Martan Mann is an American jazz pianist and educator[1] living in Boulder Creek, California. He performs with the Martan Mann Trio, the Martan Mann & Mannkind (contemporary jazz band) and has performed with George Young and Dmitri Matheny. A graduate of San Jose State University, San Francisco State University, Hawaii Pacific College, and the University of Hawaii, he is a musical director at Capitola Theater in Capitola, California and is on the board of directors for the Jazz Society of Santa Cruz, California.[2][3] Jazz educational books include Jazz Improvisation for the Classical Pianist (1989),[4] New Age Improvisation for the Classical Pianist (1994),[5] and Improvising blues piano (1997).[6][7] He is also the author of a jazz educational DVD, Jazz Skills for Piano.