Trinity (Mat Maneri album)

Trinity is a solo album by American jazz violinist and composer Mat Maneri recorded in July 1999 and released on ECM in 2001.

[1][2][3] The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars calling it "a mystifying debut by a devastatingly creative and deftly talented musician.

"[5] Writing for All About Jazz, Mark Corroto commented: "The organic freedom of Maneri's playing on Trinity reveals the source of his energy: the architecture of composition combined with judicious use of space.

"[6] In Weather Bird: Jazz at the Dawn of its Second Century, jazz critic Gary Giddins called the album "a solo recital of unexpected depth and variety," and remarked: "His adaptation of 'Sun Ship,' a stark and rather insubstantial Coltrane fragment, begins with barely a hint of the source material, then proceeds to locate it in the course of deliberate microtonal stages, building to a vigorous peak as if the Coltrane figure had to be earned.

"[7] Aaron Steinberg of Jazz Times stated: "As with most nonpiano solo recitals, Trinity demands a lot from its listeners.