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Miroslav Vitouš
Miroslav Vitouš
Czech bass guitarist, jazz musician and contrabassist
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Carlos "Patato" Valdes
Carlos "Patato" Valdes
Conga player
2
Sonny Sharrock
Sonny Sharrock
American guitarist (1940-1995)
3
Mickey Roker
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
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Roy Ayers
Roy Ayers
American funk, soul, and jazz composer, vibraphone player, and music producer
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Bobby Donaldson
Bobby Donaldson
American musician
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Phil Woods
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
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Dave Pike
Dave Pike
American jazz musician
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Howard Roberts
Howard Roberts
American guitarist
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Philly Joe Jones
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
10
Attila Zoller
Attila Zoller
Hungarian Jazz guitarist
11
Don Friedman
Don Friedman
American jazz pianist
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Gene Orloff
Gene Orloff
American musician
13
Frank Wess
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
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Julian Priester
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
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Weather Report
Weather Report
American jazz fusion band of the 1970s and early 1980s
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Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Eddie Daniels
Eddie Daniels
American musician
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Willie Bobo
Willie Bobo
American musician
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Hubert Laws
Hubert Laws
American flutist and saxophonist
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Jerome Richardson
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
21
Dick Morrissey
Dick Morrissey
British jazz musician
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Baden Powell
Baden Powell
Brazilian musician
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Jimmy Rowles
Jimmy Rowles
American jazz pianist
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Bernard Purdie
Bernard Purdie
American drummer
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A. K. Salim
A. K. Salim
American musician
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Sahib Shihab
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
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Warren Smith
Warren Smith
American musician
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Rufus Harley
Rufus Harley
American musician
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Julius Watkins
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
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Ernie Royal
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
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Bobbi Humphrey
Bobbi Humphrey
American soul-jazz musician
32
Sérgio Mendes
Sérgio Mendes
Brazilian musician
33
Mel Lewis
Mel Lewis
American musician
34
Victor Gaskin
Victor Gaskin
American bassist
35
Chuck Andrus
Chuck Andrus
American jazz double-bassist.
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Tommy Cogbill
Tommy Cogbill
American musician
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King Curtis
King Curtis
American saxophonist (1934-1971)
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Ron Carter
Ron Carter
American jazz bassist, cellist, and composer
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Joe Wilder
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
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Bobby Jaspar
Bobby Jaspar
cool jazz and hard bop saxophonist, flautist and composer
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Jerry Dodgion
Jerry Dodgion
American musician
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Ray Barretto
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
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Alphonso Johnson
Alphonso Johnson
American musician
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Stewart Levine
Stewart Levine
American record producer
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Eric Dolphy
Eric Dolphy
American jazz musician
Intro
American jazz flutist
Record Labels
Awards Received
Guggenheim Fellowship

Herbert Jay Solomon (April 16, 1930 – July 1, 2003), known professionally by his stage name Herbie Mann, was an American jazz flautist and important early practitioner of world music. Early in his career, he also played tenor saxophone and clarinet (including bass clarinet), but Mann was among the first jazz musicians to specialize on the flute. His most popular single was "Hijack", which was a Billboard No. 1 dance hit for three weeks in 1975.

Mann emphasized the groove approach in his music. Mann felt that from his repertoire, the "epitome of a groove record" was Memphis Underground or Push Push, because the "rhythm section locked all in one perception."