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Charlie Mariano
Mariano at a 2003 concert
Background information
Born	Carmine Ugo Mariano (1923-11-12)November 12, 1923 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	June 16, 2009(2009-06-16) (aged 85) Köln, Germany
Genres	Jazz,jazz fusion,world music
Occupations	Musician, composer
Instruments	Saxophone,nadaswaram
Years active	1945–2009
Labels	Bethlehem,Denon,Catalyst,ECM
Formerly of	Stan Kenton,Embryo,Supersister

Carmine Ugo Mariano (November 12, 1923 – June 16, 2009)^[1] was an Americanjazzsaxophonist who focused on thealto andsoprano saxophone. He occasionally performed and recorded onflute andnadaswaram as well.

Mariano was born inBoston,Massachusetts, United States,^[2] the son of Italian immigrants, John (Giovanni) Mariano and Mary (Maria) Di Gironimo ofFallo, Italy. He grew up in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Boston, enlisting in the Army Air Corps after high school, duringWorld War II. After his service in the Army, Mariano attended what was then known as Schillinger House of Music, nowBerklee College of Music.^[2] He was among the faculty at Berklee from 1965 to 1971. Mariano moved to Europe in 1971, settling eventually inKöln (Cologne), Germany, with his third wife, the painter Dorothee Zippel Mariano.

He played with one of theStan Kenton big bands,Toshiko Akiyoshi (his then wife),Charles Mingus,Eberhard Weber, theUnited Jazz and Rock Ensemble,Embryo and numerous other notable bands and musicians.^[2]

His unusual application of thenadaswaram, a classical wind instrument fromTamil Nadu,^[3] 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 musicianMonday Michiru with his second wife, Toshiko Akiyoshi. His youngest daughter is Zana Mariano. Mariano had seven grandchildren, and two great-granddaughters. Mariano died of cancer on June 16, 2009, at the age of 85.^[4]

• Charlie Mariano With His Jazz Group (Imperial, 1950)^[5]
• The New Sounds From Boston (Prestige, 1951)
• Charlie Mariano Boston All Stars (Prestige, 1953) reissued on CD withNew Sounds
• Charlie Mariano Sextet (Fantasy, 1953)
• Charlie Mariano (Bethlehem, 1956)
• Beauties of 1918/Something for Both Ears (World Pacific, 1957 [1958]) – co-led withJerry Dodgion
• A Jazz Portrait of Charlie Mariano (Regina, 1963)
• Charlie Mariano & Sadao Watanabe (Victor, 1967)
• Mirror (Atlantic, 1972)
• Cascade (Limetree, 1974)
• Reflections (RCA Victor, 1974)
• Helen 12 Trees (MPS, 1976)
• 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)

WithOsmosis

• Osmosis (RCA, 1970)

WithUnited 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)

WithEmbryo

• We Keep On (BASF, 1973)
• Surfin' (BASF, 1975)
• Bad Head And Bad Cats (April, 1976)
• Live Embryo (April, 1977)
• Life (Schneeball, 1981)
• 29.6.73 In Hamburg (Schneeball, 2003)

WithWolfgang Dauner

• Meditation on a landscape-Tagore (MOOD Records, 1986)

WithStan Kenton

• Contemporary Concepts (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)

WithShelly Manne

• Swinging Sounds (Contemporary, 1956)
• More Swinging Sounds (Contemporary, 1957)
• Concerto for Clarinet & Combo (Contemporary, 1957)
• The Gambit (Contemporary, 1958)

WithCharles Mingus

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

WithEberhard Weber

• Yellow Fields (ECM, 1976)
• Silent Feet (ECM, 1978)
• Little Movements (ECM, 1980)

With others

• Toshiko Akiyoshi,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,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 (Bethlehem, 1956)
• Herb Ellis,Ellis in Wonderland (Norgran, 1956)
• Maynard Ferguson,The Blues Roar (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,Theatre (ECM, 1983)
• Chico Hamilton,The Further Adventures of El Chico (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,Free and Easy! (ABC-Paramount, 1958)
• Elvin Jones,Dear John C. (Impulse!, 1965)
• Quincy Jones,Go West, Man! (ABC-Paramount, 1957)
• Quincy Jones,This Is How I Feel About Jazz (ABC-Paramount, 1957)
• Mel Lewis,Mel Lewis Sextet (Mode, 1957)
• Arif Mardin,Glass Onion (Atlantic, 1969)
• Vince Mendoza,Sketches (ACT, 1994)
• Modern Jazz Quartet,Jazz Dialogue (Atlantic, 1966)
• Pierre Moerlen's Gong,1981 - Leave It Open (Arista Records, 1982)^[6]
• 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,Room for One More (Verve, 1965)
• Johnny Richards,Something Else by Johnny Richards (Bethlehem, 1956)
• Jimmy Ricks,Vibrations (Mainstream, 1965)
• Shorty Rogers,The Big Shorty Rogers Express (RCA Victor, 1956)
• Frank Rosolino,Frank Rosolino (Capitol, 1954)
• Frank Rosolino,Frankly Speaking (Capitol, 1955)
• Sal Salvador,You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet! (Dauntless, 1963)
• Supersister,Iskander (Polydor, 1973)
• Fredy Studer,Seven Songs (Intuition, 1993)
• Harvie Swartz,Smart Moves (Gramavision, 1986)
• McCoy Tyner,Live at Newport (Impulse!, 1963)
• Edward Vesala,Nan Madol (ECM, 1974)
• 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)

• Izzy Ort's Bar & Grille

• Lothar Lewien:Charlie Mariano. Tears of Sound. Wanderer zwischen den Musikwelten. Hannibal Verlag, Andrä Wördern 1993,ISBN 3-85445-087-7

• AllMusic entry
• Comprehensive bio/discography

• 1923 births
• 2009 deaths
• American people of Italian descent
• American jazz alto saxophonists
• American male saxophonists
• American oboists
• American male oboists
• Jazz musicians from Boston
• Deaths from cancer in Germany
• ECM Records artists
• Timeless Records artists
• Enja Records artists
• United Jazz + Rock Ensemble members
• 20th-century American saxophonists
• 20th-century American male musicians
• American male jazz musicians
• European Jazz Ensemble members
• Gong (band) members
• American emigrants to West Germany

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