MUSIC

Ovations and Bluee Bamboo Music presentWoody Wit in Concert Woody Witt. Celebrating the release of his new CD "Pots and Kettles." Featuring: Gary Norian, Anthony Sapp, Billy McQueen and special guest Chris Cortez..

"Top line contemporary jazz ... covering all the bases and done with passion and grace." - David Liebman Saxaphonist with Miles Davis, Elvin Jones and others.

Saxophonist, composer, jazz educator and arts manager, Woody Witt is establishing a distinctive mark in the jazz world today. With fresh ideas and an original approach to improvisation and composition, Witt has gained the respect of his peers and performs with some of the top names in the Jazz industry.

A native of Omaha, Nebraska, Witt earned a Bachelor in Music at the University of Houston, a Master in Music from the prestigious University of North Texas (Jazz Studies), and in 2000, Witt earned a Doctorate in Musical Arts at the University Of Houston Moores School Of Music. Currently, Witt is an Affiliate Artist at the University of Houston and teaches full-time at Houston Community College. A perfect combination of building on the past and searching for the future, Woody's style can be recognized instantly - it is that weaving of the old with the new that catches the listener's ear, yielding his distinctive sound and is why he is sought after by so many of the top jazz artists of.