Amos Mann
Members:
Amos Mann
Genres:
Pop
Urban
Jazz
Classical
Traditional
Other
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Profile:
I have spent most of my life in Dunedin with some years spent living in Wellington and Toronto, Canada (close to where I was born).
I write instrumental music, songs, and poetry.
I play double bass, guitar and voice for:
- Voice and guitar based pop songs
- Improvised music
- Jazz
- Hip hop
- Klezmer
- Gamelan
- Tango
- Flamenco
- Folk
- WAM Composition (Western Art Music)
A focus on pop and folk based music includes:
- Composition and performance of pop songs for voice and guitar
- Double bassist for ' Jah Sun ' hip hop band
- Community-based improvisation
- Double bassist of ' Chutzpah! ' Klezmer band
- Member of the University of Otago Community Javanese Gamelan
A focus on improvisation of music has included:
- Improvisational jazz group ' The Amos Mann
Band '
- Member of the mixed-experience string section ' Strork '
- Double bassist of jazz quintet ' King Parrot '
- ' House Band ' Fringe Festival launch 2006
- ' A Guided Tour of The Animal Attic ' performance
A focus on dance performance has included:
- Participation in Ali East's ' Shared Agendas ' performances
- Double bassist for the tango quartet in Bronwyn Judge's
' Kathleen's Antarctic '
- 'Secret Suburban Gardens' Finale of the Dunedin Fringe Festival 2004