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

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who focused on the alto and

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. 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 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

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. 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 Ke ...

big bands,

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(his then wife),

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, the United Jazz and Rock Ensemble,

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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 Monday Michiru 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

* ''

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'' (BASF, 1973) * ''

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

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'' (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, televi ...

* ''Meditation on a landscape- Tagore'' (MOOD Records, 1986)' With

* ''

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'' (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

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* '' Swinging Sounds'' (Contemporary, 1956) * '' More Swinging Sounds'' (Contemporary, 1957) * '' Concerto for Clarinet & Combo'' (Contemporary, 1957) * ''

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'' (Contemporary, 1958) With

* '' The Complete Town Hall Concert'' (United Artists, 1962) * '' Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus'' (Impulse!, 1964) * '' The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady'' (Impulse!, 1963) With

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

, ''

The Toshiko–Mariano Quartet The jazz album ''The Toshiko–Mariano Quartet'' featuring Toshiko Akiyoshi (then Toshiko Mariano) on piano and Charlie Mariano on alto saxophone was recorded in 1960 and released on the Candid label. This Candid recording is not to be confu ...

'' (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) *

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, ''

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, ''

Ellis in Wonderland ''Ellis in Wonderland'' is the debut album by jazz guitarist Herb Ellis, accompanied by the Oscar Peterson trio, trumpeter Harry "Sweets" Edison, and saxophonists Charlie Mariano and Jimmy Giuffre. Track listing Personnel * Herb Ellis – guit ...

'' (Norgran, 1956) *

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, ''

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

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'' (ECM, 1983) *

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, ''

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'' (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) *

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

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, ''

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'' (Impulse!, 1965) *

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, '' Go West, Man!'' (ABC-Paramount, 1957) * Quincy Jones, '' This Is How I Feel About Jazz'' (ABC-Paramount, 1957) *

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

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, ''Glass Onion'' (Atlantic, 1969) * Vince Mendoza, ''Sketches'' (ACT, 1994) *

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, '' 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, ''Band in Boston'' (United Artists, 1959) * Irene Reid, ''Room for One More'' (Verve, 1965) * Johnny Richards, ''Something Else by Johnny Richards'' (Bethlehem, 1956) *

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, ''Vibrations'' (Mainstream, 1965) *

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

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

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, ''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 Gr ...

, '' 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

External links