Ed Mann
Ed Mann ( born 1955 ) is an American vibraphonist, percussionist and composer.
Life and work
Man who grew up in Massachusetts, started with three years of self-taught to play the piano and was eleven years old a drum set. As a teenager, he played with rock bands, marching bands, big bands and other ensembles. He received his musical training at the New England Music Camp, and from 1972 at the Hartt College of Music. Then he played with Tommy Mars in the band World Consort, before he studied from 1973 to 1976 with John Bergamo at the California Institute of the Arts. Together with Larry Stone, Gregg Johnson, Jimmy Hildebrandt, Lucky Mosko, Paul Anceau and Charles Levin he belonged to Bergamo Ensemble Repercussion Unit. In addition, he learned mridangam and Konnakol T. Ranganathan and deepened his vibraphone with Dave Samuels.
In Los Angeles began in 1977 to 1988, continuing his collaboration with Frank Zappa; He was a member of Zappa's ensembles and participated in his albums, but also worked as a sound designer for him. His playing style and sound were characteristic of the " rocking" phase in Zappa's work.
Man has released five solo albums since 1988 and works as a contract composer for new media and as a sound designer. He also wrote his own film scores and also works as a sound therapist. He performs with his band Dub Jazz Unit. He also played with Mark Isham, John Cage, Don Ellis, Bruce Fowler and the Repercussion Unit. As a session musician he worked for Bill Bruford, Rickie Lee Jones, Andy Summers, Kenny Loggins, Sting, Shadowfax, Los Lobos, the London Symphony Orchestra and a number of famous film composers such as Hans Zimmer or Harry Gregson- Williams.
Man won several times the reader price of Modern Drummer Magazine.
Disco Graphical Notes
- Get Up (1988 )
- Perfect World (1991 )
- Global Warming (1994 )
- Have No Fear ( 1997)
- ((( GONG ))) Sound Of Being (1998)