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Genre: Ambient / Jazz / Lyrical
Location NYC/LA, US
Profile Views: 22993
Last Login: 11/6/2007
Member Since 5/15/2006
Website http://www.nickmancini.net
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..Check out this review of my latest live show..... http://www.metaljazz.com/2007/09/live_review_nick_mancini_colle.php.... ..Vibrato.. ..Frank Marocco & Nick Mancini.. ..Thurs Oct 18 6-9pm.. ..2930 Beverly Glenn Circle, LA 90077.. .. INFO:310.474.9400 http://www.vibratogrilljazz.com/ http://www.NickMancini.net.... ..Knitting Factory.. ..Racquel Roberts X-mas Record Release Party.. ..Thurs Nov 1st, 6pm to 10pm.. ..7021 Hollywood Blvd Ste 209, Hollywood CA, 90028.. .. INFO:http://www.thesecretofchristmas.net/.... ..2nd Street Jazz.. ..Sean Nowell NYC Tenor Saxophonist.. ..Mon Nov 12th, 9pm to 12am.. ..366 E 2nd St at Central, Little Tokyo.. .. INFO:http://www.myspace.com/landon2ndstreetlivejazz http:// http://www.myspace.com/seannowell .... Sean Nowell, tenor sax; Nick Mancini, vibes; Sam Manai, bass; others TBA ..Cafe Metropol.. ..Nick Mancini Collective.. ..Sat Nov 17th, 8pm to 10pm.. ..923 East 3rd St (east of Alameda) Artist District, LA.. .. INFO: 213.613.1537 http://www.CafeMetropol.com http://www.NickMancini.net.... Nick Mancini, vibraphone; Mahesh Balisooriya, piano; TBA, bass; TBA, drums.. ..Jazz at the A Frame.. ..Nick Mancini Collective.. ..Sun Jan 20th 2-5pm.. ..1821 Sunset Plaza Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90069.. .. INFO: 310.659.9169 http://www.aframejazz.com http://www.NickMancini.net.... Nick Mancini, vibraphone; Otmaro Ruiz, piano; Dan Lutz, bass; Nate Wood, drums.... ..Nick Mancini.. is, by his own admission, most at home when behind the vibes and in front of a capacity crowd. He has performed and recorded with such noted musicians in the jazz, pop and classical world as Kenny Werner, Marvin "Smitty" Smith, Charles Fambrough, Bob Hurst, Jennifer Holiday and Leon Fleisher. As a bandleader, Nick has written, produced, and recorded with Silver Standard (Horace of a Different Color) a tribute to the music of Horace Silver, the Nick Mancini Collective (Live: New York) and Type II (Flexible Plan). Greg Burk from the LA Weekly describes Mancini as "...an exploratory young vibraphonist with two toes dipped in tradition who splashes gentle swing, understatedly bent shoogabooga and exotic undersea layerings of filtered light. Original and good." A masters degree recipient of the Manhattan School of Music's prestigious jazz program, his prowess as a musician never obscures his talent as an entertainer. ...... ..Nick Mancini Collective.. uses the inspiration of great jazz composers of the 50's and 60's as a springboard for fresh, incisive and occasionally comedic arrangements. A dynamic fixture of the NYC and LA jazz scenes, Mancini decisively leads his group through tightly-knit sets of burning, straight-ahead jazz flights, moody vamps, evocative ballads and blistering funk. This vibrant menagerie of musical masters delivers a continually evolving stream of musical settings that are all at once spontaneous, reminiscent and unmarked. ...... ..Reviews:...... "In from New York City is the Nick Mancini Collective, led by an exploratory young vibraphonist with two toes dipped in tradition who splashes gentle swing, understatedly bent shoogabooga and exotic undersea layerings of filtered light. Original and good.".. - Greg Burk, LA Weekly.... "From New York, vibist Mancini leads his quartet to the Promised Land.".. - James E. Fowler, LA Times.... "Vibraphone virtuoso Nick Mancini heads a smooth, agile and expert combo. . .".. - LA Weekly (Pick Of The Week).... "(Nick Mancini and Matt Snyder's Type II Flexible Plan) is full of drive and lyricism. . . There is a sense of another era embedded in this music; yet it is not dated. The style is given fresh life in the hands of this band with sparkling improvisations and fine interactivity.".. - Cadence Magazine.... "Nick Mancini's shimmering, chiming vibes are a constant joy. . .".. - Jerome Wilson, Cadence Magazine.... "Nick Mancini's vibraphone solo, at a later section of the already-mentioned A Tear in the Clouds, is unquestionably from someone with a jazz vernacular.".. - allaboutjazz.com.... ......Best of all, throw a couple drinks in him and he'll text message you till it hurts!!..
Members
VIBRAPHONE - Nick Mancini DRUMS - Nate Wood, Jimmy Branly, James Alsanders, Brad Elliot, Kevin Kanner, Chris Michael, Dave Berger, Mark Bordenet, Joe Abbatantuono, Take Toryama, BASS - Robert Russell, Dan Lutz, Joe Sanders, Matt Clohesy, Dave Hertzberg, Jim Whitney, GUITAR - Dave Wood, Larry Koonse, Russ Spiegel, Pete Smith PIANO/ORGAN/KEYS - Otmaro Ruiz, Matthias Bublath, HORNS - Katisse Buckingham, Ben Wendel, Nolan Shaheed, Travis Sullivan, Arun Luthra, Alan Ferber, Matt Snyder PERCUSSION - Nanu, Alex Esteban .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
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Gentle Swing, Understatedly Bent Shoogabooga, Exotic Undersea Layerings of Filtered Light

