Manfred Mann

Manfred Mann fascinates me as a craftsman who reinvented himself again and again. Born in Johannesburg and trained on jazz piano, he crossed to Britain and built not one but several bands under his own name. What I respect most is his refusal to settle: each chapter of his career chased a different sound rather than repeating a winning formula. That kind of stubborn curiosity, rooted in real musicianship, is exactly what keeps an artist relevant across decades. I find him a quietly underrated figure whose influence on British rock deserves more recognition than it usually gets.

Name (English)

Manfred Mann

Name (Japanese)

マンフレッド・マン

Reading

まんふれっど・まん

Born

October 21, 1940 (age 85)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Dragon

Origin

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Occupation

jazz musician / pianist / record producer / composer / songwriter

University

University of the Witwatersrand

• Official sitehttps://www.manfredmann.co.uk/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred%20Mann%20(musician)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3%E3%83%95%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2583577

Tags

• Gauteng
• jazz musician
• pianist
• record producer

Last updated

2026-06-20

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.