Billy White – Piano
Noah Garabedian – Bass
Steve Belvilus – Drums
Billy White is a pianist, keyboardist, composer, producer, electronic musician and songwriter. Born in San Francisco, he graduated attended UCLA’s jazz studies program, where he studied under Kenny Burrell and earned a B.A. in Ethnomusicology. He has won numerous awards and scholarships, including the David A. Abell Jazz Piano Scholarship, the Martin Feldman Award, the Duke Ellington Jazz Award and several CMEA Command Performances. He has worked with Blue Note artist Ambrose Akinmusire, Dayna Stephens, Obed Calvaire, Paula West, and Marcus Shelby, as well as crossing over into R&B, working with Bilal (Grammy-nominee), and Maiysha Kai (Grammy-nominee) and gospel star James Hall, contributed to Ronnie Spector’s latest album “English Heart”, and worked with electronica artists like Teeko, Captain Planet, and Pablo Ygal (formerly of Plug Research). He has composed for film (the festival-winning Bowling Blind, 2011) and dance (Martha Graham School of Dance, Long Island University). He has also worked in musical theater, co-writing the musical “Finding Harlem” with Rent’s Ano Okera. In 2010, he released “First Things First”, an album of original jazz, which garnered positive reviews in the press, including both Down Beat Magazine and his native San Francisco Chronicle.
