Mantis Evar

Mantis Evar is a music producer and Co-Founder of Indaba Music. Over his 30+ plus years in the music industry he has filled many roles, including product manager, audio consultant, recording engineer, mastering engineer, camera operator, and nightclub manager.

As audio consultant for Sam Ash Music, Mantis has designed and maintained sound systems for many New York City hotspots including The Limelight, and The Tunnel as well as live systems used by Metallica and Guns 'N' Roses.

Blue Note Records

After a few years at Capitol Records working with The Beastie Boys, The Butthole Surfers, Yoko Ono and The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Mantis transferred to Blue Note Records where his list of credits grew to include Joe Chambers, Ron Carter, Joe Lovano, Pat Martino and Chucho Valdes.

Village Vanguard

During a two-year residence at hallowed jazz shrine the Village Vanguard, Evar recorded jazz greats such as Martial Solal, Greg Osby, Jim Hall, Bill Charlap, Bill Frisell, the Chucho Valdes Quartet and many others.

“Mantis”

In 2002 trumpeter Erik Truffaz released a recording on Blue Note records titled "Mantis" in dedication to Mantis. Truffaz included this quote, written by poet Joel Bastard, in the liner notes. "A man like this music, arms wide open, to embrace the world and take it somewhere else."

Indaba Music

Mantis currently operates the Indaba Music Studio and is in partnership with Indaba Music, an online music collaboration service that allows musicians to post files of their work, listen to other musicians' posts and create sessions where multiple parties can collaborate on a specific project. Associated with professional and independent artists, Indaba Music supports all genres of music and can be found at www.indabamusic.com.

Movie

Producer Lee Gottsegen has expressed interest in creating a film documentary about Mantis’ life.

Additional Information

Five years dedicated service to the United States Marine Corps allowed Mantis to travel the United States, Australia, Singapore, Thailand, Japan, and the Philippines. Mantis banded with the nation and partook in the ousting of President Ferdinand Marcos during the People Power Revolution of 1986.

