Jason White

Jason White, gospel and avant garde vocalist, passed away on Thursday night, September 8, 1994 from complications of AIDS. He was twenty-three years old. Jason toured Japan and Europe with the classical/rock musician John Cale, jazz singer Diane Reeves, and as a member of the Soldier String Quartet. In gospel music, Jason sang with Rejoicensemble, Ashford and Simpson, Reverend Ike's Choir, and Lavender Light. He was a featured tenor soloist with the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra as the soloist in Mark Twain's War Prayer, a cantata written for him by Dave Soldier, on the The Apotheosis of John Brown, and with the Soldier String Quartet on She's Lightning When She Smiles.