Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Manfred Mann's Earth Band are a jazz/rock group formed by Manfred Mann, in 1971.The Earth Band's direction was very different from that of Manfred Mann. Mann made a conscious decision to move away from the pop-oriented three-minute format of his former group. The Earth Band was, from a pop perspective, almost deliberately contrary, but combined the stylistic approach of progressive rock with Mann's distinctive, jazz-influenced Moog synthesizer playing and keen ear for melody.Mann's interest in E ...
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