Education
Whitted studied music at DePauw University and went on to earn a master"s degree from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.
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Whitted studied music at DePauw University and went on to earn a master"s degree from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.
Since 1982, Whitted has performed throughout the United States and overseas, including gigs at the 1988 Presidential Inauguration, The Arsenio Hall Show, The Billboard Music Awards, Carnegie Hall, and the MoTown Music Showcase. He is currently the director of jazz studies at Chicago State University and as of 2009 plays in Chicago, regionally, nationally and internationally, often with Bobby Broom, Ron Perrillo, and Eddie Bayard. Whitted wrote, produced, arranged, and played on his two compact discs for MoTown"s Jazz record label, entitled Pharez Whitted and Mysterious Cargo.
He also co-produced the MoJazz album People Make the World Go "Round.
Whitted"s third album, Transient Journey was released in 2010 by Indianapolis jazz label Owl Studios. In January 2011, Pharez Whitted was nominated for The 10th Annual Independent Music Awards in the Jazz Album category for Transient Journey.
