Charlie Mariano
| Charlie Mariano | |
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 Mariano at a 2003 concert | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Carmine Ugo Mariano |
| Born |
November 12, 1923 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Origin | United States |
| Died |
June 16, 2009 (aged 85) Köln, Germany |
| Genres | Jazz, jazz fusion, world music |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
| Instruments | Alto saxophone, Nadaswaram |
| Years active | 1945–2009 |
Carmine Ugo Mariano (November 12, 1923 – June 16, 2009[1]) was an American jazz alto saxophonist.
Biography
Mariano was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Italian immigrants, Giovanni Mariano and Maria Di Gironimo of Fallo, Italy. He grew up in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Boston, enlisting in the Army Air Corps after high school, during WWII. After his service in the Army Mariano attended what was then known as Schlesinger House of Music, now Berklee College of Music. He was among the faculty at Berklee from 1965 to 1971. Mariano moved to Europe in 1971, settling eventually in Köln (Cologne), Germany, with his third wife, Dorothee Zippel.
He played with one of the Stan Kenton big bands, Toshiko Akiyoshi (his then wife), Charles Mingus, Eberhard Weber, the United Jazz and Rock Ensemble, Embryo and numerous other notable bands and musicians.
He was known for his use of the nadaswaram, a classical wind instrument from Tamil Nadu.[2]
Mariano had six daughters, including four with his first wife, and musician Monday Michiru with his second wife. He had six grandchildren and two great-granddaughters.
He died of cancer on June 16, 2009.
Discography
As leader
- 1949: Octet
- 1951: Boston All Stars
- 1955: Quartet
- 1956: Alto Sax For Young Moderns (Bethlehem bcp 25)
- 1956: Plays (Bethlehem Rec.)
- 1961: The Toshiko - Mariano Quartet
- 1967: Folk Soul
- 1967: Iberian Waltz (Denon)
- 1971: Mirror
- 1971: Blue Stone (with Chris Hinze)
- 1974: Reflections (Catalyst Records)
- 1974: Cascade
- 1976: Helen 12 Trees
- 1979: Sleep My Love
- 1979: Crystal Bells
- 1980: Life (with Embryo & The Karnataka College of Percussion)
- 1983: Jyothi (ECM, with Karnataka College of Percussion)
- 1984: Tears of Sound
- 1985: Plum Island
- 1990: Abbaye de l'epau
- 1991: Autumn Dreams (with Mal Waldron Trio)
- 1992: Innuendo (with Jasper van't Hof)
- 1993: Seventy
- 1996: Summertime in Venice
- 1997: Nassim
- 1998: Bangalore
- 1998: Savannah Samurai
- 2000: Not Quite A Ballad (with Würzburg Philharmonic)
- 2001: Brutto Tempo with Jasper van't Hof, Steve Swallow
- 2002: Portrait of France
- 2002: Frontier Traffic (with Ali Haurand, Daniel Humair)
- 2003: Deep in a Dream
- 2004: Not Quite A Ballad
- 2005: Tango Para Charlie
- 2005: When The Sun Comes Out
- 2006: Sadao & Charlie Again
- 2007: The Tamarind Tree
- 2008: The Great Concert – Stuttgart with Philip Catherine and Jasper van't Hof
- 2009: Blues & Ballads (with Benjamin Koppel, Copenhagen, Cowbell Music)
As sideman
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With Chet Baker and Bud Shank
With Peggy Connelly
With Embryo
With Maynard Ferguson
With George Gruntz
With Chico Hamilton
With Dieter Ilg
With André Jaume
With Elvin Jones
With Theo Jörgensmann
With Stan Kenton
With Rolf Kühn Orchestra
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With Shelly Manne
With Charles Mingus
With the Modern Jazz Quartet
With Pierre Moerlen's Gong
With Pork Pie
With Alex Riel
With Joanna Rimmer
With Supersister
With Edward Vesala
With Eberhard Webers' Colours
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See also
References
- ↑ "Jazzmusiker Charlie Mariano gestorben". Münstersche Zeitung.de. June 16, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
- ↑ "Reality show India's Got Talent – Khoj 2 winners to sing for Obama". India Today. October 31, 2010. Retrieved 2014-07-22.
The nadaswaram is a classical instrument of Tamil Nadu and among the world's loudest non- brass acoustic instruments.
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