Steve White (saxophonist)

Steve White (born Stephen Gaylord Goorabian, sometimes spelled "Gailord"; November 20, 1925 – December 21, 2005) was an American jazz saxophonist based in Los Angeles who recorded in the 1950s for Nocturne, Pacific Jazz, and Atlantic. He primarily played tenor saxophone, but he also played baritone and clarinet. Steve White was friends with jazz musicians Harry Babasin and Bob Enevoldsen. White's father was a saxophonist and member of the Jimmy Dorsey Band. His father was the first to use the pseudonym "White."

Discography

Jazz in Hollywood (Nocturne, 1954) Jazz Mad: The Unpredictable Steve White (Liberty)

References

1925 births

2005 deaths

Cool jazz saxophonists

West Coast jazz saxophonists

Mainstream jazz saxophonists

Bebop saxophonists

Post-bop saxophonists

Hard bop saxophonists

American jazz tenor saxophonists

American male saxophonists

Atlantic Records artists

Musicians from Burbank, California

Musicians from Fresno, California

American people of Armenian descent

20th-century American saxophonists

Jazz musicians from California

20th-century American male musicians

American male jazz musicians