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Joe Mapp

Event Info

  Thursday 3, August 2023

  6:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Join us at The Beach House Lobby to listen to Joe Mapp, a professional musician and legendary guitarist in the Outer Banks!

6:30pm - 9:30 PM @ The Beach House Lobby

Joe Mapp is a professional musician and legendary guitarist in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. He studied at the esteemed Berklee College of Music with a focus on performance and arranging. He is best known for his fusion jazz style that will take you on, as OBXsurfinfo.com describes it, “a musical path to enlightenment.” As a teacher, Mapp has been called "a light on a path", sharing his talent and skill through teaching. His students, including Matthew Wentz (Zack Mexico), are the "new generation of creators on the scene". As a songwriter, he has recorded several acclaimed CDs over the decades. As a studio musician, Mapp has recorded with the likes of Lawrence Lambert, Chuck Larson, Amanda Raye, and Rich Mossman. As a musical director, he traveled with the touring Patsy Cline show. As a live performer, you can find him at Art's Place in Kitty Hawk North Carolina on Thursdays with his full band, Joe Mapp and the Coordinates, which features a rotation of musicians including percussionist extraordinaire Dan Martier (TR3) on drums, and wizard and educator Skip Hancock (Skylark) on piano/keyboard. Over the years, Mapp has collaborated with local music legends, Laura Martier and Mick Vaughan, and performed at the Duck Jazz Festival (including hosting the 'meet and greet' events), Sanctuary Vineyards, Outer Banks Brewing Station, Swells'a Brewery, Coastal Craving's Tap Shack, Rundown Cafe, The Blue Point, Basnight's Lone Cedar, Mike Dianna's Grill Room, and many others.