"Fresh and diverse... Manis led the Trio with a veteran's touch." -- Oregon Music News
"Fabulous... Will thrill fans of Monk, Rollins." -- Eugene Weekly
Saxophonist Joe Manis released his first album "Evidence" in January 2009 on 8bells Records. Manis has played with Thomas Mapfumo and the Blacks Unlimited and appears on their album "Rise Up!" on Real World Records. He currently shouts background vocals and plays alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, and tenor saxophone with the Cherry Poppin' Daddies and appears on their album "Susquehanna" and "Skaboy JFK: The Skankin' Hits of...". Manis has also played with the Ken Schaphorst Big Band featuring trombonist Andre Hayward, The Temptations, and the many incarnations of the Joe Manis Trio. As a part of the Oregon Festival of American Music, he has played with Ken Peplowski, Byron Stripling, and Bucky Pizzarelli. Manis has toured Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Slovenia, Switzerland, UK, & the US. He received a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies from the University of Oregon in Eugene in 2005. Manis received a Masters of Music in Jazz Studies-Performance with Academic Honor from the New England Conservatory in Boston, MA in 2007. He attended the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY in 2005. As both a leader and a sideman, he has presented performances and jazz masterclasses at Whitman College, Bates College, University of Oregon, and Columbia University Teachers College; and Head-Royce School, South Eugene, Sisters, Klamath Union, and Pleasant Hill High Schools; and Spencer Butte Middle School. Manis is currently an instructor at South Eugene High School and The John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts.
Hey Joe, thanks for the friend request! It was great to meet you at the Sam Bond's show the other week--you guys sounded wonderful! I hope the rest of the tour went well for you all, and that I have the chance to perform with you one of these days! :) 'Til then, have a great holiday season.
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Thanks for the add Joe. I'm going to be in Eugene the last wk of April with Spamalot so let me know if there's somewhere I can catch you playing. Or if you're out of town let me know a recommendation of a place to go hear some jazz.
Joe the new CD is killin"!!! Beautiful playing by all three of you. I dig the compositions too. I hope we get to play music together again soon. all the best, Rob
Thanks so much for the Add. We enjoyed your music very much. We hope you and your friends enjoy our music, too.
We wish you the very best in your career. It's a pleasure having you among our friends! Onward and Upward with Music! Thom & Lorry Gambino New York, New York
