Michael Walter White (born 24 May 1930 in Houston, Texas) was an American jazz
violinist whose early exposure to the instrument began at age 6. His career
breakthrough came in 1965 when he joined the John Handy Quintet at the Monterey
Jazz Festival, later recording 3 albums with Handy and pioneering the violin in
avant‑garde jazz. White released Spirit Dance (1972), Pneuma (1972), The Land of
Spirit and Light (1973), and Father Music, Mother Dance (1974), followed by The
X Factor (1978) and White Night (1979). In 1997, he co‑led Motion Pictures with
Bill Frisell, and in 2004, he ...