Herbie Mann
Herbert Jay Solomon , known 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 , but Mann was among the first jazz musicians to specialize on the flute. His most popular single was Hijack, which was a Billboard numberone dance hit for three weeks in 1975.
Herbie Mann was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Jewish parents, Harry C. Solomon , who was of Russian descent, and Ruth Rose Solomon , who was born in Bukovina, AustriaHungary but immigrated to the United States with her family at the age of 6. Both of his parents were dancers and singers, as well as dance instructors later in life. He attended Lincoln High School in Brighton Beach. His first professional performance was playing the Catskills resorts at age 15. In the 1950s Mann was primarily a bop flutist, playing in combos with artists such as Phil Woods, occasionally playing bass clarinet, tenor saxophone and solo flute.
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