Aug 26
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Concert Location: Lake Arrowhead Resort & Spa
Concert Location: Lake Arrowhead Resort & Spa
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Grammy-award winning keyboardist George Whitty has spent 30 years playing on the road with the Brecker Brothers, Herbie Hancock, David Sanborn, Richard Bona, Chaka Khan, Sadao Watanabe, and a dozen others, and his resume as a session musician and producer 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 300 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.
George Whitty, a mountain resident since 2006, has played and recorded with Carlos Santana, Herbie Hancock, the Brecker Brothers, Celine Dion, Chaka Khan, David Sanborn and dozens of other top artists, producing 4 Grammy-winning CDs along the way.
With George for this special performance will be bassist Andre’ Berry, a recent transplant to Running Springs and a first-call bassist with The Brothers Johnson, David Sanborn, A Tribe Called Quest, Dave Koz, TLC, Kirk Whalum and a long list of other great musicians.
On drums we have Joel Taylor, drummer for Gloria Estefan, Jeff Lorber, Herb Alpert, Josh Groban, Bobby Caldwell and a top recording choice of producer David Foster. This powerhouse band will be joined by special guests to round out a joyous morning session of hard-grooving, funky, inspired electric jazz!