Album Credits

*Pepper Adams Critics Choice (2005) Mastering Engineer
*Mose Allison The Mose Chronicles Vol.1 (2001) Product Manager
*Mose Allison The Mose Chronicles Vol.2 (2002) Product Manager
*Bryan Anthony Look At Me Now (2001) Producer
*Bryan Anthony Songs For Dreamers (2006) Producer
*Roy Ayers West Coast Vibes (2006) Mastering Engineer
*BJL Technologies Live Comedy (2004) Recording Engineer
*Brian Blade Fellowship (1999) Product Manager
*Brian Blade Perceptual (2000) Product Manager
*Bob Belden Black Dahlia (2000) Product Manager
*Jane Bunnett Alma De Santiago (2001) Product Manager
*Jane Bunnett Cuban Odyssey (2003) Product Manager
*Don Byron Aria's & Lieder (2000) Product Manager
*Don Byron Romance With The Unseen (2000) Product Manager
*Ron Carter Stardust (2002) Product Manager
*Bill Charlap Written in the Stars (2000) Product Manager
*Bill Charlap Stardust (2002) Product Manager
*Bill Charlap Stardust - video (2002) Camera Operator
*Bill Charlap Live At The Village Vanguard (2004) Recording Engineer
*Eddie Condon Tiger Rag And All That Jazz (2005) Mastering Engineer
*DeeStar Fool Of Yourself (2005) Producer
*DeeStar Dillema (2005) Producer
*DeeStar Simple Life (2005) Producer
*Crash Pad Chick Naked (1994) Electric Bass
*Stefano di Battista Round About Roma (2003) Product Manager
*DJ Smash Phonography (2001) Product Manager
*DJ Smash Phonography 2 (2003) Product Manager
*Bob Dorough Too Much Coffee Man (2000) Product Manager
*Dorough/Frishberg Who's on First? (2000) Product Manager
*Eliane Elias Everything I Love (2000) Production Coordination
*Kurt Elling Live In Chicago (2000) Production Coordination
*Don Ellis The Essence (2005) Mastering Engineer
*Duke Ellington 1969 White House Tribute (2002) Production Manager
*Frank Emilio Ancestral Reflections (1999) Project Manager
*Face*T Mixes (2005) Mastering Engineer
*Bill Frisell Live At The Village Vanguard (2003) Asst. Engineer
*Garnets Leaving You Behind (2005) Mixing/Mastering Engineer
*Fun Ghouls Echostatic (1993) Electric Bass
*Jack Grace Live at Lakeside Lounge (1999) Recording Engineer
*Jack Grace Basement Tapes (2000) Recording Engineer
*Jack Grace Live At Rodeo Bar (2002) Recording Engineer
*Benny Green These Are Soulful Days (1999) Perfect Timing
*Hagans/Belden Re-Animation:Live in Montreal (1999) Project Manager
*Edmond Hall La Petite Fleur (2005) Mastering Engineer
*Jim Hall/Geoff Keezer Duet At The Vanguard (2004) Recording Engineer
*Stefon Harris A Cloud Of Red Dust (1998) Product Manager
*Stefon Harris Black Action Figure (1999) Product Manager
*Stefon Harris The Grand Unification Theory (2003) Product Manager
*Barry Harris Vanguard's 69th Birthday Celebration (2004) Recording Engineer
*James Hurt Dark Grooves-Mystical Rhythms (1999) Product Manager
*James Hurt Live At Sweet Basil's - video (1999) Camera Operator
*Todd Herbert Todd Herbert Quartet (1999) Producer
*Todd Herbert Live At Smalls (2003) Mastering Engineer
*Todd Herbert Path To Infinity (2007) Recording Engineer
*JA.DE Competition (2005) Mastering Engineer
*Richard Leo Johnson Language (2000) Product Manager
*Hank Jones Talented Touch/Porgy & Bess (2004) Sequencer
*Rodney Jones J&R Music Festival - video (1999) Camera Operator
*Rodney Jones Soul Manifesto (2001) Product Manager
*Ronny Jordan A Brighter Day (2000) Product Manager
*K-Dean Mixes (2005) Mastering Engineer
*Earl King Come On: The Complete Imperial Recordings (2003) Mastering Engineer
*Harold Land Take Aim (2005) Mastering Engineer
*Milcho Leviev Multiple Personalities (2006) Sequencing
*Little Grey Girlfriend Time Pops Bubbles (2008) Recording Engineer
*Joe Lovano Nonet 52nd Street Themes (2000) Product Manager
*Joe Lovano Viva Caruso (2002) Product Manager
*Joe Lovano On This Day... (2003) Product Manager
*Gary Lucas Live @ Bowery Poetry Club (2006) Mastering Engineer
*Gary Lucas Live @ Bowery Poetry Club DVD (2006) Product Manager
*Mahavishnu Project Live At The Bottom Line (2002) Recording Engineer
*Pat Martino Live At Yoshi's (2001) Product Manager
*Pat Martino Think Tank (2003) Product Manager
*Bill McHenry Live At The Village Vanguard (2004) Recording Engineer
*Medeski Martin and Wood Tonic (2000) Project Manager
*Mulgrew Miller Live At The Village Vanguard (2004) Recording Engineer
