Three Men Walking

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Three Men Walking
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Studio album by
Released1996
RecordedOctober/November 1995
Studio Hardstudios
Winterthur, Switzerland
Genre Jazz
Length66:20
Label ECM
ECM 1597
Producer Steve Lake
Joe Maneri chronology
Let the Horse Go
(1995)
Three Men Walking
(1996)
Out Right Now
(1995)

Three Men Walking is an album by American jazz reed player and composer Joe Maneri recorded in October and November 1995 and released on ECM the following year. The trio features guitarist Joe Morris and violinist Mat Maneri. [1]

Contents

Reception

The AllMusic review by Stacia Proefrock awarded the album 4 stars stating "The music here is radically creative without being inaccessible, a beautiful example of innovation in jazz." [2]

Professional ratings
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Track listing

All tracks by Joe Maneri, Joe Morris and Mat Maneri, except as noted.
  1. "Calling" (Joe Maneri) - 3:15
  2. "What's New?" (Johnny Burke, Bob Haggart) - 9:47
  3. "Bird's in the Belfry" - 6:54
  4. "If Not Now" (Morris) - 3:22
  5. "Let Me Tell You" - 2:04
  6. "Through a Glass Darkly" - 4:58
  7. "Three Men Walking" - 5:24
  8. "Deep Paths" - 9:16
  9. "Diuturnal" (Joe Maneri) - 3:34
  10. "Fevered" - 5:40
  11. "Gestalt" (Joe Maneri) - 2:40
  12. "To Anne's Eyes" (Morris) - 2:07
  13. "Arc and Point" - 5:06
  14. "For Josef Schmid" (Joe Maneri) - 2:09

Personnel

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References

  1. ECM discography Archived 2011-06-02 at the Wayback Machine accessed November 16, 2011
  2. 1 2 Proefrock, S. Allmusic Review accessed November 16, 2011
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 930. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.