David Whitman

Trained as a well-rounded percussionist in the orchestra, as a jazz musician on the bandstand, and as an artist under the tutelage of great teachers like Joe Morello (Dave Brubeck) and Dave King (The Bad Plus), David Whitman brings a passion and deep respect for the music to the stage wherever and whenever he performs. Praised for his versatility, he possesses a high level of skill across a broad range of percussion styles and ensemble situations.

Trained as a well-rounded percussionist in the orchestra, as a jazz musician on the bandstand, and as an artist under the tutelage of great teachers like Joe Morello (Dave Brubeck) and Dave King (The Bad Plus), David Whitman brings a passion and deep respect for the music to the stage wherever and whenever he performs. Praised for his versatility, he possesses skill across a broad styles.

Pete Whitman is a saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator based in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. As a freelance musician, Whitman performs in a wide range of musical styles and contexts that include Jazz, Classical, Pop, dance bands, etc. He has performed with such distinguished groups as the Minnesota Orchestra, Jack McDuff, Curtis Fuller, the Woody Herman Orchestra, the Jazz MN Big Band, The Glenn Miller Orchestra, The Temptations, and The Midtown Men. Whitman has recorded extensively as a sideman and has three CD’s under own name. "Where's When" is his third, released via Artegra label. It features the Pete Whitman's X-tet - a ten-piece ensemble, which received a four-star rating by DownBeat Magazine.

Un roman d'apprentissage jamais traduit en français : dans la tradition d'Oliver Twist ou David Copperfield.
Roman feuilleton publié en 1852, dans le journal new-yorkais The Sunday Dispatch, ce récit retrace l'histoire de Jack, un gamin des rues new-yorkaises recueilli par un marchand ambulant. Quelques années plus tard, son bienfaiteur décide de placer le jeune homme chez Cover, un avocat crapuleux, dans l'espoir qu'il fera carrière. Or, par un hasard des plus dramatiques, le héros se retrouve plongé dans le mystère de ses origines…