ABOUT
WHITTY HALL ARTIST TEAM
WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE
To the great joy of their legions of fans, the extraordinary musicians George Whitty and Ellis Hall have teamed up to create some high-octane funk, bringing together fellow world-class artists for the very first time. The result of this collaboration is the brilliant and infectious “In the World.” You can listen to its snippets here.
Welcome to the Whitty Hall Artist Team.
How did this project come about? In 2023, the two joined forces for the first time on an absolutely genius musical work of art for Ukraine's war relief. The recording went live on the fundraising platform United24 and now sports thousands of views on YouTube.
Musically, it was a match made in heaven. The initial project inspired George and Ellis to create another – resulting in “In the World!!!!”. You’ll delight in this joyful noise from the Whitty Hall Artist Team. It’s nothing short of unbelievable to witness.
The team has plans to release their first album, "In the World!!!!" January 17th, 2025, and was accepted into NPR's Tiny Desk Contest, representing the state of Oregon.
Introducing WHAT!!!!
GEORGE WHITTY
George Whitty is an American musician, composer, record producer, audio engineer and music educator. He won an Emmy Award in 2014 for his work as a composer for the television series, All My Children, and produced three Grammy Award winning CDs (most recently Randy Brecker's 34th N Lex). Whitty was nominated for Emmy Awards for his composing on the long-running TV shows One Life to Live and As the World Turns. As a musician, he has played and recorded with artists such as Dave Matthews and Santana, Celine Dion, Michael and Randy Brecker (four years on the road, seven albums), Chaka Khan, Richard Bona, Chris Minh Doky, Sadao Watanabe, Grover Washington Jr., Till Brönner and others. And he has performed with Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Carlos Santana, MarcusMiller, Dave Holland and Zakir Hussein.
ELLIS HALL
Ellis Hall Jr. was born in Savannah, Georgia, and known professionally as Ellis Hall is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actor and composer. He was described as "The Ambassador of Soul" by conductor, Jeff Tyzik. Hall has been blind since the age of 18.Citing Ray Charles as his inspiration, Hall has written over 4000 soul, gospel, blues and pop songs, and has performed and recorded with Stevie Wonder, James Taylor, Natalie Cole, Patti LaBelle, Toby Keith, Herbie Hancock, George Benson, Bobby Womack, Sheila E, Maurice White of Earth, Wind and Fire, Tower of Power and Ray Charles, to mention a few. He was the voice in the California Raisins commercial, along with the voice in numerous movies, as composer, actor and accompanist.
DAVID FORD
A legend on the Oregon Coast for his fiery yet sublime guitar playing and vocals, David Ford is a multi-faceted musician and composer. He joins the all-star cast of WHAT!!!! for 3 hot studio tracks recorded in January 2024, and is also the composer of “Miami” one of the songs on the WHAT!!!!’s maiden voyage CD. His tasty guitar work can be heard throughout the tracks on “In The World”. An avid audiophile and recording enthusiast, David is also the owner of Inner Sanctum Recording, the finest and most complete recording studio on the Oregon Coast.
ARMAND SABAL-LECCO a.k.a. SABAL-LOCO
Bassist Armand Sabal-Lecco has boggled the minds of tens of millions of music fans as the driving musical force on Paul Simon’s massive “Rhythm of the Saints” tours. As just a teenager in mid-‘80s Paris Armand was among the pioneering wave of African musicians who redefined the sound of World Music. Since then, as a specialist in creating musical bridges between cultures, ASL's unique talents have been in demand from high profile artists including Sir George Martin, Peter Gabriel, Mercedes Sosa, Ringo Starr, João Bosco, Ziggy Marley, and Manu Dibango among many others. He has composed for world-renowned artists including Carole King, Jeff Beck, Stewart Copeland and Herbie Hancock.
AARON HAGGERTY
Aaron Haggerty is one of the world’s hottest young drummers and producers, who has recorded, toured and appeared on releases with artist including Al McKay (Earth Wind and Fire), Kool & The Gang, Eric Gales, Gary Clark Jr, UB40, Wicked Wisdom and more. His influences heavily draw from jazz, funk, r&b, house and techno and world music. You can expect an eclectic variety of sounds when exploring his catalog.
WHAT!!!! George Whitty
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