Manfred Mann

Acting

Manfred Mann

Born

1940-10-21 (86)

Place of birth

Johannesburg, South Africa

Known for

Acting

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15 titles

Manfred Sepse Lubowitz (born 21 October 1940), known professionally as Manfred Mann, is a South African-born musician, residing in the UK since 1961. He is best known as a founding member of the eponymous bands Manfred Mann, Manfred Mann Chapter Three and Manfred Mann's Earth Band. Lubowitz was raised in a Lithuanian Jewish family in Johannesburg, the son of David Lubowitz and Alma Cohen. He studied music at the University of the Witwatersrand, and worked as a jazz pianist at a number of clubs in Johannesburg. Strongly opposed to the apartheid system in his native South Africa, Lubowitz moved to the United Kingdom in 1961 and began to write for Jazz News under the pseudonym Manfred Manne (…

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Film credits

2000s · 4 titles

Classic Albums: Cream - Disraeli Gears poster
5.9

This addition of Disraeli Gears to the acclaimed Classic Albums series features brand new interviews with Clapton, Baker and Bruce, along with lyricist Pete Brown, Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun, John Mayall and Manfred Mann. Also included on the DVDare acoustic performances, original studio tracks and archival live footage. Included are additional interviews and analysis of the tracks, Exclusive acoustic performances, exclusive solo piano performance and previously unreleased full live performances. Though they were only together for two brief years (1966-1968), the London-based power trio Cream changed the face of rock with their jazz-schooled psychedelic blues--and never more so than on their 1967 classic DISRAELI GEARS. This program offers a critical review of the landmark album through archival footage, rare live performance clips, and interviews with rock critics, musicologists, and band members.

Classic Albums: Cream - Disraeli Gears

2006

Best of Night of the Proms Vol. 2 poster
NR

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Best of Night of the Proms Vol. 2

2007

Manfred Mann's Earth Band: In Europe poster
NR

Concert by Manfred Mann's Earth Band, recorded Live at Sportcsarnok Budapest, Hungary - April 7, 1983.

Manfred Mann's Earth Band: In Europe

2007

Manfred Mann's Earth Band: Angel Station in Moscow poster
9.0

Classic rockers Manfred Mann's Earth Band delivers the goods in this live concert filmed in Moscow in 2000, featuring many of the group's hits such as "The Mighty Quinn," "Blinded by the Light" and "Father of Day, Father of Night." Mann and company prove they still have the chops on other tunes, including "Angels at My Gate," "Davy's on the Road Again," "Demolition Man," "Castles Burning," "Martha's Madman," "Redemption Song" and more.

Manfred Mann's Earth Band: Angel Station in Moscow

2000

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