The story
American jazz flutist, tenor saxophonist, and clarinetist (soprano and bass). He branched out to latin jazz, reggae and disco, to name some of the styles he explored. Mann also established Embryo Records (1969-1977) and Kokopelli Records (mid. '90s).
Born April 16, 1930 in Brooklyn, New York, died July 01, 2003 in Pecos, New Mexico
First began playing professionally at the age of fifteen. After serving in the U.S. Army overseas in the early '50s, Mann recorded for Bethlehem Records and was among the group of reed players to first utilize the flute as a main voice in jazz. During this time he still played multiple instruments in the bop/cool jazz idioms but explored what became known as world music early on. He eventually became among first American jazz artists to record in the bossa nova style and in Brazil during the early 1960s, abandoning other reed instruments to focus on flutes.
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