Coming Down the Mountain (album) explained

Coming Down the Mountain
Type:Album
Artist:Joe Maneri Quartet
Cover:Coming Down the Mountain (album).jpg
Released:1997
Recorded:October 28, 1993
Venue:Ruach Israel, Needham, Massachusetts
Genre:Jazz
Length:54:12
Label:HatOLOGY
501
Producer:Joe Maneri, Mat Maneri, Pia Uehlinger, Werner X. Uehlinger
Chronology:Joe Maneri
Prev Title:Dahabenzapple
Prev Year:1993
Year:1993
Next Title:Let the Horse Go
Next Year:1995

Coming Down the Mountain is an album by the pianist, saxophonist and composer Joe Maneri, recorded in 1993 and released on the HatOLOGY label in 1997.[1] [2]

Reception

In JazzTimes, John Murph wrote: "Microtonal master, Joe Maneri upholds free jazz’s basic principles in the highest regards by foregoing annotated compositions, which forces his musicians to rely on intuitive improvisation and group empathy. As Coming Down The Mountain attests, the results can be surprisingly tranquil, especially when the musicians opt for silence and elongated contours instead of the usual bag of overpowering dissonance ... Coming Down The Mountain is yet another fine recording by Maneri".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Joe Maneri

  1. "Swing High" – 6:20
  2. "Swing Higher" – 11:04
  3. "Coming Down the Mountain" – 11:23
  4. "Joe's Alto" – 1:49
  5. "Say It All" – 15:07
  6. "To End or Not to End?" – 8:29

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Lopez, R. Mat Maneri discography accessed July 18, 2018
  2. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_HatHut_O_500.htm HatHut hatOLOGY discography
  3. Murph, J. JazzTimes Review accessed July 18, 2018