On a typical week bassist Michael Manring may be found doing anything from an international tour with New Age keyboardist Suzanne Ciani to an avant-improv-core club gig with guitar innovator Henry Kaiser to a folk festival with celebrated troubadour John Gorka to a recording with the experimental post-metal trio, Attention Deficit with Tim Alexander (Primus) and Alex Skolnick (Testament)."it’s all music," Manring shrugs when asked how he manages to balance so many different styles and genres, "I find the similarities to be more compelling than the differences and ultimately, I just love to play the bass." The obvious pleasure that Michael takes in music captivates audiences and critics alike. 

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Unusual Weather (Windham Hill)
Toward the Center of the Night (Windham Hill)
Drastic Measures (Windham Hill)
Thonk (High Street)
The Book of Flame (Alchemy)

with William Ackerman: 

Past Light (Windham Hill)
Conferring with the Moon (Windham Hill)
Imaginary Roads (Windham Hill)
The Opening of Doors (Windham Hill)
Sound of Wind Driven Rain (Windham Hill)

with Altazor: 

Concurrencia (Redwood Records)
with Darol Anger. 
Heritage (Six Degrees)
with Darol Anger and Mike Marshall: 
Chiaroscuro (Windham Hill)

with Enzo Avitabile: 

Enzo Avitabile (EMI)
with Keola Beamer: 
Dancers in the Land of Po (Dancing Cat)

with Kurt Bestor: 

Sketches (BWE)
with Ken Bonfleld: 
Homecoming (BWE)
Winternight (BWE)

with Evan Brubaker: 

Third Floor (Cake)

with Suzanne Ciani and The Wave: 

Live! (Seventh Wave)

with Barry Cleveland: 

Volcano (Supersaturated)

with Cloud Chamber: 

Dark Matter (Supersaturated)

with Larry Conklin: 

Stranger World (Inak)

with April] Cope: 

Two Moons (Acorn)

with Peppino D'Agostino: 

Acoustic Spirit (Shanachie)

with D'Cuckoo: 

Umoja (RGB)

with Jim Farrand: 

3am on a Tuesday (Cake)

with Paolo Giordano: 

Paolo Giordano (Step Musique)

with John Gorka: 

Jack's Crows (High Street)
Temporary Road (High Street)
Out of the Valley (High Street)
Between Five and Seven (High Street)
After Yesterday (Red House)

with Michael Hedges: 

Breakfast in the Field (Windham Hill)
Aerial Boundaries (Windham Hill)
Watching My Life Go By (Open Air)
Live from the Double Planet (Windham Hill)
Taproot (Windham Hill)
Oracle (Windham Hill)

with Rob Young: 

Sticks and Stones (Imaginary Road)

with Danny Helnes: 

One Heart Wild (Silver Wave)

An Evening with Windham Hill Live 
A Winter's Solstice II (Windham Hill)
A Winter's Solstice III (Windham Hill)
Windham Hill Guitar Sampler II (Windham Hill)
A Winter's Solstice V (Windham Hill)
A Winter's Solstice V (Windham Hill)
A Winter's Solstice Vi (Windham Hill)
Bass Player Magazine Fifth Anniversary CD (BP)
The SWR Sound (SWR)
The Carols of Christmas (Windham Hill)
A Very Green Christmas (Seventh Wave)
Summer Solstice (Windham Hill)
A Winter Solstice Reunion (Windham Hill)
Thanksgiving (Windham Hill)

With Barbara Higbie: 

Signs of Life (Windham Hill)

with Henry Kalser and Wadada Leo Smith: 

Yo Miles! (Shanachie)

with Patty Larkin: 

Tango (High Street)
Angels Running (High Street)
Perishable Fruit (High Street)

with Mike Marshall: 

Brasil Duets (Earthbeat)

with Monks of Doom: 

Forgery (IRS)

with Montreux: 

Sign Language (Windham Hill)
Let Them Say (Windham Hill)

with Holly Near: 

Sky Dances (Redwood)

with Carlos Reyes: 

The Beauty of it Ali (TBA)

with Sadhappy: 

Good Day, Bad Dream (Periscope)

with Tadamltsu Salto: 

A Perfect Match (Access Music)
It's About Time (Access Music)

with Schonherz and Scott: 

Under a Big Sky (Windham Hill)

with Richard Schonherz: 

A Different Mozart (imaginary Road)

with Alex Skolnlck and Tim Alexander: 

Attention Deficit (Magna Carta)

with the Skol Patrol: 

The Skol Patrol (Gray Streak)

with Douglas Spotted Eagle: 

Closer to Far Away (Windham Hill)
Pray (Higher Octave)

with Turtle island String Quartet: 

By the Fireside (Windham Hill)

with Trapezold: 

Moon Run (Narada)

with Kym Tuvim: 

Kym Tuvim (Cake)