Herbie Mann and Bobby Jaspar were two of the few who made the flute their primary instrument, and both had their moments, Mann as a leader and Jaspar with JJ Johnson. However, Flute Flight, a pairing ...

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.

[Flauist Herbie Mann was often ahead of the trend with his wide explorations into sounds from everywhere. When I asked him in this 1978 interview where music in general was heading, he talked about a ...

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 ...

The Mann Center for the Performing Arts is proud to present Herbie Hancock's Imagine Project on August 13th at 8pm. "We are delighted to have Herbie Hancock back with us. He is a regular artist ...

Herbie Mann, the versatile jazz flutist who combined a variety of musical styles and deeply influenced trends such as world music and fusion, has died. He was 73. Mann, who had battled prostate ...

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 ...

Herbert Jay Soloman (Herbie Mann), flautist and composer: born New York 16 April 1930; married 1956 Ruth Shore (one son, one daughter; married dissolved 1971), 1971 Jan Cloonts (one son, one ...

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 ...