Background
Christopher Wesley White was born in Harlem, New York, and grew up in Brooklyn.
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The Dynamic Progress Method: Using Advanced Simulation to Improve Project Planning and Management by J. Chris White (2016-04-01)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01JXU12BS/?tag=2022091-20
The Dynamic Progress Method: Using Advanced Simulation to Improve Project Planning and Management by J. Chris White (2016-03-29)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01FGN7WR4/?tag=2022091-20
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Education
He graduated in 1956 from City College of New York, and in 1968 from the Manhattan School of Music. In 1974, he earned his Master of Education from the University of Massachusetts.
Career
In 1994, he did postgraduate Advanced Computer Study at Berklee College Of Music. In addition to this, he collaborated with Billy Taylor, Eubie Blake, Earl Hines, Chick Corea, Teddy Wilson, Kenny Barron, Mary Lou Williams, Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae and Billy Cobham. White was on the creative arts and technology faculty at Bloomfield College in New Jersey.
Achievements
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1993-1994 Bloomfield College, Award Of Acknowledgment 1990, 1984, 1982 National Endowment for the Arts, Inter-Arts Program, Jazz Composition 1990 New Jersey State Council On The Arts, Fellowship, Jazz 1979 Consortium Of Jazz Organizations And Artists, Outstanding Musicianship Award 1976 Professor Of The Year, Rutger"s Newark Jazz Society 1968 Record World, New Star Best Jazz Bassist (Winner) 1963 Playboy Reader"s Poll, Best Jazz Bassist (4th Place) 1961-1964 Downbeat Reader"s Poll, Best Bassist (3rd & 4th place).
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Membership
White was an occasional member of Cecil Taylor"s band in the 1950s, credited on the 1959 Love for Sale album. From 1960 to 1961 he accompanied Nina Simone. Subsequently he was a member of Dizzy Gillespie"s ensemble until 1966.
He later founded the band The Jazz Survivors and was a member of the band Prism.
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Died
November 2, 2014 (aged 78)
Awards
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1993-94 Bloomfield College, Award Of Acknowledgment 1990, 1984, 1982 National Endowment for the Arts, Inter-Arts Program, Jazz Composition 1990 New Jersey State Council On The Arts, Fellowship, Jazz 1979 Consortium Of Jazz Organizations And Artists, Outstanding Musicianship Award 1976 Professor Of The Year, Rutger's Newark Jazz Society 1968 Record World, New Star Best Jazz Bassist (Winner) 1963 Playboy Reader's Poll, Best Jazz Bassist (4th Place) 1961-64 Downbeat Reader's Poll, Best Bassist (3rd & 4th place)1993-94 Bloomfield College, Award Of Acknowledgment 1990, 1984, 1982 National Endowment for the Arts, Inter-Arts Program, Jazz Composition 1990 New Jersey State Council On The Arts, Fellowship, Jazz 1979 Consortium Of Jazz Organizations And Artists, Outstanding Musicianship Award 1976 Professor Of The Year, Rutger's Newark Jazz Society 1968 Record World, New Star Best Jazz Bassist (Winner) 1963 Playboy Reader's Poll, Best Jazz Bassist (4th Place) 1961-64 Downbeat Reader's Poll, Best Bassist (3rd & 4th place)