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Orion White

Orion White is an Indigenous (Nez Perce and Ottawa of Oklahoma) Baritone Saxophone specialist and music educator based in Portland, OR bringing together jazz, rock, house, and funk sensibilities to create a style of playing all his own.
Orion earned his undergraduate degree at the Lionel Hampton School of Music at the University of Idaho and soon became a founding member of the Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band as well as joined No Soap, Radio, a jazz-funk-metal-whatever-feels-right-fusion group.
Orion's career may just be starting but it has already taken him to massive stages, including the Kennedy Center and the Washington Center for the Performing Arts, festivals such as the Monterey Jazz Festival and Juneau Blues and Classics, and has allowed him the chance to rub elbows with masters of the craft, such as Marc Carry and Esperanza Spalding.

Gear

Yanigasawa BW0-1

Jody Jazz DV7

Boston Sax Shop 3s


Tags

Primary Instrument

Saxophone, baritone

Location

Portland

Willing to teach

Beginner to advanced

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Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Revival

Self Produced
2023

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No Soap, Radio

Blash Studios
2022

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Videos

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