*Jason Moran Black Stars (2001) Product Manager
*Jason Moran Modernistic (2002) Product Manager
*Jason Moran The Bandwagon (2003) Product Manager
*Ray Nance Body And Soul (2006) Mastering Engineer
*Lewis Nash Live At The Village Vanguard (2004) Recording Engineer
*Baba Ola Jagun Nigerian Yoruba Drum Orch. (2004) Recording Engineer
*Greg Osby The Invisible Hand (2000) Project Manager
*Greg Osby Symbols Of Light (2001) Product Manager
*Greg Osby Live At The Village Vanguard (2004) Recording Engineer
*Greg Osby Inner Circle (2002) Product Manager
*Greg Osby St. Louis Shoes (2003) Product Manager
*Ominus Screaming To The Nations (1992) Electric Bass
*Passenger Passenger (2002) Electric Bass
*Jack Patton Jack Patton Quintet (2000) Executive Producer
*Jack Patton Sage (2000) Executive Producer
*Jack Patton Don't Go To Strangers (2003) Executive Producer
*Jeremy Pelt Live At The Village Vanguard (2004) Recording Engineer
*Pieces of a Dream Ahead to the Past (1999) Project Manager
*Pieces of a Dream Sensual Embrace (2002) Product Manager
*Lonnie Plaxico Emergence (1999) Product Manager
*Lonnie Plaxico Melange (2001) Product Manager
*Paul Quinichette Like Basie (2006) Mastering Engineer
*Lou Rawls Pilgrim Travelers (2004) Mastering Engineer
*RecKlez Yashie's Revenge II (2005) Mastering Engineer
*The Recovery EPK (2008) Mastering Engineer
*Eric Reed Tribute To Fats Waller (2004) Recording Engineer
*Marcus Roberts Live At The Village Vanguard (2003) Recording Engineer
*Renee Rosnes Life On Earth (2002) Product Manager
*Gonzalo Rubalcaba Inner Voyage (1999) Product Manager
*Gonzalo Rubalcaba Supernova (2001) Product Manager
*St. Germain Tourist (2000) Product Manager
*Mark Shim Turbulent Flow (2000) Product Manager
*Chris Smither Honeysuckle Dog (2004) Mastering Engineer
*Martial Solal Live At The Village Vanguard (2001) Recording Engineer
*Henri Salvador Room With A View (2002) Product Manager
*ScoLoHoFo OH! (2003) Product Manager
*Supergenerous Supergenerous (2000) Product Manager
*Team Jesus Live At NuJazzCity (2000) Electric Bass
*Trio 65 Music Of Billy Strayhorn (2000) Mixing/Mastering Engineer
*Erik Truffaz Revisite (2001) Product Manager
*Erik Truffaz Mantis (2002) Dedication
*Erik Truffaz Next Door (2003) Product Manager
*Mark Turner Quartet Live At The Village Vanguard (2003) Recording Engineer
*Chucho Valdes Live at the Village Vanguard (2000) Product Manager
*Chucho Valdes Solo; Live In New York (2000) Project Manager
*Chucho Valdes Fantasia Cubana (2002) Product Manager
*Chucho Valdes New Conceptions (2003) Product Manager
*Chucho Valdes Village Vanguard: LIVE! (2004) Recording Engineer
*Bebo Valdes El Arte Del Sabor (2001) Product Manager
*Various Artists Pure Cool (2000) Product Manager
*Various Artists Upper Crust Crew (1993) Recording Engineer
*Various Artists Veritas - Primum (2004) Executive Producer
*Various Artists Veritas - Primum Vol. 2 (2005) Mastering Engineer
*Various Artists Indaba - Cool Cuts from the Interweb (2008) Mastering Engineer
*Vinyl Life Future Beat video (2008) Actor
*World Class This Is World Class (2003) Electric Bass
*Johnny Winter Hello Dali (2005) Mixing Engineer
*Cedar Walton Live At The Village Vanguard (2004) Recording Engineer
*Brandon Wright Summer Session (2001) Recording Engineer
*Rick Wurzbacher With Joey DeFrancesco (2001) Electric Bass

*DEFINITIVE SERIES (Verve and Blue Note Records):
*Cannonball Adderley Definitive Series (2002) Production Supervisor
*Chet Baker Definitive Series (2002) Production Supervisor
*Clifford Brown Definitive Series (2002) Production Supervisor
*Nat King Cole Definitive Series (2002) Production Supervisor
*Stan Getz Definitive Series (2002) Production Supervisor
*Joe Henderson Definitive Series (2002) Production Supervisor
*Bud Powell Definitive Series (2002) Production Supervisor
*George Shearing Definitive Series (2002) Production Supervisor
*Jimmy Smith Definitive Series (2002) Production Supervisor
*Art Tatum Definitive Series (2002) Production Supervisor
*McCoy Tyner Definitive Series (2002) Production Supervisor
*Sarah Vaughan Definitive Series (2002) Production Supervisor
*Dinah Washington Definitive Series (2002) Production Supervisor
*Joe Williams Definitive Series (2002) Production Supervisor

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