Orion White

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Orion White is an Indigenous (Nimiipuu 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'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 and festivals such as the Monterey Jazz Festival and Juneau Blues and Classics. These experiences have allowed him the chance to rub elbows with masters of the craft, recording with Marc Cary and performing with Esperanza Spalding. 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, joined No Soap, Radio, a jazz-funk-metal-whatever-feels-right-fusion group, and recently founded Wen'ípt, an Indigenous focused jazz combo.