18, 2018
3. ^ a b Jurek, T. AllMusic Review accessed November 16, 2011
4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 930\. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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Joe Maneri

Studio albums|

* Three Men Walking (1995)
* In Full Cry (1996)
* Blessed (1997)
* Coming Down the Mountain (1997)
* Paniots Nine (1998)
* Tales of Rohnlief (1998)
* Tenderly (1999)
* Angles of Repose (2002)

Live albums|

* Dahabenzapple (1996)
* Out Right Now (2001)

Related articles|

* Mat Maneri (son)

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Mat Maneri

Studio albums|

* In Time (1994)
* Three Men Walking (1995)
* Lift & Poise (1998)
* Blessed (1997)
* Trinity (2001)
* Disambiguation (2002)

Live albums|

* Out Right Now (1995)

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* Joe Maneri (father)

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