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Herbie Mann (* 16th April 1930 in Brooklyn , New York ; † 1 July 2003 in Santa Fe ), actually Herbert Jay Solomon , was an American jazz - and fusion - flutist and composer (initially also a clarinetist and saxophonist ). He is one of the early exponents of world music .

Live and act

Herbie Mann began his musical career as a tenor saxophonist in a military band in Trieste . He returned to New York in the early 1950s and toured with accordionist Mat Mathews' quintet . During this time, under the influence of Esy Morales ' recordings , he switched to the flute as the main instrument.

In 1954 he was a member of the Pete Rugolo band, recorded records with Sam Most and worked as a studio musician on the west coast. The first recordings under his own name were made in 1954 for the Bethlehem label with Joe Puma ("Herbie Mann Plays"). In 1956 he worked on Quincy Jones ' debut album This Is How I Feel About Jazz . In 1959 he founded his "Afro-Jazz-Quintet", performed at the Newport Jazz Festival and was on a State Department Tour in Africa in 1960 and in Brazil in 1961, which then had a strong influence on his later music (including Latin Fever 1962 , he keeps coming back to Brazilian themes and musicians). He achieved his commercial breakthrough in 1962 with the album "At the Village Gate". He had a hit with the title Coming Home Babe from this album. With this, Mann became known to a larger audience; from 1957 to 1970 he led the down-beat polls of the most popular jazz flutist.

In the mid-1960s he traveled to Brazil again and played with the stars of popular Brazilian music such as Antônio Carlos Jobim and João Gilberto . After that he also worked in the Middle East with oud musicians and with the bagpipe player Rufus Harley ; however, his attempt to set a new trend with music from the Middle East failed. In 1968 he performed with his band consisting of Roy Ayers , Sonny Sharrock , Miroslav Vitouš and the drummer Bruno Carr at the Berlin Jazz Days . The album Memphis Underground was created in 1969 with a similar line-up . Rolling Stone magazine selected the album in 2013 in its list of The 100 Best Jazz Albums at number 86. In the 1960s and 1970s, he was one of the best-selling musicians on the Atlantic Records label , with whom he was under contract from 1959 to 1979. At Atlantic he also worked as a producer, where he a. a. Recorded recordings by Chick Corea ( Tones for Joans Bones ), Miroslav Vitous ( Mountains in the Clouds ), Roy Ayers, Sonny Sharrock, Attila Zoller , Jim Pepper and Ron Carter .

In the 1970s, Mann expanded his musical spectrum and worked with rock musicians such as Duane Allman , the Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor , Aynsley Dunbar ("London Underground", 1974) and reggae musicians. He also traveled to Jamaica (album Reggae 1974). In the mid-1970s, Mann moved far away from jazz and had a disco hit with "Hi-Jack".

In the 1980s - for economic reasons - he switched to solo concerts, performed with Glen Moore , Frank Gravis and Badal Roy and operated his own label, The Alternative , on which his albums "Mellow" (from his Montreux - Appearance 1977) and "Forest Rain" appeared. In 1982 he performed with his band, the "Family of Mann", in Frankfurt and in Bombay.

In the 1990s he founded his own label Kokopelli , but left there in 1996. Herbie Mann made well over a hundred records in total. He worked u. a. with Chet Baker , Sarah Vaughan , Machito , Baden Powell , Art Blakey , the Bill Evans Trio ( Nirvana 1962) and Chick Corea.

In 1989 he moved with his third wife, actress Susan Janeal Arison , from New York to Pecos , a small town near Santa Fe in New Mexico. In 1997 he fell ill with prostate cancer , to which he finally succumbed on July 1, 2003 at the age of 73 despite years of fighting.

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
1964 Herbie Mann Live At Newport US104 (8 weeks)
US
1965 Standing Ovation At Newport US143 (3 weeks)
US
1966 Our man flute US139 (6 weeks)
US
1968 Glory of Love US151 (12 weeks)
US
1969 Memphis Underground US20 (44 weeks)
US
Atlantic
with Roy Ayers, Sonny Sharrock, Miroslav Vitous, Bruno Carr
Live At The Whiskey A Go Go US139 (10 weeks)
US
1970 The Best Of Herbie Mann US189 (2 weeks)
US
Stone flute US184 (3 weeks)
US
1971 Push push US137 (3 weeks)
US
Push push US119 (23 weeks)
US
1973 The Evolution Of Mann US172 (8 weeks)
US
Hold on, I'm comin ' US163 (6 weeks)
US
Turtle Bay US146 (8 weeks)
US
1974 London Underground US109 (10 weeks)
US
Atlantic
with Pat Rebillot , Albert Lee, Mick Taylor, Fuzzy Samuels, Al Gorry, Aynsley Dunbar, Robbie McIntosh, Armen Halburian , Ian McDonald, Stéphane Grappelli
reggae US141 (11 weeks)
US
1975 Discotheque US27 (18 weeks)
US
Atlantic
Waterbed US75 (7 weeks)
US
1976 Surprises US178 (2 weeks)
US
contains the title Cajun Moon by JJ Cale , sung by Cissy Houston (mother of Whitney Houston )
1977 Bird In A Silver Cage US132 (7 weeks)
US
Herbie Mann & Fire Island US122 (7 weeks)
US
1978 Brazil Once Again US165 (5 weeks)
US
1979 Super man US77 (13 weeks)
US

More albums

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US A. C. A. C.
1966 Philly Dog US93 (1 week)
US 		-
A man and a woman US88 (2 weeks)
US 		-
with Tamiko Jones
1967 To sir, with love US93 (1 week)
US 		A. C.11 (9 weeks)
A. C.
1968 Unchain my heart US81 (2 weeks)
US 		-
1969 Memphis Underground US44 (10 weeks)
US 		A. C.37 (4 weeks)
A. C.
It's A Funky Thing-Right On (Part 1) US95 (2 weeks)
US 		-
1974 Spin ball - A. C.48 (3 weeks)
A. C.
1975 Hijack US14 (15 weeks)
US 		-
1979 Superman US26 (18 weeks)
US 		A. C.46 (5 weeks)
A. C.

literature

Web links

Remarks

  1. ↑ He was also able to play the clarinet.
  2. ↑ Cary Ginnell The Evolution of Mann: Herbie Mann and the Flute in Jazz Milwaukee 2014, pp. 9ff.
  3. ↑ The title is a funky composition by bassist Ben Tucker , who later recorded Mel Tormé . Mann had great success with Live at The Village Gate , selling 200,000 copies of the album and 500,000 copies of the single; see. Kunzler, p. 736.
  4. ↑ Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Jazz Albums . Retrieved November 16, 2016.
  5. ↑ 25 of his albums made it into the Pop Top 200, which no other jazz musician could achieve
  6. ↑ Thanks to his success, the company financed his training as a producer; he headed the sub-labels Embryo and Vortex
  7. ↑ That he - although his hometown - in his own words hated.
  8. ↑ a b Chart sources: US
  9. ↑ Herbie Mann's important albums were selected using the Penguin Guide to Jazz , editions 1992 and 2001
personal data
SURNAME Man, Herbie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Solomon, Herbert Jay
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz flutist
DATE OF BIRTH April 16, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH New York , USA
DATE OF DEATH July 1, 2003
Place of death Santa Fe