The most popular jazz flutist of the 1960s and ’70s, Herbie Mann, died Wednesday in New Mexico after a long battle with prostate cancer. He was 73. Mann was diagnosed with inoperable prostate ...

Herbie Mann, a musician who enjoyed wide popularity in the 1960s and ‘70s by expanding the boundaries of the flute as an instrument in jazz and pop music, has died. He was 73.

Herbie Mann, who helped to popularize the flute as a jazz instrument and to introduce the music of other cultures into the mainstream of American jazz, died late Tuesday at his cabin in Pecos, N.M ...

Herbie Mann, 73, who redefined the flute as an instrument of American jazz, helped create a craze for Brazilian bossa nova in the 1960s and combined musical influences from other countries for ...

The CD cover of “The Best Of Herbie Mann” features a shot of the late jazz flutist, taken some time in the mid-1960s. The very picture of an urban Jewish hepcat, Mann stares out of the photo ...

From 1963’s “Herbie Mann Live at Newport” to “Super Mann” 16 years later, Mann landed 22 albums in the Billboard 200, two of which — 1969’s “Memphis Underground” and 1975’s ...

Into the air, a double-flip, then deep down. Hold your breath in rapture. Watch for blowfish. Album: Live at the Whisky 1969 — The Unreleased Masters Artist: Herbie Mann Label: Real Gone Music ...

Jazz flutist Herbie Mann, who helped usher in the Bossa Nova craze of the 1960s, has died. Mann made his mark in the late 1950s when he added a conga player to his band. He's been credited with ...

His 1961 album “Herbie Mann at the Village Gate” was one of the most popular jazz albums of its time, reaching No. 30 on the pop chart. Popular on Variety ...