Charlie Mariano 1923-2009

Uploaded on Jun 17, 2009
2nd Movement of Bill Holman's "Quartet" - Shelly Manne "More Swinging Sounds- Vol. 5" LP version [Contemporary C3519 Mono]
Stu Williamson [tp/vtb], Charlie Mariano [as], Russ Freeman [p], Leroy Vinnegar [b], Shelly Manne [d].

Charlie Mariano 1923-2009

Uploaded on Jun 17, 2009
2nd Movement of Bill Holman's "Quartet" - Shelly Manne "More Swinging Sounds- Vol. 5" LP version [Contemporary C3519 Mono], Stu Williamson [tp/vtb], Charlie Mariano [as], Russ Freeman [p], Leroy Vinnegar [b], Shelly Manne [d].

Charlie Mariano....

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). 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.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Mariano

by Scott Yanow
Charlie Mariano's career can easliy be divided into two. Early on he was a fixture in Boston, playing with Shorty Sherock (1948), Nat Pierce (1949-50) and his own groups. After gigging with a band co-led by Chubby Jackson and Bill Harris, Mariano toured with Stan Kenton's Orchestra (1953-55) which gave him a strong reputation. He moved to Los Angeles in 1956 (working with Shelly Manne and other West Coast jazz stars), returned to Boston to teach in 1958 at Berklee and the following year had a return stint with Kenton. After marrying Toshiko Akiyoshi, Mariano co-led a group with the pianist on and off up to 1967, living in Japan during part of the time and also working with Charles Mingus (1962-63).


The second career began with the formation of his early fusion group Osmosis in 1967. Known at the time as a strong bop altoist with a sound of his own developed out of the Charlie Parker style, Mariano began to open his music up to the influences of folk music from other cultures, pop and rock. He taught again at Berklee, traveled to India and the Far East and in the early '70s settled in Europe. Among the groups Mariano has worked with have been Pork Pie (which also featured Philip Catherine), the United Jazz and Rock Ensemble and Eberhard Weber's Colours.

Charlie Mariano's airy tones on soprano and the nagaswaram (an Indian instrument a little like an oboe) fit right in on some new agey ECM sessions and he also recorded as a leader through the years for Imperial, Prestige, Bethlehem, World Pacific, Candid (with Toshiko Akiyoshi in 1960), Regina, Atlantic, Catalyst, MPS, CMP, Leo and Calig among others.
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:wifrxqy5ld6e~T1

Charlie Mariano - Prelude To A Kiss

Silver Blue
Charlie Mariano (as)
Jean-Christophe Cholet (pf)
Heri Kanzig (b)
Marcel Papaux (ds)
Recorded at Radio Studio 2, Zurich, Switzerland on Mar. 6 - 8, 2006