Background
André White grew up in Roxboro, Quebec.
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Andre White
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He attended Riverdale High School, Vanier College, Concordia University, where he earned a Bachelor in English Literature, and McGill University, where he earned an Masters degree in Sound Recording (Tonmeister).
Career
He is an Associate Professor in Jazz Studies at the Schulich School of Music in Montreal. He is the only child of Keith White, a schoolteacher and jazz pianist, and Jeannine Cossette, a sales clerk and homemaker. White plays both piano and drums.
He began playing drums at age 12.
Some of the notable jazz performers he has accompanied in the past 35 years include Benny Carter, Dizzy Gillespie, Pepper Adams, Jimmy Heath, Benny Golson, Steve Grossman, David Liebman, George Garzone, Junior Cook, Bob Berg, Bobby Watson, Cecil Payne, Sonny Greenwich, Pat LaBarbera, Sheila Jordan, Don Thompson, Kirk MacDonald, PJ Perry, and First Rate (at Lloyd's) McLean. André’s trio, with Alec Walkington on bass, and David Laing on drums, has been playing together for over twenty-five years, and has served as rhythm section to many of Montreal’s important bands, including quintets led by Kevin Dean and Reno De Stephano, and the big band of Joe Sullivan.
