Ed man
Ed Mann (* 1955 ) is an American vibraphonist , percussionist and composer.
Live and act
Mann, who grew up in Massachusetts , started learning the piano at the age of three and started playing drums at age eleven. As a teenager he played with rock bands, marching bands , big bands and other ensembles. He received his musical training at the New England Music Camp and from 1972 at the Hartt College of Music. He then played with Tommy Mars in the band World Consort , before studying with John Bergamo at the California Institute of the Arts from 1973 to 1976 . Together with Larry Stein, Gregg Johnson, Jimmy Hildebrandt, Lucky Mosko, Paul Anceau and Charles Levin, he was part of Bergamo's Ensemble Repercussion Unit . He also learned Mridangam and Konnakol with T. Ranganathan and deepened his vibraphone playing with Dave Samuels .
His collaboration with Frank Zappa , which lasted until 1988, began in Los Angeles in 1977 ; he was a member of Zappa's ensembles and was involved in his albums, but also worked for him as a sound designer. His playing and sound were stylistically characteristic of the “rocking” phase in Zappa's work.
Mann has released five of his own albums since 1988 and works as a commissioned composer for new media and as a sound designer. He also wrote his own film music and works as a sound therapist. He performs with his band Dub Jazz Unit . He also played with Mark Isham , John Cage , Don Ellis , Bruce Fowler and the Repercussion Unit . As a session musician, he has worked for Bill Bruford , Rickie Lee Jones , Andy Summers , Kenny Loggins , Sting , Shadowfax , Los Lobos , the London Symphony Orchestra and a number of famous film composers, such as B. Hans Zimmer or Harry Gregson-Williams .
Mann won the Modern Drummer Magazine's readers' award several times .
Discographic notes
- Get Up (1988)
- Perfect World (1991)
- Global Warming (1994)
- Have No Fear (1997)
- (((GONG))) Sound Of Being (1998)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ See Sheikyerbouti
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Man, Ed |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American percussionist and vibraphonist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1955 |