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Woody Mann is an American guitarist.
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Mann specializes in jazz, blues, and American roots music.
He was born in New York, and first raised in Queens and then in Long Island. He first studied acoustic guitar with ragtime and blues guitarist Reverend Gary Davis from 1968-72cite web|last=Kaukonen|first=Jorma|title=Jorma Kaukonen's Fur Peace Ranch|url= http://www.furpeaceranch.com/instructors/woody_mann.html|work=Woody Mann: The Blues of Reverend Gary Davis|accessdate=May 8, 2011. From 1973-78, Mann continued private lessons, focusing on improvisation with jazz pianist Lennie Tristano. Meanwhile, Mann received formal instruction at the Juilliard School ’s pre-college program, then earned a Bachelor of Arts at Empire State College in 1974, and finally returned to Juilliard to pursue post-baccalaureate studies in music performance and composition from 1975-76. In these early years, Mann played with guitarists John Fahey, Bukka White, Son House, and Joann Kelly.cite web|last=The Metropolitan Museum of Art|title=Woody Man|url= http://blog.metmuseum.org/guitarheroes/interviews/|work=Interviews: Guitar Heroes|publisher=The Metropolitan Museum of Art|accessdate=May 8, 2011. He also was an avid student of tenor saxophone player, Warne Marsh in the 70s and 80s.
Mann is a performer, historian, author, film-maker, recording artist, instructor, and businessman. He has toured America, Europe, and Asia. He has performed twelve times at the Great Britain International Guitar Festival where he is the USA Ambassador to the festival; the Worlds Fair Expo in Lisbon, Portugal; the International Guitar Festival in Tbilisi, the Republic of Georgia; and tours in Japan, Brazil, the United Kingdom and Europecite web|title=On Patriots Stage: The Kaplan Series|url= http://www.onpatriotsstage.com/|work=Host: Woody Mann|accessdate=May 8, 2011. He hosts and co-produces “On Patriots’ Stage,” concert series, performed at the metropolitan museum as part of the “Guitar heroes" exhibition in 2011cite web|title=The Metropolitan Museum of Art|url= http://blog.metmuseum.org/guitarheroes/|publisher=The Metropolitan Museum of Art|accessdate=April 22, 2011, and plays clubs and festivals throughout the world. The CF Martin company has recently issued the Woody Mann signature guitarcite web|title=The State Theater|url= http://www.statetheatre.org/index.php? tpl=show_page& id=415|publisher=The State Theater of New Jersey|accessdate=April 22, 2011.
Mann has held workshops throughout the world, founded International Guitar Seminars and Acoustic Sessions Inc., and has authored books and DVDs, including “The Blues Fakeboook”, “Anthology of Blues Guitar”, “The Art of Blues guitar DVD series, and “Lisboa”, the guitar of Woody Mann.” From 1981-2000, he was a faculty member at the New School in New York, teaching jazz improvisation, music theory, and acoustic blues and ragtime guitar. Mann has also taught at guitar workshops and camps in the USA and abroad, including Pugent Sound Guitar Workshop, Port Townsend Blues Festival, Jorma Kaukonen’s Fur Peace Ranch and the Universitat Hannover in Hannover, Germanycite web|title=Blues in the Northwest|url= http://www.bluesinthenorthwest.com/index.php/2009/08/22/gig-woody-mann-uk-tour-2009/|work=Gig: Woody Mann - Uk Tour.
In 1999, Mann established Acoustic Sessions, Inc., a corporation that works in music production for television and film. He has worked as a consultant for Yazoo Records, RCA Records, acting as a historian and musicologist of early 20th century American music. In 2010, Mann began working as the co-producer and musical supervisor on the documentary film “Harlem Street Singer,” the story of Reverend Gary Daviscite web|title=Sheboygan Blues Society|url= http://sheboyganbluessociety.blogspot.com/2010/08/harlem-street-singer.html|work=Harlem Street Singer|accessdate=May 8, 2011. He is based in New York City and continues to record and teach.
Discography
Stories (1997)
"Heading Uptown" (1998)
"Stairwell Serenade" (1998)
"When I've got the Moon" (1998) with Susanne Vogt
"Get Together" (1999) with Bob Brozman
Been Here and Gone (2003) with Son House and Jo Ann Kelly
Together in Las Vegas (2004) with Orville Johnson and John Cephas
"First Take" (2005)
"Waltz For Joy" 2005 with Susanne Vogt
Road Trip (2005)
"Donna Lombarda" (2010) with Duck Baker, Bob Brozman, Ed Gerhard, and Massimo Gatti
http://blog.metmuseum.org/guitarheroes/ Metropolitan Museum of Art: Guitar Heroes Website
Persondata | NAME =Mann, Woody | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitarist | DATE OF BIRTH = 12/31 | PLACE OF BIRTH = NY | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = | FAMILY = sister, Rev. Dana Mann- former professional dancer, former psychologist, currently practicing as a United Church of Christ Minister ( http://www.elkriverucc.org/leadHistory.html), brother, Jason Mann- athlete, musician and businessman ( http://www.chimneymanns.com/), brother, Mark Mann (custom cabinetry, fine carpentry, music), niece, Sarah Mann (student) DEFAULTSORT:Mann, Woody Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people Category:American blues guitarists Category:American jazz guitarists Category:Fingerstyle guitarists Category:American blues musicians
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