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| | Versatile flutist Herbie Mann dies / Melded Brazilian, blues styles with jazz |
 | | Herbie Mann, who helped to popularize the flute as a jazz instrument and to introduce the music of other cultures into the mainstream of American jazz, died late Tuesday at his cabin in Pecos, N.M., near Santa Fe, where he lived. |
 | | Mann's first instrument was clarinet, and he began his career primarily as a tenor saxophonist. |
 | | Mann is survived by his wife, Susan Janeal Arison; sons Paul Mann of San Francisco and Geoff Mann of New York City; daughters Claudia Mann-Basler of Espanola, N.M., and Laura Mann of New York City; his mother, Ruth Solomon, of Hallandale, Fla.; and a sister, Judi Burnstein of Niceville, Fla. |
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