Earnest Woodall
Earnest Woodall was born in Bay Shore, New York and raised in suburban Long Island, New York, Woodall took up the guitar at age 10, inspired by rock, blues and jazz players. A local teacher Peter Rogine introduced him to the music of Philip Glass, Steve Reich and John Adams, as well as Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Thelonious Monk and coming of age with the progressive music of Yes, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and Pink Floyd which sparked a lifelong love of both 20th-century classical music, progressive rock and jazz. Woodall soon attended the Five Towns College of Music and then the Berklee College of Music, later moving into the local music scene of the New York Tri-State area with a wide variety of bandleaders and musicians.
Earnest Woodall
- Name
- Earnest Woodall
- Occupation
- guitarist, composer, sound engineer
- Born
- 1959
- Nationality
- United States
- Education
- Five Towns College
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Earnest Woodall was born in Bay Shore, New York and raised in suburban Long Island, New York, Woodall took up the guitar at age 10, inspired by rock, blues and jazz players. A local teacher Peter Rogine introduced him to the music of Philip Glass, Steve Reich and John Adams, as well as Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Thelonious Monk and coming of age with the progressive music of Yes, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and Pink Floyd which sparked a lifelong love of both 20th-century classical music, progressive rock and jazz. Woodall soon attended the Five Towns College of Music and then the Berklee College of Music, later moving into the local music scene of the New York Tri-State area with a wide variety of bandleaders and musicians.
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Woodall can play more than one style of music with fluency, virtuosity and sincerity. Woodall proves it on his 2004 Zephyrwood Music release, Time to Think. The album confirms his reputation as an original composer/performer. Woodall also pulls a lot of influence from the eclectic randomness of Frank Zappa and the sounds produced by various progressive rock bands such as early Genesis, Peter Gabriel, Yes, and King Crimson.
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• Name — Earnest Woodall • Landscape — yes • Occupation — guitarist, composer, sound engineer • Origin — Commack, New York New York • Genre — Avant-garde Electronic Jazz 20th-century classical music Minimalism • Years Active — 1988–present • Label — Zephyrwood Music • Website — http: www.ewoodall.com/
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Guitar work
• Album — Year • Guitar Works — 1994 • Live @ Benson Hall Cafe — 2006
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• Haute Monde — 1987 • Albert's Warning — 1988 • House of Stairs — 1988 • Dirty Water — 1990 • Mad Man of 1st Avenue — 1991 • Three Worlds — 1992 • Abstract Paragraph — 1995 • Legerdemain — 1997 • Ergot Brew — 1997 • Strike, Light, Puff — 1998 • 13 — 2000 • Pictures in Mind — 2002 • Time to Think — 2004 • Sphere Acid Burn — 2008 • Slumber — 2013 • Random Transmutation — 2015 • Pondering — 2016 • Linger — 2017 • Aural Apparitions — 2018 • See Hear — 2020
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