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

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saxophonist who focused on the

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and

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. He occasionally performed and recorded on

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and nadaswaram 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 Fallo, 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 Berklee College of Music is a private music college in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known for the study of jazz and modern American music, it also offers college-level cours ...

. 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,

Toshiko Akiyoshi is a Japanese–American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader. Akiyoshi received fourteen Grammy Award nominations and was the first woman to win Best Arranger and Composer awards in '' Down Beat'' magazine's annual Readers' Poll. ...

(his then wife),

Charles Mingus Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz upright bassist, pianist, composer, bandleader, and author. A major proponent of collective improvisation, he is considered to be one of the greatest jazz musicians an ...

, Eberhard Weber, the United Jazz and Rock Ensemble,

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and numerous other notable bands and musicians. His unusual application of the nadaswaram, 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 958 – 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

* '' We Keep On'' (BASF, 1973) * ''

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'' (BASF, 1975) * '' Bad Head And Bad Cats'' (April, 1976) * '' Live Embryo'' (April, 1977) * ''

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

Wolfgang Dauner Wolfgang Dauner (; 30 December 1935 – 10 January 2020) was a German jazz pianist who co-founded the United Jazz + Rock Ensemble. He worked with Hans Koller, Albert Mangelsdorff, Volker Kriegel and Ack van Rooyen and composed for radio, tele ...

* ''Meditation on a landscape-

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'' (MOOD Records, 1986)' With

* '' Contemporary Concepts'' (Capitol, 1955) * '' Road Show'' (Capitol, 1959) * ''

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'' (Capitol, 1960) * ''

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'' (Capitol, 1960) * ''Live at Palo Alto'' (Status, 1990) * ''Mellophonium Moods 1962'' (Status, 1990) With Shelly Manne * '' Swinging Sounds'' (Contemporary, 1956) * '' More Swinging Sounds'' (Contemporary, 1957) * '' Concerto for Clarinet & Combo'' (Contemporary, 1957) * '' The Gambit'' (Contemporary, 1958) With

* '' The Complete Town Hall Concert'' (United Artists, 1962) * '' Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus'' (Impulse!, 1964) * ''

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'' (Impulse!, 1963) With Eberhard Weber * ''

Yellow Fields ''Yellow Fields'' is an album by German double bassist and composer Eberhard Weber recorded in 1975 and released on the ECM label.

'' (ECM, 1976) * ''

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'' (ECM, 1980) With others *

, '' The Toshiko–Mariano Quartet'' (Candid, 1961) * Toshiko Akiyoshi, ''Jazz in Japan Recorded in Tokyo'' (Vee Jay, 1965) * Manny Albam, ''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 Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr. (December 23, 1929 – May 13, 1988) was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist. He is known for major innovations in cool jazz that led him to be nicknamed the "Prince of Cool". Baker earned much attention and ...

, '' Theme Music from "The James Dean Story"'' (World Pacific, 1957) * Philip Catherine, ''Guitars'' (Atlantic, 1976) * Philip Catherine, ''End of August'' (WEA, 1982) * Serge Chaloff, ''Serge & Boots/Plays the Fable of Mabel'' (Vogue, 1957) *

Peggy Connelly Peggy Connelly (September 25, 1931 – June 11, 2007) was an American singer and actress. Early years Connelly was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, and raised in Fort Worth, Texas. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. George F. Connelly, and she has ...

, ''Peggy Connelly'' (Bethlehem, 1956) *

Herb Ellis Mitchell Herbert Ellis (August 4, 1921 – March 28, 2010), known professionally as Herb Ellis, was an American jazz guitarist. During the 1950s, he was in a trio with pianist Oscar Peterson. Biography Born in Farmersville, Texas, and raised ...

, '' Ellis in Wonderland'' (Norgran, 1956) *

Maynard Ferguson Walter Maynard Ferguson CM (May 4, 1928 – August 23, 2006) was a Canadian jazz trumpeter and bandleader. He came to prominence in Stan Kenton's orchestra before forming his own big band in 1957. He was noted for his bands, which often serv ...

, ''

The Blues Roar ''The Blues Roar'' (also released as ''Screamin' Blues'') is an album released by Canadian jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson featuring tracks recorded in 1964 and originally released on the Mainstream label.Edwards, D., Callahan, Eyries, P., Watts, ...

'' (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 Foreststorn "Chico" Hamilton (September 20, 1921 – November 25, 2013) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He came to prominence as sideman for Lester Young, Gerry Mulligan, Count Basie, and Lena Horne. Hamilton became a bandleader ...

, ''

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 ...

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

Elvin Jones Elvin Ray Jones (September 9, 1927 – May 18, 2004) was an American jazz drummer of the post-bop era. Most famously a member of John Coltrane's quartet, with whom he recorded from late 1960 to late 1965, Jones appeared on such widely celebrate ...

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

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, '' Go West, Man!'' (ABC-Paramount, 1957) * Quincy Jones, ''

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'' (ABC-Paramount, 1957) *

Mel Lewis Melvin Sokoloff (May 10, 1929 – February 2, 1990), known professionally as Mel Lewis, was an American jazz drummer, session musician, professor, and author. He received fourteen Grammy Award nominations. Biography Early years Lewis was ...

, ''Mel Lewis Sextet'' (Mode, 1957) * Arif Mardin, ''Glass Onion'' (Atlantic, 1969) * Vince Mendoza, ''Sketches'' (ACT, 1994) *

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, '' Jazz Dialogue'' (Atlantic, 1966) * Mike Nock, ''Magic Mansions'' (Laurie, 1977) * Nat Pierce, ''The Nat Pierce-Dick Collins Nonet/The Charlie Mariano Sextet'' (Fantasy, 1956) * Herb Pomeroy, ''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, ''Something Else by Johnny Richards'' (Bethlehem, 1956) *

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, ''Vibrations'' (Mainstream, 1965) * Shorty Rogers, ''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 ...

, ''Frank Rosolino'' (Capitol, 1954) * Frank Rosolino, ''Frankly Speaking'' (Capitol, 1955) * Sal Salvador, ''You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet!'' (Dauntless, 1963) * Fredy Studer, ''Seven Songs'' (Intuition, 1993) * Harvie Swartz, ''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'' (Bethlehem, 1956) * Stu Williamson, ''Stu Williamson Plays'' (Bethlehem, 1957)

References

External links

* allmusic.combr>Comprehensive bio-/discography
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Biography

Discography

As leader

As co-leader

As sideman

See also

References

Further reading

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