Carmine Ugo Mariano (November 12, 1923 – June 16, 2009) was an American

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who focused on the alto and soprano saxophone. He occasionally performed and recorded on flute and

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as well.

Biography

Charlie Mariano - Portrait by Gert Chesi

Mariano was born in

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, United States, the son of Italian immigrants, John (Giovanni) Mariano and Mary (Maria) Di Gironimo of

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, Italy. He grew up in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Boston, enlisting in the Army Air Corps after high school, during

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. After his service in the Army, Mariano attended what was then known as Schillinger 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, the painter Dorothee Zippel Mariano. He played with one of the

Stan Kenton Stanley Newcomb Kenton (December 15, 1911 – August 25, 1979) was an American popular music and jazz artist. As a pianist, composer, arranger and band leader, he led an innovative and influential jazz orchestra for almost four decades. Though K ...

big bands,

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(his then wife), Charles Mingus,

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, the

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, Embryo and numerous other notable bands and musicians. His unusual application of the

, a classical wind instrument from

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, was a notable occasional feature of his work in the 1970s. Mariano had six daughters, including four with his first wife, Glenna Gregory Mariano: Sherry, Cynthia, Melanie, and Celeste, and was step-father to Glenna's son, Paris Mariano. Mariano is father to musician

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with his second wife, Toshiko Akiyoshi. He had his youngest daughter, Zana Mariano, with partner, Charlotte Bulathsinghla. Mariano had seven grandchildren, and two great-granddaughters. Mariano died of cancer on June 16, 2009, at the age of 85.

Discography

As leader

* ''Charlie Mariano With His Jazz Group'' (Imperial, 1950) * ''The New Sounds From Boston'' (Prestige, 1951) * ''Charlie Mariano Boston All Stars'' (Prestige, 1953) reissued on CD with ''New Sounds'' * ''Charlie Mariano Sextet'' (Fantasy, 1953) * ''Charlie Mariano'' (Bethlehem, 1956) * ''Beauties of 1918''/''Something for Both Ears'' (World Pacific, 1957

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– co-led with

Jerry Dodgion Jerry Dodgion (born August 29, 1932) is an American jazz saxophonist and flautist. Dodgion was born in Richmond, California. He played alto sax in middle school and began working locally in the San Francisco area in the 1950s. He played in bands w ...

* ''A Jazz Portrait of Charlie Mariano'' (Regina, 1963) * ''Charlie Mariano & Sadao Watanabe'' (Victor, 1967) * ''Mirror'' (Atlantic, 1972) * ''Cascade'' (Limetree,1974) * ''Helen 12 Trees'' (MPS, 1976) * ''Reflections'' (Catalyst, 1977) * ''October'' (Inner City 1978) * ''Mariano'' (Capitol/Intuition, 1988) * ''Swingin' with Mariano'' (Affinity, 1990) * ''Boston Days'' (Fresh Sound, 1994) * ''Seventy'' (Intuition, 1995) * ''Deep in a Dream'' (Enja, 2003)

As co-leader

With

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* ''Osmosis'' (RCA, 1970) With United Jazz + Rock Ensemble * ''Live im Schützenhaus'' (1977) * ''Teamwork'' (1978) * ''The Break Even Point'' (1979) * ''Live in Berlin'' (1981) * ''United Live - Opus Sechs'' (1984) * ''Round Seven'' (1987) * ''Na endlich! - Live in Concert'' (1992)

As sideman

With Embryo * '' We Keep On'' (BASF, 1973) * '' Surfin''' (BASF, 1975) * ''

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'' (April, 1976) * '' Live Embryo'' (April, 1977) * ''

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'' (Schneeball, 1981) * '' 29.6.73 In Hamburg (Schneeball, 2003) With

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* ''Meditation on a landscape-

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'' (MOOD Records, 1986)' With

* ''

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'' (Capitol, 1955) * '' Road Show'' (Capitol, 1959) * '' Standards in Silhouette'' (Capitol, 1960) * '' Viva Kenton!'' (Capitol, 1960) * ''Live at Palo Alto'' (Status, 1990) * ''Mellophonium Moods 1962'' (Status, 1990) With

Shelly Manne Sheldon "Shelly" Manne (June 11, 1920 – September 26, 1984) was an American jazz drummer. Most frequently associated with West Coast jazz, he was known for his versatility and also played in a number of other styles, including Dixieland, sw ...

