Charlie Mariano
Charlie Mariano's career can easily be divided into two phases. Early on he was a fixture in Boston, playing with Shorty Sherock (1948), Nat Pierce (1949-1950), and his own groups. After gigging with a band co-led by Chubby Jackson and Bill Harris, Mariano toured with Stan Kenton's Orchestra (1953-1955) which earned 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 (1962-1963).
The second phase of his 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 & 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.
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Sleep My Love
Philip Catherine, Charlie Mariano, Jasper Van'T Hof
Jazz - Released by Silva Screen Records Ltd on Jan 1, 1979
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Jyothi
Charlie Mariano, R.A. Ramamani, The Karnataka College Of Percussion
Jazz - Released by ECM on Feb 1, 1983
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When the Sun Comes Out
Jazz - Released by SKIP Records on May 1, 2005
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Charlie Mariano Plays (2015 Remastered Version)
Jazz - Released by Bethlehem Records on Jan 1, 1956
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Tango Para Charlie
Quique Sinesi, Charlie Mariano
Jazz - Released by Enja Horst Weber on Jan 18, 2001
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Charlie Mariano (2013 Remastered Version)
Jazz - Released by Bethlehem Records on Sep 12, 2019
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Brutto Tempo
Jasper Van'T Hof, Charlie Mariano, Steve Swallow
Jazz - Released by intuition on Jul 17, 2009
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Life
Embryo, Charlie Mariano, Karnataka College of Percussion
Miscellaneous - Released by Fuego on Jan 1, 1980
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It's Standard Time Volume Two
Charlie Mariano, Tete Montoliu Trio
Jazz - Released by Fresh Sound Records on Jun 25, 2018
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Not Quite a Ballad
Charlie Mariano, New On The Corner, The Würzburg Philharmonic
Jazz - Released by intuition on Jan 20, 2004
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It's Standard Time
Charlie Mariano, Tete Montoliu Trio
Jazz - Released by Fresh Sound Records on Jun 25, 2018
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October
Jazz - Released by Silva Screen Records Ltd on Jan 1, 1977
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Live!
Charlie Mariano, The Karnataka College Of Percussion
Jazz - Released by Intuition on Feb 1, 1989
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