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Herbert Jay Solomon (April 16, 1930 – July 1, 2003), known by his Herbie Mann, was an American and important early practitioner of . Early in his career, he also played and (including ), but Mann was among the first jazz musicians to specialize on the flute. His most popular single was "", which was a Billboard No. 1 dance hit for three weeks in 1975.

Mann emphasized the groove approach in his music. Mann felt that from his repertoire, the "epitome of a groove record" was Memphis Underground or Push Push, because the "rhythm section locked all in one perception."


Early life, family and education
Herbie Mann was born in , New York, New York, to parents Harry C. Solomon (May 30, 1902 – May 31, 1980), who was of Russian descent, and Ruth Rose Solomon (née Brecher) (July 4, 1905 – November 11, 2004), of Romanian descent who was born in but immigrated to the United States with her family at the age of 6.Alberto Manguel, Ara Guler - Creating the 20th Century: 100 Artists, Writers and Thinkers. Retrieved March 24, 2011. Both of his parents were dancers and singers, as well as dance instructors later in life.

He attended Lincoln High School in , Brooklyn.


Career
His first professional performance was playing the Catskills resorts at age 15. In the 1950s Mann was primarily a flutist, playing in combos with artists such as , occasionally playing , and solo flute.

Mann was an early pioneer of the fusion of and . In 1959, following a US State Department-sponsored tour of Africa, he recorded Flautista!, an album of . In 1961, Mann toured , returning to the US to record with Brazilian musicians, including Antonio Carlos Jobim and guitarist Baden Powell. These albums helped popularize in the US and Europe. He often worked with Brazilian themes. In the mid-1960s Mann hired a young to play in some of his bands. In the late 1970s and early 1980s Mann played duets at New York City's The Bottom Line and clubs, with virtuoso .

Following the 1969 hit album Memphis Underground, a number of records influenced by , , , and elicited criticism from jazz purists but allowed Mann to remain active during a period of declining interest in jazz. The musicians on these recordings are some of the best-known session players in soul and jazz, including singer , guitarists , , and , bassists Donald "Duck" Dunn, , and , and drummers Al Jackson, Jr. and . In this period Mann had a number of hits — rare for a jazz musician. According to a 1998 interview Mann had made at least 25 albums that were on the Billboard 200 pop charts, success denied most of his jazz peers."

Mann provided the music for the 1978 National Film Board of Canada Afterlife, by .

In the early 1970s, he founded his own label, , distributed by Cotillion Records, a division of . Embryo produced jazz albums, such as 's Uptown Conversation (1970); ' first solo album, Infinite Search (1969); and his European Rhythm Machine at the Frankfurt Jazz Festival (1971); and and 's Up (1976), which featured the Average White Band as a rhythm section; and the 730 Series, with a more rock-oriented style, including Zero Time (1971) by TONTO's Expanding Head Band. He later set up Kokopelli Records after difficulty with established labels. In 1996, Mann collaborated with on the song "One Note Samba/Surfboard" for the AIDS-Benefit album Red Hot + Rio produced by the Red Hot Organization. Mann also played flutes on the ' album Spirits Having Flown.

His last appearance was on May 3, 2003, at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.

In a review of Mann's Beyond Brooklyn (2004), his final recording (co-led with ), critic George Kanzler proposed that Mann's status as an innovator had been overlooked:

...Mann's career, in both its questing nature and embrace of various musical styles, parallels that of . Mann championed Brazilian music even before . When Miles was fusing jazz with rock, Mann was fusing it with Memphis soul and . He also was an early exponent of world music. But while Miles was usually hailed as a visionary, Mann was dismissed as just a popularizer selling out. It was a bum rap.


Personal life and death
Mann was married to Susan Janeal Arison. His four children are: Paul Mann, Claudia Mann, Laura Mann-Lepik and Geoffrey Mann. Geoff is a multi-instrumentalist who plays drums for Los Angeles-based metal/afrobeat group Here Lies Man.

Mann died from on July 1, 2003, at his home in Pecos, New Mexico.


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Sources
  • Ginell, Cary, "The Evolution of Mann: Herbie Mann and the Flute in Jazz" - Hal Leonard Books, 2013


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