* ''

Swinging Sounds ''Swinging Sounds'' is a jazz album by drummer Shelly Manne's group Shelly Manne & His Men, recorded in 1956 and released on the Contemporary label.

'' (Contemporary, 1956) * ''

More Swinging Sounds ''More Swinging Sounds'' is a jazz album by drummer Shelly Manne's group Shelly Manne & His Men, recorded in 1956 and released by the Contemporary label.

'' (Contemporary, 1957) * ''

Concerto for Clarinet & Combo ''Concerto for Clarinet & Combo'' (full title ''Premiere Recording of Concerto for Clarinet & Combo by Bill Smith, with the Composer on Clarinet, & Bags' Groove, Sophisticated Rabbit, My Old Flame'') is an album by drummer Shelly Manne's group She ...

'' (Contemporary, 1957) * ''

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'' (Contemporary, 1958) With Charles Mingus * '' The Complete Town Hall Concert'' (United Artists, 1962) * ''

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'' (Impulse!, 1964) * ''

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'' (Impulse!, 1963) With

* '' Yellow Fields'' (ECM, 1976) * '' Silent Feet'' (ECM, 1978) * '' Little Movements'' (ECM, 1980) With others *

, '' The Toshiko–Mariano Quartet'' (Candid, 1961) * Toshiko Akiyoshi, ''Jazz in Japan Recorded in Tokyo'' (Vee Jay, 1965) *

Manny Albam Manny Albam (June 24, 1922 – October 2, 2001) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, record producer, and educator. Early life A native of the Dominican Republic, Albam grew up in New York City. He was attracted to jazz at an ea ...

, ''The Jazz Greats of Our Time Vol. 2'' (Coral, 1958) * Max Bennett, ''Max Bennett Plays'' (Bethlehem, 1956) * Max Bennett, ''Max Bennett Vol. II'' (Bethlehem, 1956) * Chet Baker, ''

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, ''Guitars'' (Atlantic, 1976) * Philip Catherine, ''End of August'' (WEA, 1982) *

Serge Chaloff Serge Chaloff (November 24, 1923 – July 16, 1957) was an American jazz baritone saxophonist. The first and greatest bebop baritonist, Chaloff has been described as 'the most expressive and openly emotive baritone saxophonist jazz has ever ...

, ''Serge & Boots/Plays the Fable of Mabel'' (Vogue, 1957) *

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, ''Peggy Connelly'' (Bethlehem, 1956) * Herb Ellis, '' Ellis in Wonderland'' (Norgran, 1956) * Maynard Ferguson, ''

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'' (Mainstream, 1964) * Michael Gibbs, ''Directs the Only Chrome-Waterfall Orchestra'' (Bronze, 1975) * Michael Gibbs, ''By the Way'' (Ah Um, 1993) *

John Graas John Graas (March 14, 1917 – April 13, 1962) was an American jazz French horn player, composer, and arranger from the 1940s through 1962. He had a short but busy career on the West Coast, and became known as a pioneer of the French horn in jazz ...

, ''Jazz Studio 3'' (Decca, 1954) *

George Gruntz George Gruntz (24 June 1932 – 10 January 2013) was a Swiss jazz pianist, organist, harpsichordist, keyboardist, and composer known for the George Gruntz Concert Big Band and his work with Phil Woods, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Don Cherry, Chet Baker ...

, ''

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'' (ECM, 1983) * Chico Hamilton, ''

The Further Adventures of El Chico ''The Further Adventures of El Chico'' is an album by American jazz drummer Chico Hamilton featuring performances recorded in 1966 for the Impulse! label.

'' (Impulse!, 1966) * Bill Harris, ''Bill Harris Herd'' (Norgran, 1956) * Bill Holman, ''In a Jazz Orbit'' (Andex, 1958) * Bill Holman, ''The Fabulous Bill Holman'' (Coral 1958) *

Jackie and Roy Jackie and Roy was an American jazz vocal team consisting of husband and wife singer Jackie Cain (1928-2014) and singer/pianist Roy Kral (1921-2002). They sang together for 56 years and made almost 40 albums. Kral's 2002 obituary in ''The New Y ...

