Glenn White

Artist Information

Biography

Described as “a brilliant gem,” Glenn’s modern jazz compositions and skilled, interactive playing have been called “a thoughtful, remarkable style,” which “stems from a deeper understanding,” as well as “everything we love about jazz. A beautiful melody. Something we can hold on to.” At a 2013 performance at WNYC’s Greene Space, Glenn’s music was described as, “inside this incredibly beautiful and haunting melody, inside your improvisation you were also being a composer . . . beautiful, beautiful, beautiful .”

A graduate of New England Conservatory, Glenn has performed alongside many notable musicians including Norah Jones, the Reigning Monarchs, Sunnyside Records artist Jamie Baum, Impulse! artist Greg Tardy, ECM Records artist Art Lande, and the Four Tops (opening for Chuck Berry). In addition to his own recordings, Glenn can be heard on releases by Matador Records artists Julian Plenti (featuring Paul Banks from Interpol), as well as popular singles that have charted on College Music Journal and elsewhere. Glenn’s recordings, Sacred Machines (OA2 Records) and Time in Transit (Armored Records), are featured on radio stations and satellite radio internationally.

Glenn’s performing and composing are enhanced by his experience as an educator, which has included a full-time faculty position at University of Alaska Fairbanks (woodwinds/jazz studies) and as a guest artist/clinician at a number of universities and high schools.

Glenn lives in New York City, where he performs regularly with his own groups, which have been featured at South by Southwest, WNYC’s Battle of the Boroughs, the Big Apple Underground Jazz Festival, and more. His groups have shared billing with Chris Potter’s Underground, the Maynard Ferguson Alumni band, and many other notable artists and groups. For more information, please visit Facebook.com/GlennWhiteJazz.

Instrumentation

Glenn White - Tenor Saxophone

Discography

Time in Transit (Armored Records), 2011
Sacred Machines (OA2 Records), 2008

samples available at GlennWhite.net and Facebook.com/GlennWhiteJazz.


Glenn can also be heard on:
Julian Plenti - Julien Plenti is . . . Skyscraper (Matador Records)
I'm in You - War Dreams (Huevo Imaginary Records)
I'm in You - Lurid View (Huevo Imaginary Records)
We is Shore Dedicated - Smiley CD (Huevo Imaginary Records)

Official Website

http://GlennWhite.net

Links

• Facebook
• MySpace
• Twitter
• Last.fm
• CD Baby

Audio

• Theme Song
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• Flight (part 1)
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• Anthem for One
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• D&R (part 2)
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• Washington Heights
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• Wish
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Video

Anthem for One

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Press

• Audiophile Audition [+ Show ]
  

  "White is as accomplished a composer and band leader as saxophonist . . . The band, Sacred Machines ..."White is as accomplished a composer and band leader as saxophonist . . . The band, Sacred Machines – apparently a working unit – is a marvel . . . If Glenn White can keep producing discs of this quality, he is assured a long and productive career in the world of jazz."

• Jazz.com
  

  "This is credible and interesting music."

• Midwest Record
  

  "You can tell right away this is a highly creative cat with an ear for exploration."

• Arizona Republic [+ Show ]
  

  "White freely admits being influenced by all sorts of things from Coltrane to the Cure. Certainly, h..."White freely admits being influenced by all sorts of things from Coltrane to the Cure. Certainly, he's got the talent to bring these two worlds of music together."

• Get Out! (East Valley Tribune)
  

  "I've just got one thing to say – Glenn White, you rock!"

• GoGo Magazine [+ Show ]
  

  "The saxophone looks like it is an extension of his hands, easily connecting to mouth, mind and body..."The saxophone looks like it is an extension of his hands, easily connecting to mouth, mind and body. His is a thoughtful, remarkable style."

• Improvijazzation Nation
  

  "It's clear that his playing stems from a deeper understanding."

• Hotbands.com [+ Show ]
  

  "A brilliant gem . . . tremendous chops on tenor saxophone as well as his prolific talents in jazz c..."A brilliant gem . . . tremendous chops on tenor saxophone as well as his prolific talents in jazz composition . . . Glenn White's music and band [are] at the level of playing that they could stand their own ground with world-class jazz artists."

• The Silent Ballet
  

  "White is an accomplished, versatile tenor saxophonist."

• JazzReview.com [+ Show ]
  

  "A bit wild and zealous through the improvisations, Glenn White’s album, Sacred Machines shows uncon..."A bit wild and zealous through the improvisations, Glenn White’s album, Sacred Machines shows unconformity and sheer sleekness in its melodic lines. His ensemble takes chances but also keeps their melodic proportions palatable. New York-based White creates contemporary jazz textures steep in tradition and post-bop freedom. You can hear the evolution of jazz in White’s compositions as he applies a modern approach to archetypal jazz idioms."
  –JazzReview.com (Susan Frances)

• Muzik Reviews [+ Show ]
  

  "Time In Transit live up to the sterling reputation that jazz bands from NYC have maintained for dec..."Time In Transit live up to the sterling reputation that jazz bands from NYC have maintained for decades."

• Jazz Corner [+ Show ]
  

  "Time in Transit operate with a slick smoothness; these songs are shockingly accessible, decorated w..."Time in Transit operate with a slick smoothness; these songs are shockingly accessible, decorated with enough melodic hooks to reel in the unenlightened."
  –Jazz Corner

• Greg Behrendt, The Reigning Monarchs [+ Show ]
  

  "We are also joined by Glenn White . . . for what was one of the finest moments we've had as a band...."We are also joined by Glenn White . . . for what was one of the finest moments we've had as a band."

Setlist

original compositions in the vein of David Binney, Dave Holland; accessible, modern progressive jazz.

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