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Chicago, IL
www.keithbaumann.com
Keith
Baumann has been a professional musician and teacher for over 35 years. After
acquiring his
first banjo in 1971, he began studying with banjo master Tony Trishcka. In 1983
the new acoustic music scene brought Keith out to the San Francisco Bay area
where he studied mandolin with Mike Marshall and Tiny Moore. He soon joined
Heartland, which featured among its band members Jim Nunally, Allison Brown and
Rob Ickes. In 1991 Keith relocated to Chicago and began touring nationally with
the highly acclaimed Special Consensus bluegrass band, performing at major
festivals, concert venues throughout the United States.
Keith
currently makes his living as a full-time performer, bandleader, educator and
writer. Performing
on banjo, mandolin, guitar and resophonic guitar, Keith plays everything from
bluegrass to big band jazz and has worked with numerous great artists such as
Vassar Clements, Peter Rowan, Laurie Lewis and Johnny Frigo. He writes regularly
for Down Beat jazz magazine and has had articles published in both Guitar Player
and Flatpicking Guitar magazine. Keith teaches at Chicago's Old Town School of
Folk Music and has taught at several national music camps and workshops
including the Puget Sound Guitar Workshop and the Cape Cod Mandolin Camp.
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