{{short description|American jazz multi-instrumentalist (1889–1969)}} '''Manuel''' "'''Fess'''" '''Manetta''' (October 3, 1889 – October 10, 1969) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist.
==Early life== Manetta was born in New Orleans (district of Algiers) on October 3, 1889.<ref name="Grove">{{Citation |last=Russell |first=Bill |date=2003 |title=Manetta, Manuel (Fess) |publisher=Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J287100 }}</ref> He was of African and Italian descent.<ref>"Subversive Sounds: Race and the Birth of Jazz in New Orleans", by Charles B. Hersch, p.21.</ref> He came from a family of brass players, and could play at least six instruments capably: violin, guitar, piano, cornet, saxophone, and trombone.<ref name="AM">{{cite web |last=Chadbourne |first=Eugene |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/manuel-manetta-mn0001995065 |title=Manuel Manetta |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=December 22, 2018}}</ref>
==Later life and career== He was able to play two brass instruments at the same time, including very late in his life.<ref name="AM" /> He played early in the 20th century with the Eagle Brass Band and the Tuxedo Brass Band, and was a veteran of some of Buddy Bolden's bands.<ref name="AM" />
He played in New Orleans for much of his career, but toured with Kid Ory in 1919 and with the Martels Family Band as a pianist in the 1920s.<ref name="AM" /> He played on riverboats with Ed Allen in that decade as well.<ref name="AM" /> He continued working up until his death, playing in the bands of Papa Celestin, Arnold Du Pas, Manuel Perez, and others.<ref name="AM" /> The final four decades of his life were spent mostly on teaching, but he also recorded in 1957, laying down tracks that were first released on ''Whorehouse Piano''.<ref name="Grove" /> He died in New Orleans on October 10, 1969.<ref name="Grove" />
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==External links== *[http://hnoc.minisisinc.com/thnoc/catalog/3/533 William Russell Jazz Collection] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326025014/http://hnoc.minisisinc.com/thnoc/catalog/3/533 |date=2023-03-26 }} at [https://www.hnoc.org/ The Historic New Orleans Collection]
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