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Ethan Mann

Ethan Mann has lived in NYC since 1991. He is a guitarist, bandleader, sideman, composer and educator. As a bandleader he heads an organ trio with Greg Bandy and Chip Crawford. The trio plays jazz standards as well as creative treatments of modern pop songs. Mann also leads a trio with upright bass and drums which features his more intricate and moody compositions. Ethan features guest vocalists such as Eve Cornelious,Tessa Souter, Arlee Leonard, Roz Corral, Marion Cowings, Gregory Porter and many others on the first and third Saturday of the Month at Jules Bistro. He also works as a sideman with many great instrumentalists and vocalists at a wide variety of venues Including the Carlyle Hotel with Earl Rose and Paul Beaudry and the Anyway Cafe with Grace Garland. Ethan teaches guitar and has been member of the jazz faculty at Crestwood Music Education Center in Eastchester since 2004 and at Manna House Workshops in East Harlem since 2000.

Ethan is a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music where he studied guitar with Rodney Jones, Jack Wilkins and Chris Rosenberg He was chosen to play in master classes with Wynton Marsalis and Jim Hall. He was a member of the MSM Jazz Orchestra which performed concerts with guest artists such as Milt Hinton, and Maria Schneider. During Ethan's time in the orchestra, they recorded a CD called, The Composers Then and Now. At MSM, Mann explored the future and legacy of  jazz with a great faculty, and an extremely talented student body, which included Eric Harland, Eric Lewis and many others.

Mann's original compositions have been performed at; Manna House' MEEE concert series in 2003 and 2006. Crestwood Music Education Center's faculty concert in 2005 and the Riverside Church's Jazz by the Riverside series in 2009.

    Central Park North is the title of Ethan's debut recording as a leader. He is joined by Rahn Burton- organ, Bill Moring- bass and Scott Neumann- drums. The disc contains seven original compositions, and two standards. Ernie Pugliese reviewed the CD for Jazz Improv Magazine and wrote; " Central Park North is a refreshing offering from a standout young guitarist and composer".  Florence Wetzel of All About Jazz wrote of Ethan's work as a sideman on Leave It To Luther by the Luther Thomas Quartet; "...Mann deserves mention, his guitar is sonorous and vibrant..." The release date of Ethan's latest recording "IT'S ALL ABOUT A GROOVE" with Chip Crawford and Greg Bandy is March 2010.

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Arturo Vera / Ethan Mann: Acoustic Project

Read "Acoustic Project" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


The Acoustic Project is a confluence of classical styling, Spanish-tinged songs, and improvisational elements, brought together by two men who have ample knowledge and skill in all three areas. Guitarists Ethan Mann and Arturo Vera have known each other for two decades, having connected long ago when they were both at the Manhattan School of Music, and they share a deep musical bond that is evident throughout this album. Their journey begins with Heitor Villa-Lobos' “Aria," which ...

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Ethan Mann: It's All About A Groove

Read "It's All About A Groove" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose


It's All About a Groove is all about three self-effacing musicians having a fine time playing some music that burns with a cold fire, and swinging, sometimes with a fair gusto. Most of all this date is about uncomplicated, yet attractive improvisation, as a group that rarely veers far from the melody, but ventures far enough to create the right kind of buzz. Ethan Mann is a guitarist who has a lot to say in a voice that is uncompromisingly ...

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Ethan Mann: It's All About a Groove

Read "It's All About a Groove" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins


Jazz, pop, funk, blues--put them all together, and you get It's All About a Groove, by guitarist Ethan Mann. Aided by keyboardist Albert “Chip" Crawford and drummer Greg Bandy, Mann presents a delightful mix of original songs and tributes. The three musicians started very young. Mann was 14 when he and a friend were hired to play at a bar in Chicopee, Massachusetts. Crawford was 12 when he earned $5 playing on a flatbed truck outside a drive-in ...

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Ethan Mann: It's All About A Groove

Read "It's All About A Groove" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


While plenty of jazz fans are schooled musicians, an even greater number doesn't have significant training--or any training, for that matter--in music. These people might not know chord progressions or specific rhythmic patterns, but they do know if music feels good. When songs are stripped to their bare essence, the groove is often what creates the groundwork for everything else and allows the music to take shape. Guitarist Ethan Mann clearly agrees with this idea and made it the central ...

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Recording

Ethan Mann - It's All About a Groove (2010)

Ethan Mann - It's All About a Groove (2010)

Source: Something Else!

By Mark SaleskiThere are some things in this world that at first appear to be encased in mystery, the secrets of which can only be revealed by the “experts"--free-verse poetry, modern art, okra. It turns out that no special knowledge is required to appreciate these things. You've just got to be open to a slight shift in perspective, allowing your concept of “fun" to expand.This is an attitude that the jazz neophyte needs to be made aware ...

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Ethan Mann - It's All About a Groove (Petunia)

Ethan Mann - It's All About a Groove (Petunia)

Source: Master of a Small House

Truth in titular advertising definitely applies to this trio date. Groove and feel are paramount to guitarist Ethan Mann's musical philosophy. Keyboardist Chip Crawford and drummer Greg Bandy are of a shared music-making consciousness. All three men have been gigging since their teens in a multitude of setting. Bandy had the distinction of working New York City clubs during the Seventies and good fortune to curry favor with profile band leaders like Pharoah Sanders and Gary Bartz. Mann and Crawford ...

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Ethan Mann & Friends Featuring Jazz Vocalist, Francina Connors @ Jules Bistro

Ethan Mann & Friends Featuring Jazz Vocalist, Francina Connors @ Jules Bistro

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Primary Instrument

Guitar

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Beginner to advanced

Credentials/Background

I have approximately 35 private students. I teach at home and at Manna House Workshops in East Harlem and Crestwood Music Education Center in Eastchester. I have some late morning slots available. I charge $60/ hr.

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