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Michael Mantler is a composer and musician in new jazz and contemporary music. This official home page presents current news, biography, recordings, scores, performancess, collaborating artists, press, and contact information. |
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Born in Vienna in 1943, Michael Mantler went to the United States in 1962, and after early activities in the New York avant-garde as composer and trumpet player, he formed the Jazz Composer's Orchestra, and eventually WATT, a music production company. He toured and recorded extensively with Carla Bley as well as occasionally with his own live performance projects. He
has recorded many albums for WATT with varying instrumentations and soloists.
Appearing infrequently live, he mostly concentrated on composing and recording.
He has often worked with texts of contemporary authors (among them most
prominently Samuel Beckett) featuring well-known singers from diverse
backgrounds of jazz and popular music (including Jack Bruce and Robert
Wyatt). His latest work, Comment c'est (How It Is) - a song cycle for voice and chamber orchestra, was released by ECM Records in November 2017.
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more information see detailed Biography. |
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