[1] Woodman was a childhood friend of Charles Mingus, but first worked with Phil Moore and Les Hite.
[1] After service in World War II he played with Boyd Raeburn before joining with Lionel Hampton in 1946.
[1] In 1989, he was in the personnel for the album Epitaph dedicated to the previously unrecorded music of Charles Mingus.
He died in Hawthorne, California at the age of 80, having suffered severe respiratory problems.
[2] With Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band With Bill Berry With Duke Ellington With Ella Fitzgerald With Lionel Hampton With Johnny Hodges With Charles Mingus With Jimmy Smith With others