Charlie Mariano
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Charlie Mariano (November 12, 1923 – June 16, 2009[1]) was an American jazz alto saxophonist. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and died in Cologne (Germany).
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[edit] Biography
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 musicians. He also played the nadaswaram, a traditional oboe from South India.
Mariano moved to Europe in the 1970's and settled eventually in Köln (Cologne), Germany with his painter wife, Dorothee Zippel. He had 6 daughters (including soul/jazz singer Monday Michiru, from his marriage with Akiyoshi), 6 grandchildren and 2 great granddaughters.
[edit] Discography
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[edit] As leader
- Charlie Mariano Octet 1949
- Charlie Mariano: Boston All Stars 1951
- Charlie Mariano Quartett 1955
- Charlie Mariano: Folk Soul 1967
- Sadao Watanabe & Charlie Mariano: Iberian Waltz (Denon, 1967)
- Charlie Mariano: Reflections 1974
- Philip Catherine - Charlie Mariano - Jasper van't Hof: Sleep My Love 1979
- Charlie Mariano & Karnataka College of Percussion: Jyothi 1983
- Shigihara - Mariano - Wells - Küttner: Tears of Sound 1984
- Charlie Mariano Group: Plum Island 1985
- André Jaume & Charlie Mariano: Abbaye de l´epau 1990
- Charlie Mariano - Jasper van't Hof: Innuendo 1992
- Charlie Mariano & Friends: Seventy 1993
- Nassim, 1997
- Charlie Mariano: Bangalore, 1998
- Jasper van't Hof, Charlie Mariano, Steve Swallow: Brutto Tempo 2001
[edit] As sideman
- The Toshiko - Mariano Quartet, 1961
- Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady, 1963
- Embryo We keep on, 1973
- Pork Pie Transitory, 1974
- Eberhard Webers' Yellow fields, 1975 Silent Feet 1978 & Little movements 1980
- André Jaumes & Charlie Mariano Abbaye et lépau, 1990
- Charlie Mariano Bangalore, 1998
- Theo Jörgensmann Fellowship, 2005
- Charlie Mariano & Dieter Ilg Due, 2005
- Joanna Rimmer Dedicated to..... Just Me! (Sam Productions, 2008)
- Supersister - Iskander, 1973
[edit] References
- ^ "Jazzmusiker Charlie Mariano gestorben". Münstersche Zeitung.de. 2009-06-16. http://www.muensterschezeitung.de/nachrichten/kultur/art337,589469. Retrieved on 2009-06-16.
