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.

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.