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Charlie Mariano

real name Carmine Ugo Mariano

Boston, United States

Charlie Mariano is credited on 1,399 releases across 311 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,399

Credits

311

Albums

8

Decades active

144

In collections

Biography

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American jazz saxophonist and nagasvaram (a South Indian double reed wind instrument) player.
Born November 12, 1923 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Died June 16, 2009 in Cologne (Köln), Germany).
He played with several big bands in the USA and Asia during the 1950s and 1960s, and co-led a quartet with his then-wife Toshiko Akiyoshi (their daughter is Monday Michiru) before moving to Europe. He added the Malaysian nadaswaram and Indian instruments to his repertoire. He changed his name to Charles Hugo Mariano.

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Credited work

1,399 releases · 311 albums · active 1950–2026

  • Performance · 2,567
  • Other credits · 376
  • Production · 2

Studios: Tonstudio Bauer · Newport Jazz Festival · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Morgan Studios, Brussels

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