Ellis White

SMOOTH JAZZ, R&B GUITARIST

Jacksonville, FL

 

As an Award Winning and Grammy Nominated International Recording Artist with Polyphemus Records, Ellis White has performed on festival stages that included artists such as Bob Baldwin, Spyro Gyra, Marion Meadows, Chris Godber, Chick Corea, Blake Aaron, Euge Groove, Maysa, The Rippingtons and The Commodores, Snarky Puppy, Dr. John, The Yellowjackets, Damien Escobar, Layla Hathaway and Nathan East among others.

Radio has been kind to Ellis White with his music receiving significant airplay, great reviews and placement on all the major radio charts with single Keeping It Real spending 54 consecutive weeks at #1 on UK’s Smoother Jazz Chart and single Shaken Not Stirred spending months on the Billboard Top 30 chart reaching a high of #17.

Ellis offers instrumental performances focusing on original compositions while blending in top genre cover arrangements. Ellis performs for music festivals,  jazz festivals,  jazz venues as well as municipal and private events. His sound incorporates diverse music backgrounds incorporating flavors of Smooth Jazz, Blues, Latin, Funk and R&B which comes through in his music featuring multiple lead instruments as opposed to a singular focus. When Ellis and company hits the stage they do so with high energy, soulful and sensual magic!

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