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  • Keyboardist, Producer, Composer Grammy-award winning

    keyboardist George Whitty hasspent 20 years playing on the road with the Brecker Brothers, David Sanborn, Richard Bona, Chaka Khan, Herbie Hancock, and a dozen others, and his resume as a session musician includes some of the best-selling records of all time: Santana's "Supernatural" (with Dave Matthews), Celine Dion's "Falling Into You" and "These are Special Times", and more than 100 other CDs. As a producer/keyboardist, his Grammy-winning streak began with Chaka Khan's "The Woman I Am" in 1992 and extends through 3 award-winning releases with the Brecker Brothers, most recently Randy Brecker's "34th and Lex", 2004's Grammy-winner for Contemporary Jazz Record of the Year, which he also mixed. In April

    2010, he completed work on several tracks for Herbie Hancock's CD "The Imagine Project", programming Herbies live rig for the tour as well. In August 2012, George played the Concert For Peace with Herbie, Carlos Santana, Wayne Shorter and an all-star band. As a composer, he's written for hundreds of episodes of television and several award-winning films, composing for a dozen shows from "The Road to Stardom with Missy Elliot" to "As the World Turns", for whose music he was nominated for a 2006 Emmy award.He was awarded a 2014 Emmy for his work on All My Children. George recently finished the score to the feature film, "The Getdown, now in the rotation on Showtime, and has been touring the world as

    keyboardist with David Sanborn, Chris Minh Doky & the Nomads, his own trio Third Rail, and with an extraordinary solo show, working on several CD projects, conducting clinics and master classes and teaching private lessons around the world, and enjoying life in the mountains outside Los Angeles with his two small boys. "

    "The set kicked off with 2003's "Comin' Home Baby," a spacey, atmospheric groove that provided a background to showcase Sanborn's wildly talented keyboardist and organist,George Whitty." - The Buffalo (NY) News, 05.21.07

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  • "Sanborn has assembled an able quintet, though none more so than Whitty, whose style and technique is at least as highly developed and multitextured as Sanborn's."- The Buffalo News, 05.21.07

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    CURRENT PROJECTS as of 04/2014:""Third Rail: Georges trio with Etienne MBappe on bass and Tom Brechtlein on drums played its second European tour May 22 -June 8, 2014, and released its first CD, Ignition: Live Across Europe in May 14. Recorded on the bands first tour of Europe in December 2013, the CD features tunes by George and Janek Gwizdala (bassist on the first tour). For info, click here.""Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter: Arranged several pieces by Herbie and Wayne for full orchestra. The first of these, Sonrisa premiered with the Calgary Philharmonic featuring Herbie Hancock, and continued on to the Oregon Symphony and the Seattle Symphony. Also programming keyboards, loops, and backing tracks for Herbies solo concert series.""Clinics, Master classes and Workshops: Recent workshops on improvisation, keyboard approaches, production and arranging include, from December 2013: Pop-Akademie, Mannheim, Germany and the Osnabrck Institut fr Musik, Osnabrck, Germany. "Georges online music instruction series, featuring more than 70 online video lessons, is also online at www.musicpath.net ""CMD and the Nomads: In their 6th year together, Chris Minh Doky, Dave Weckl, Dean Brown and George released their first live CD, The Board Tapes in March of 2014, and are touring extensively in Europe and Scandinavia in 2014 and 2015. ""Randy Brecker: Currently playing with Randy Brecker and the Brecker Bros. Reunion Band, featuring Will Lee, Dave Weckl, Mike Stern, and Ada Rovatti. The band played a nearly sold-out week at the Blue Note New York, and filmed a live DVD there on Saturday night, which George mixed. Also producing, arranging, mixing and playing on Randys forthcoming CD, featuring David Sanborn.""Drew Zingg:Wrote and arranged several pieces for the debut CD by long-time Steely Dan/Boz Scaggs guitarist Drew Zingg, and played all keyboards on the sessions, featuring Michael McDonald, Boz Scaggs, Vinnie Colaiuta, Will Lee, and several other guest artists."

    On YouTube: " Do A Little Dance: Third Rail - G Whitty, J Gwizdala, T Brechtlein Live in Cologne

    First Tune of the Set: Brecker Bros. Band Reunion live at the Blue Note 2011

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  • SELECTED RECENT CREDITS AND EXPERIENCE:!"CD PROJECTS:""Ignition: Third Rail- keyboards, composer, producer, mix & mastering engineer."The Imagine Project: Herbie Hancock- keyboards, synthesizer orchestration."Supernatural: Carlos Santana and Dave Matthews- keyboards."34th and Lex:Randy Brecker- Producer, Keyboards/programming, Mix Engineer. 2004 Grammy for Best Contemporary Jazz Album"Falling Into You: Celine Dion- Keyboards, programming, arrangements"Till The End Of Forever: Michael Bolton- Keyboards, Mix Engineer"These Are Special Times: Celine Dion- Keyboards, Arranger"The Woman I Am: Chaka Khan- Producer, Keyboards, Programming, Arranger. Grammy for Best R & B Vocal Performance"Time Is Of The Essence: Michael Brecker- Producer. Nominated for 2001 Grammy for Best Instrumental Jazz Album"Tales from the Hudson: Michael Brecker- Producer. 1996 Grammy for Best Instrumental Jazz Album"Out of the Loop: The Brecker Brothers- Producer, keyboards, arranger. 1995 Grammy for Best Contemporary Jazz Album""TOURS:""David Sanborn: 1999-2010"Randy Brecker: 1992-2011"Chris Minh Doky: 2002-2010"Sadao Watanabe feat. Richard Bona: 2001-2004"The Brecker Brothers: 1992-1997""FILM:"03.11 The Getdown- Scored this feature comedy film"11.07 ASCAP'sHarold Arlen Awardfor Orchestral scoring, out of 300+ applicants"07.07 Jinx!(dark comedy) directed by Adam Baran. Bought by the Independent Film Channel"07.07 ASCAP'sFilm and TV Scoring Workshop- 1 of 12 selected worldwide for this boot camp for the best young composers"03.07 Cleansing(supernatural thriller) directed by Sean Kreminitskiy"01.07 One(suspense/action/drama) directed by Sean K. Won Gold Medal for Best Score, 2008 Park City Film Music Festival"10.06 Open Season(drama) directed by Joseph Caldwell. Nominated for Best Director, Best Drama, Hollywood DV Film Festival"06.06 Chi(action/martial arts) directed by Chris Vallone. Nominated for Best Action Sequence, Action on Film Festival"02.06 Bad Dream(dark comedy) directed by Eduardo Benchoam. Screened at HBO's NY Int'l Latino Film Festival"06.05 The Cask of Amontillado(horror/drama) directed by Sean K""Several dozen film and TV cues, most with video, are available here: lwww.gwhitty.com""TELEVISION:""The Road to Stardom with Missy Elliot- Reality series"MTV's Stankervision- Sketch comedy series"The Entertainer- Reality Series"Science Times- "Living With Fire" - Discovery Channel Documentary"As the World Turns- Nominated for an Emmy for my work on this show"The Gorge Games- Adventure/extreme sports competition"

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