French composer and pianist Claude Bolling achieved what might be considered the best example the Gunther Schuller's “Third Stream" that elusive synthesis of classical music and jazz improvisation, in ...

Steve Barta is a Colorado Springs-based pianist-composer who has been releasing recordings on his Source Music label for the last several years. A longtime associate of flautist Herbie Mann, Barta has ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. Mann died late ...

July 2, 2003 / 12:32 PM EDT / CBS 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.

Jazz flute pioneer Herbie Mann has died aged 73 after a lengthy fight against prostate cancer. The New Yorker was credited with pioneering the use of Brazilian and African sounds into mainstream jazz ...