PROJECTS

Khouri/White Collective - large ensemble

A 25-piece jazz orchestra co-led by Sylvia Khouri and Tyler White. The band features original compositions and arrangements in a vast range of styles and moods. Their debut album Parallel Play includes music from Alicia Keys, Leo Parker, Sam Amidon, Henry Mancini, and Leo Parker, as well as acclaimed original compositions.

photo by Jackson Reece

Tyler’s NEW! Quintet/Hextet

Tyler’s NEW! Ensembles reference straight-ahead jazz, the avant-garde, and traditional music with a unique, chordless sound. The ensemble has performed original music as well as arrangements of music by artists including Miles Davis, Sam Wilkes, Edden Hammons, Ornette Coleman, and Alfonso Montes.

The rotating lineup of personnel has included:

Alyss Armstrong (tpt), Quinn Rehkemper (as), Lucy Southan (b), Tommy Wu (d), Sen Yoshimura (as), and Sam Marston (kbd).

In August of 2025, the ensemble with a lineup of Jin Lee (as), Vince LaRosa (tb), Chase Behar (b), and Ben Fig (d) recorded a live album in Olvier Colvin Recital Hall at Berklee College of Music. The set featured mostly traditional old-time melodies, played as swinging jazz and some free improvisation.

The album is available for purchase on Bandcamp or viewable as a full concert video on YouTube

Photos by Klismann Evora

photo by August Bass

wave and string

Tyler White and Zack Thomas are the ambient-electroamericana duo, wave and string. Combining clawhammer banjo with analogue synthesis and DAW manipulation, Tyler and Zack interpret traditional old-time melodies and free improvisation through atmospheric, often meditative explorations.