Andrew White

Adjectives will not do justice to this man, and it is even hard to invoke imagery suitable to describe his accomplishments. There are the players known as musician's musicians; Andrew White, one would have to say, is a musician's musician's musician. Any one of his talents might be judged as an impossibility by any other ordinary mortal: such as learning to play the oboe; overdubbing a chamber music quartet and playing all the instruments himself; transcribing all the solos of John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy; or having the stamina to play a 24-hour gig, wearing out three rhythm ...