MICHAEL MANTLER
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.
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).
in 1991 he left the United States and returned to Europe. Continuing
to cross the borders between jazz and contemporary classical music with
his distinct instrumental and vocal compositions, he recorded several
new albums for ECM Records, including "sort-of-an-opera", a
large work for full symphony orchestra, a suite of songs with
words by Paul Auster, and a series of instrumental solo concertos.
For more information see detailed Biography.