, ''Free and Easy!'' (ABC-Paramount, 1958) *

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, '' Dear John C.'' (Impulse!, 1965) *

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, ''

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'' (ABC-Paramount, 1957) * Quincy Jones, ''

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'' (ABC-Paramount, 1957) *

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, ''Mel Lewis Sextet'' (Mode, 1957) *

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, ''Glass Onion'' (Atlantic, 1969) *

Vince Mendoza Vince Mendoza (born November 17, 1961) is an American composer, music arranger and conductor, and six-time Grammy Award winner. He debuted as a solo artist in 1989, and is known for his work conducting the Metropole Orkest and WDR Big Band K� ...

, ''Sketches'' (ACT, 1994) * Modern Jazz Quartet, '' Jazz Dialogue'' (Atlantic, 1966) *

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, ''Magic Mansions'' (Laurie, 1977) *

Nat Pierce Nathaniel Pierce Blish Jr., known professionally as Nat Pierce (July 16, 1925 – June 10, 1992) was an American jazz pianist and prolific composer and arranger, perhaps best known for being pianist and arranger for the Woody Herman band from 195 ...

, ''The Nat Pierce-Dick Collins Nonet/The Charlie Mariano Sextet'' (Fantasy, 1956) *

Herb Pomeroy Irving Herbert Pomeroy III (April 15, 1930 – August 11, 2007) was an American jazz trumpeter, teacher, and the founder of the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble. Early life Pomeroy was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States. He began playing ...

, ''Band in Boston'' (United Artists, 1959) *

Irene Reid Irene Reid (September 23, 1930 – January 5, 2008) was an American jazz singer. Early life Reid was born and raised in Savannah, Georgia. She sang in church and in high school in Georgia, and moved to New York City in 1947 after her mother d ...

, ''Room for One More'' (Verve, 1965) *

Johnny Richards Johnny Richards (born Juan Manuel Cascales, November 2, 1911 – October 7, 1968) was an American jazz arranger and composer. He was a pivotal arranger for some of the more adventurous performances by Stan Kenton's big band in the 1950s and e ...

, ''Something Else by Johnny Richards'' (Bethlehem, 1956) * Jimmy Ricks, ''Vibrations'' (Mainstream, 1965) *

Shorty Rogers Milton "Shorty" Rogers (born Milton Rajonsky; April 14, 1924 – November 7, 1994) was an American jazz musician, one of the principal creators of West Coast jazz. He played trumpet and flugelhorn and was in demand for his skills as an arrang ...

, ''The Big Shorty Rogers Express'' (RCA Victor, 1956) *

Frank Rosolino Frank Rosolino (August 20, 1926 – November 26, 1978) was an American jazz trombonist. Biography Rosolino was born in Detroit, Michigan, United States, He performed with the big bands of Bob Chester, Glen Gray, Tony Pastor, Herbie Fields, Ge ...

, ''Frank Rosolino'' (Capitol, 1954) * Frank Rosolino, ''Frankly Speaking'' (Capitol, 1955) *

Sal Salvador Sal Salvador (November 21, 1925 – September 22, 1999) was an American bebop jazz guitarist and a prominent music educator. He was born in Monson, Massachusetts, United States, and began his professional career in New York City. He eventually m ...

, ''You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet!'' (Dauntless, 1963) * Fredy Studer, ''Seven Songs'' (Intuition, 1993) *

Harvie Swartz Harvie S (born Harvie Swartz; December 6, 1948) is an American jazz double-bassist. He learned piano as a child and did not begin playing bass until 1967, when he was nineteen years old.Scott Yanow, Harvie Swartzat Allmusic He attended Berklee ...

, ''Smart Moves'' (Gramavision, 1986) *

McCoy Tyner Alfred McCoy Tyner (December 11, 1938March 6, 2020) was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet (from 1960 to 1965) and his long solo career afterwards. He was an NEA Jazz Master and five-time Gram ...

, '' Live at Newport'' (Impulse!, 1963) * Sadao Watanabe, ''Iberian Waltz'' (Intakt, 1967) * Sadao Watanabe, ''We Got a New Bag'' (Intakt, 1968) *

Stu Williamson Stu Williamson (May 14, 1933 – October 1, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter and valve trombonist. Born in Brattleboro, Vermont, Williamson was the younger brother of jazz pianist Claude Williamson. In 1949, he moved to Los Angeles, wh ...

, ''

'' (Bethlehem, 1956) * Stu Williamson, ''Stu Williamson Plays'' (Bethlehem, 1957)

References

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Biography

Discography

As leader

As co-leader

As sideman

See also

References

Further reading

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