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Orion White

Born: November 23, 1999

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.
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Two Polar Bears in a Bathtub

By No Soap, Radio

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Rotten Tulip; Through Thick & Thin; P.O.G.; El Potentado; Wildfire; Pigment of my Imagination ft. Quinn Carson; Sweet n' Blake; Gin & Octatonic; Funky Dance Band.

Wen'ípt

Wen'ípt (Songs) is an Indigenous led contemporary jazz combo that highlights Indigenous artistry through jazz. Wen'ípt showcases the largely forgotten, but significant, contributions to the art form by native peoples through performance of indigenous works from multiple eras, story telling, and by simply taking up space on the scene. Wen'ípt seeks to honor and carry on a long standing tradition of indigenous peoples in jazz, from Charlie Parker (Choctaw), to Jim Pepper (Kaw/Mvskoke), and even contemporary artists such as Julia Keefe (Nimiipuu), Delbert Anderson (Navajo), and Mali Obomsawin (Abenaki).

Revival

By No Soap, Radio

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: Revival of the Fittest; Funked Under Ice; Mac; Techtonik; I'm Tired; Shake It, Don't Break It; The Adventures of Little White Baby; The Groove of Old Gregg; Potato Cat

No Soap, Radio

By No Soap, Radio

Label: Blash Studios
Released: 2022
Track listing: Bowser's Big Bean Burrito; Polysemy; Citrus Changes; Survival of the Fittest; Googa