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Harley White Jr. is a Sacramento bassist, composer, arranger, and bandleader who has been a fixture of the region's jazz, blues, and funk scenes since 1991. The son of Bay Area bassist and educator Harley White Sr., he moved through violin, trumpet, and tuba before settling on bass at 14 and gigging across Northern California. He co-founded Papa's Culture (which released an album on Elektra in 1993) and has worked with Blackalicious, Cake, and Ben Harper. In 2016 he was a Pulitzer Prize nominee for the music to Direct from Death Row: The Scottsboro Boys. Today he leads the Harley White Jr. Orchestra — a self-described grassroots preservation jazz band honoring Ellington, Basie, and Armstrong while folding in funk, Latin, and cabaret — and a smaller trio for intimate Sacramento venues.
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