Sarah Manning
Sarah Manning (* 6 September ) is an American jazz - alto saxophonist and composer .
Life and work
Manning grew up in the New England States and played in a school band while in Hartford High School. An early mentor was Jackie McLean . With a scholarship from the Interlochen Arts Academy , she studied in the jazz program of William Paterson College, which was directed by Rufus Reid . She then graduated from Smith College, Massachusetts in Women's Studies. There she continued her saxophone studies with Yusef Lateef . In 2002 she moved to the San Francisco Bay Area .
After her debut album in 2004, on which u. a. the drummer Akira Tana participated, she recorded a live album at Yoshi’s jazz club in Oakland . In 2010 she worked with her band Shatter the Glass from Art Hirahara (piano), Linda Oh (bass) and Kyle Struve (drums). Manning now lives in Brooklyn (2011) . She has been working for the real estate company Cooper & Cooper since 2010.
Discographic notes
- House on Eddy Street (2004)
- Live at Yoshi's - Two Rooms, Next Door (2008)
- Dandelion Clock (2009)
- Harmonious Creature (2013), with Eyvind Kang , Jonathan Goldberger , Rene Hart, Jerome Jennings
Web links
- Manning's website
- Portrait on All About Jazz
- Sarah Manning at Allmusic (English)
- Manning's blog "Artist Empathy" about philosophical questions about the musical life ( Memento from March 31, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.linkedin.com/pub/sarah-manning/8/769/642
- ↑ http://www.linkedin.com/pub/sarah-manning/8/769/642
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Manning, Sarah |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |