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Herbie Mann

1930 - 2003

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Herbert Jay Solomon (April 16, 1930 – July 1, 2003), known by his stage name Herbie Mann, was an American jazz flute player 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 "Hi-Jack", which was a Billboard No. 1 dance hit for three weeks in 1975. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Herbie Mann is the 1,425th most popular musician (down from 1,277th in 2024), the 7,400th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,295th in 2019) and the 528th most popular American Musician.

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Among musicians, Herbie Mann ranks 1,425 out of 3,175. Before him are Mana, Kate Pierson, Abraham Laboriel, Andrei Gavrilov, Richard Fortus, and Marty Balin. After him are Tim Hardin, Karin Dreijer, Edgar Winter, Bob James, Aynsley Dunbar, and Marc-André Hamelin.

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Among people born in 1930, Herbie Mann ranks 418. Before him are Aleksandar Petaković, Horst Bienek, Smail Hamdani, Vladimir Kesarev, Anthony Downs, and Ellen Schwiers. After him are Georg Stollenwerk, Pavel Kolchin, Eugen Meier, Zdeněk Mlynář, Françoise Mallet-Joris, and Carlos Lucas. Among people deceased in 2003, Herbie Mann ranks 248. Before him are Kriangsak Chamanan, Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, Tommy Seebach, Terenci Moix, Stu Hart, and Melitta Brunner. After him are Laurel Clark, Alfred Aston, Stellan Nilsson, Charles P. Kindleberger, Jürgen Möllemann, and Gunnar Johansson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Herbie Mann ranks 7,402 out of 20,380. Before him are Sophia Bush (1982), Mary Oliver (1935), Robert Taylor (1932), Charles Willson Peale (1741), Roger McGuinn (1942), and Morton Gould (1913). After him are Tim Hardin (1941), Norman Spinrad (1940), Edgar Winter (1946), Ruth St. Denis (1879), Josh Hutcherson (1992), and Tom Kane (1962).

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Among musicians born in United States, Herbie Mann ranks 528. Before him are Country Joe McDonald (1942), Leslie West (1945), Arthur Crudup (1905), Kate Pierson (1948), Richard Fortus (1966), and Marty Balin (1942). After him are Tim Hardin (1941), Edgar Winter (1946), Bob James (1939), Steve Di Giorgio (1967), Barry Harris (1929), and Jim Keltner (1942).

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