Quite possibly the world's greatest bass guitar player.
This lens is dedicated to the great Michael Manring. Check out his site at Manthing.com
Michael Manring is a bassist and composer known for his innovative approach to the instrument and his adventurous solo concerts. He has appeared on over 200 recordings and toured throughout the world. He has received Grammy and Bammie nominations, the Berklee School of Music Distinguished Alumni Award, two Gold Records, two Just Plain Folks awards and the Bassist of the Year award from the readers of Bass Player Magazine. MICHAEL MANRING is best known for radically expanding the limits of the fretless electric bass. He was chosen as "Bassist of the Year" in Bass Player Magazine's reader's poll in 1994, and has been nominated for a Bammie and a Grammy. L.A. Jazz Scene says "Manring is creating musical history", and Jaco Pastorius called Manring "One bad mother****".
Michael Manring is a bassist and composer known for his innovative approach to the instrument and his adventurous solo concerts. He has appeared on over 200 recordings and toured throughout the world. He has received Grammy and Bammie nominations, the Berklee School of Music Distinguished Alumni Award, two Gold Records, two Just Plain Folks awards and the Bassist of the Year award from the readers of Bass Player Magazine. MICHAEL MANRING is best known for radically expanding the limits of the fretless electric bass. He was chosen as "Bassist of the Year" in Bass Player Magazine's reader's poll in 1994, and has been nominated for a Bammie and a Grammy. L.A. Jazz Scene says "Manring is creating musical history", and Jaco Pastorius called Manring "One bad mother****".
Discography
Original work* 1986 Unusual Weather (Windham Hill)
* 1989 Toward the Center of the Night (Windham Hill)
* 1991 Drastic Measures (Windham Hill)
* 1994 Thonk (Highstreet)
* 1995 Up Close 21 (Windham Hill / High Street Records / Boston Acoustic)
* 1998 The Book of Flame (Alchemy Records)
* 2005 Soliloquy (Manthing Music)
[edit] Collaborations
with Michael Hedges
* 1981 Breakfast in the Field (Windham Hill)
* 1984 Aerial Boundaries (Windham Hill)
* 1986 Watching My Life Go By (Open Air)
* 1987 Live on the Double Planet (Windham Hill)
* 1990 Taproot (Windham Hill)
* 1996 Oracle (Windham Hill)
* 1999 Torched (Windham Hill)
* 2000 Michael Hedges - The Best of Michael Hedges (Windham Hill)
* 2001 Beyond Boundaries - Guitar Solos (Windham Hill)
* 2003 Platinum & Gold Collection (RCA Victor)
* 2006 Pure Michael Hedges (RCA)
with Danny Heines
* 2001 What Worlds They Bring (Vadadisc)
with Alex Skolnick
* 1997 The Skol-Patrol (Pluto-Bound)
with Montreux
* 1985 Chiaroscuro (Windham Hill)
* 1987 Sign Language (Windham Hill)
* 1989 Let Them Say (Windham Hill)
with John Gorka
* 1991 Jack's Crows (High Street)
* 1992 Temporary Road (High Street)
* 1994 Out of the Valley (High Street)
* 1996 Between Five and Seven (High Street)
* 1998 After Yesterday (Red House)
* 2001 Company You Keep (Red House)
* 2006 Writing in the Margins (Red House)
with Paolo Giordano
* 1994 Paolo Giordano (Step Musique/New Sounds)
* 2000 Kid in a Toy Shop (Step Musique/New Sounds)
with Turtle String Island Quartet
* 1995 By the Fireside (Windham Hill)
with Attention Deficit
* 1998 Attention Deficit (Magna Carta)
* 2001 The Idiot King (Magna Carta)
with Jeff Loomis
* 2008 Zero Order Phase (Century Media)
with Yo Miles
* 1998 Yo Miles! (Shanachie)
* 2004 Sky Garden (Cuneiform)
* 2005 Upriver (Cuneiform)
with Sadhappy
* 1998 Good Day Bad Dream (Periscope Recordings)
* 2005 Outerspaces (Periscope Recordings)
with Scott McGill und Vic Stevens
* 2001 Addition by Subtraction (Free Electric Sound)
* 2003 Controlled by Radar (Free Electric Sound)
* 2006 What We Do (Free Electric Sound)
with Larry Kassin und Tom Darter
* 2001 Scatter (MKD Music)
with David Cullen
* 2001 Equilibré (Solid Air Records)
with Human Factor
* 2002 Human Factor (Human Factor)
with At War With Self
* 2005 Torn Between Dimensions (Free Electric Sound)
with DeMania
* 2006 DeMania (Tropo Records)
with Jeff Dodd
* 2007 Falling Awake (Aesthetic Records)
with Jeff Titus
* 2007 Wood Dragon (Musician101 Music)
with Jim Matheos
* 1999 Away with Words
with Yves Carbonne and Dominique Di Piazza
* 2005 Carbonne - Di Piazza - Manring[15]
with Justin King (as King West Manring Vamos)
* 2008 I-XII
with Sándor Szabó
* 2010 Inner Smile (Indie Europe/Zoom) (ASIN: B0035W8QIS)
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