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Check out this review of my latest live show...

http://www.metaljazz.com/2007/09/live_review_nick_mancini_colle.php

Vibrato

Frank Marocco & Nick Mancini

Thurs Oct 18 6-9pm

2930 Beverly Glenn Circle, LA 90077

INFO:310.474.9400 http://www.vibratogrilljazz.com/ http://www.NickMancini.net

Knitting Factory

Racquel Roberts X-mas Record Release Party

Thurs Nov 1st, 6pm to 10pm

7021 Hollywood Blvd Ste 209, Hollywood CA, 90028

INFO:http://www.thesecretofchristmas.net/

2nd Street Jazz

Sean Nowell NYC Tenor Saxophonist

Mon Nov 12th, 9pm to 12am

366 E 2nd St at Central, Little Tokyo

INFO:http://www.myspace.com/landon2ndstreetlivejazz http:// http://www.myspace.com/seannowell

Sean Nowell, tenor sax; Nick Mancini, vibes; Sam Manai, bass; others TBA

Cafe Metropol

Nick Mancini Collective

Sat Nov 17th, 8pm to 10pm

923 East 3rd St (east of Alameda) Artist District, LA

INFO: 213.613.1537 http://www.CafeMetropol.com http://www.NickMancini.net

Nick Mancini, vibraphone; Mahesh Balisooriya, piano; TBA, bass; TBA, drums

Jazz at the A Frame

Nick Mancini Collective

Sun Jan 20th 2-5pm

1821 Sunset Plaza Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90069

INFO: 310.659.9169 http://www.aframejazz.com http://www.NickMancini.net

Nick Mancini, vibraphone; Otmaro Ruiz, piano; Dan Lutz, bass; Nate Wood, drums

Nick Mancini is, by his own admission, most at home when behind the vibes and in front of a capacity crowd. He has performed and recorded with such noted musicians in the jazz, pop and classical world as Kenny Werner, Marvin "Smitty" Smith, Charles Fambrough, Bob Hurst, Jennifer Holiday and Leon Fleisher. As a bandleader, Nick has written, produced, and recorded with Silver Standard (Horace of a Different Color) a tribute to the music of Horace Silver, the Nick Mancini Collective (Live: New York) and Type II (Flexible Plan). Greg Burk from the LA Weekly describes Mancini as "...an exploratory young vibraphonist with two toes dipped in tradition who splashes gentle swing, understatedly bent shoogabooga and exotic undersea layerings of filtered light. Original and good." A masters degree recipient of the Manhattan School of Music's prestigious jazz program, his prowess as a musician never obscures his talent as an entertainer.

Nick Mancini Collective uses the inspiration of great jazz composers of the 50's and 60's as a springboard for fresh, incisive and occasionally comedic arrangements. A dynamic fixture of the NYC and LA jazz scenes, Mancini decisively leads his group through tightly-knit sets of burning, straight-ahead jazz flights, moody vamps, evocative ballads and blistering funk. This vibrant menagerie of musical masters delivers a continually evolving stream of musical settings that are all at once spontaneous, reminiscent and unmarked.

Reviews:

"In from New York City is the Nick Mancini Collective, led by an exploratory young vibraphonist with two toes dipped in tradition who splashes gentle swing, understatedly bent shoogabooga and exotic undersea layerings of filtered light. Original and good."
- Greg Burk, LA Weekly

"From New York, vibist Mancini leads his quartet to the Promised Land."
- James E. Fowler, LA Times

"Vibraphone virtuoso Nick Mancini heads a smooth, agile and expert combo. . ."
- LA Weekly (Pick Of The Week)

"(Nick Mancini and Matt Snyder's Type II Flexible Plan) is full of drive and lyricism. . . There is a sense of another era embedded in this music; yet it is not dated. The style is given fresh life in the hands of this band with sparkling improvisations and fine interactivity."
- Cadence Magazine

"Nick Mancini's shimmering, chiming vibes are a constant joy. . ."
- Jerome Wilson, Cadence Magazine

"Nick Mancini's vibraphone solo, at a later section of the already-mentioned A Tear in the Clouds, is unquestionably from someone with a jazz vernacular."
- allaboutjazz.com

Best of all, throw a couple drinks in him and he'll text message you till it hurts!!

Member Since:

May 15, 2006

Members:

VIBRAPHONE - Nick Mancini DRUMS - Nate Wood, Jimmy Branly, James Alsanders, Brad Elliot, Kevin Kanner, Chris Michael, Dave Berger, Mark Bordenet, Joe Abbatantuono, Take Toryama, BASS - Robert Russell, Dan Lutz, Joe Sanders, Matt Clohesy, Dave Hertzberg, Jim Whitney, GUITAR - Dave Wood, Larry Koonse, Russ Spiegel, Pete Smith PIANO/ORGAN/KEYS - Otmaro Ruiz, Matthias Bublath, HORNS - Katisse Buckingham, Ben Wendel, Nolan Shaheed, Travis Sullivan, Arun Luthra, Alan Ferber, Matt Snyder PERCUSSION - Nanu, Alex Esteban