Charlie Mariano


Carmine Ugo Mariano was an American jazz saxophonist who focused on the alto and soprano saxophone. He occasionally performed and recorded on flute and nadaswaram as well.

Biography

Mariano was born in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, the son of Italian immigrants, John Mariano and Mary 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 World War II. After his service in the Army, Mariano attended what was then known as Schillinger House of Music, now Berklee College of Music. 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 big bands, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Charles Mingus, Eberhard Weber, the United Jazz and Rock Ensemble, Embryo and numerous other notable bands and musicians.
His unusual application of the nadaswaram, a classical wind instrument from Tamil Nadu, 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. 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.

Discography

As leader

Charlie Mariano With His Jazz Group The New Sounds From Boston Charlie Mariano Boston All Stars reissued on CD with New SoundsCharlie Mariano Sextet Charlie Mariano Beauties of 1918/''Something for Both Ears – co-led with Jerry DodgionA Jazz Portrait of Charlie Mariano Charlie Mariano & Sadao Watanabe Mirror Cascade Reflections Helen 12 Trees October Mariano Swingin' with Mariano Boston Days Seventy Deep in a Dream''

As co-leader

With OsmosisOsmosis
With United Jazz + Rock EnsembleLive im Schützenhaus Teamwork The Break Even Point Live in Berlin United Live - Opus Sechs Round Seven
  • ''Na endlich! - Live in Concert''

As sideman

With EmbryoWe Keep On Surfin' Bad Head And Bad Cats Live Embryo Life 29.6.73 In Hamburg
With Wolfgang DaunerMeditation on a landscape-Tagore
With Stan KentonContemporary Concepts Road Show Standards in Silhouette Viva Kenton! Live at Palo Alto Mellophonium Moods 1962
With Shelly ManneSwinging Sounds More Swinging Sounds Concerto for Clarinet & Combo The Gambit
With Charles MingusThe Complete Town Hall Concert Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus The [Black Saint and the Sinner Lady]
With Eberhard WeberYellow Fields Silent Feet Little Movements
With others