Maneri Ensemble – Going To Church

Going To Church by Maneri Ensemble  [AUM024] Roy Campbell: trumpets Joe Maneri: clarinet, alto & tenor sax Mat Maneri: viola Matthew Shipp: piano Barre Phillips: bass Randy Peterson: drums Going To Church presents a once-in-our-lifetime meeting of three distinct and potent worlds of improvisation. One sunny Saturday afternoon in the studio with no preset ideas, save free communication through tone. The open form and fluid dynamics that day manifest themselves into this profound program, ranging from a kind of pastoral beauty to an intensity of psychedelic proportions. String prodigy Mat Maneri and his father, Joe Maneri – both innovators in the realm of elucidation through microtones. The legendary ex-pat bassist Barre Phillips (New Thing at Newport, Ornette Coleman, Naked Lunch soundtrack, ECM Records pivot) representing the finest that European improv has to offer. Legends in the making Matthew Shipp and Roy Campbell, bring to the gathering the African-American jazz tr