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A CEREMONIAL RESOLUTION
20-35
In the Council of the District of Columbia
April 9, 2013
To recognize multi-instrumentalist, music theorist, composer, author, publisher, and entrepreneur Andrew White, to honor a native Washingtonian and Ward 5 resident, to pay tribute to one of America’s and the world’s greatest saxophonists, to prepare for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History Jazz Appreciation Month; and to declare April 24, 2013, as “Andrew White Day” in the District of Columbia.
WHEREAS, Andrew Nathaniel White III was born on September 6, 1942 in Washington, District of Columbia, grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, and returned to the District of Columbia in 1960 to attend and graduate cum laude from Howard University;
WHEREAS, Andrew White furthered his education at world-renowned institutions, such as the Paris Conservatory of Music, Tanglewood Music Center, Dartmouth College, and the Center of Creative and Performing Arts at the State University of New York at Buffalo;
WHEREAS, Andrew White’s career soared between 1966 and 1976 when he played the electric bass with legendary musicians, including Stevie Wonder and musical sensation singing group the Fifth Dimension;
WHEREAS, Andrew White continued to amaze the world by playing saxophone with the likes of Kenny Clark, Otis Redding, McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Beaver Harris, and the Julius Hemphill Sextet;
WHEREAS, Andrew White has performed hundreds of personal solo appearances across the world and entertained music fans at the world’s greatest venues, such as Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and Paris’s Theatre du Chatelet;
WHEREAS, Andrew White is known as the “Keeper of the Trane” for his contributions as an educator and status as a world-renowned John Coltrane scholar;
WHEREAS, Andrew White has written over 400 original compositions, 48 records, and 32 original books and treatises, in addition to an 840-page autobiography entitled “Everybody Loves the Sugar”; and
WHEREAS, Andrew White is known as “Hercules” and “Marathon Man” for his vigorous passion for jazz and his fans during concerts, including performing a 12-hour show at the Top O'Foolery House of Jazz on Pennsylvania Avenue in 1975.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the “Andrew White Day Recognition Resolution of 2013”.
Sec. 2. The Council of the District of Columbia hereby recognizes, honors, and celebrates Andrew White and declares April 24, 2013, as “Andrew White Day” in the District of Columbia.
Sec. 3. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon the first date of publication in
the District of Columbia Register.
