Pharez Whitted is an American jazz trumpeter, composer, band leader and educator from Indianapolis, Indiana.
11 Facts About Pharez Whitted
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In January 2011, Whitted was nominated for the 10th Annual Independent Music Awards in the Jazz Album category for Transient Journey.
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Pharez Whitted played football and studied music at DePauw University and earned a master's degree from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, Bloomington.
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Pharez Whitted has worked with George Duke, Slide Hampton, Elvin Jones, Ramsey Lewis, Branford Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, Roy Meriwether, The O'Jays, Lou Rawls, The Temptations, Kirk Whalum, John Mellencamp, and Indiana University classmate and The Tonight Show bassist Bob Hurst.
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Pharez Whitted wrote, produced, and arranged his first two albums for Motown.
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Pharez Whitted co-produced the album People Make the World Go 'Round.
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Pharez Whitted has performed throughout the United States and overseas, including shows at the 1988 Presidential Inauguration, The Arsenio Hall Show, The Billboard Music Awards, Carnegie Hall, and the MoTown Music Showcase.
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Pharez Whitted is jazz director of Chicago's Youth Symphony Orchestra and works with Jazz at Lincoln Center and Ravinia's Jazz Scholar program.
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Pharez Whitted has taught nearly nonstop since earning a master's degree from Indiana.
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Pharez Whitted is currently an instructor of jazz studies at Northern Illinois University.
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In January 2011, Pharez Whitted was nominated for the 10th Annual Independent Music Awards in the Jazz Album category for Transient Journey.