AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2025 | 19 Sept. 20 Gulf Coast Jazz Festival Sanders Beach-Corinne Jones Resource Center Pensacola, Florida www.gulfcoastsummerfestjazzedition.com Sept. 29-Oct. 6 Amsterdam Smooth Jazz Festival: River Cruise Edition Sailing the waterways of Holland and Belgium Aboard the ms Amadeus Brilliant www.smoothjazzeurope.eu Nov. 8 Jazz Legacy Foundation 13th Annual Gala Weekend Saturday Night of Elegance (Jazz Attack with Richard Elliot and Rick Braun) Hampton Roads Convention Center Hampton, Virginia www.jazzlegacyfoundation.org Dec. 14 A Peter White Christmas featuring Mindi Abair and Vincent Ingala Hilton Orlando/Altamonte Springs Altamonte Springs, Florida www.floridasmoothjazz.com Dec. 30-31 Rick Braun’s New Year’s Eve Rosen Shingle Creek Orlando Orlando, Florida www.floridasmoothjazz.com April 30-May 3, 2026 Daytona Jazz Weekend, hosted by Peter White The Daytona, Autograph Collection Daytona Beach, Florida www.floridasmoothjazz.com Dec. 9-16, 2026 Rick Braun’s Christmas Market River Cruise 2026 Sailing the waterways from Amsterdam to Basel, Switzerland Aboard AmaWaterways AmaPrima www.rickbraun.com/christmasmarket On To pushing the bar, doesn’t he? We thought it was going to be over when he turned 40. Now he’s 80. How can this t into any perspective when Mick is 10 years older than me, and he’s still out there shaking his ass,” he laughed. “I don’t know if I can be an exception like him, but I’m going to keep going until it doesn’t make sense or people start telling me it’s time to retire.” Despite spending many hours on the road and in the studio, White maintains a busy life with his wife, Robin Pao, and their daughter, Charlotte, and doing the things he enjoys. He said that he’s a voracious reader and enjoys playing soccer in the park with his friends near his home in the Los Angeles area. The erudite Stewart, White’s lifetime friend who gained fame for his historical and literary-influenced pop, clearly rubbed off on the thoughtful and wise White. “I was at Paul Brown’s house once—he’s a friend and produced many of my albums—and his wife, Jackie, once said this to me, ‘You never went to college, but you seem so learned,’” White said, breaking out laughing. “Well, I’m very curious about life and interested in learning. I’m on Wikipedia 10 times a day. at’s one of my hobbies. I’m interested in nding out what happened to people. Before the internet, we couldn’t get those answers. “And I love to read musician biographies. I’m reading a biography of Paul McCartney called ‘ e McCartney Legacy,’ and it’s chockfull of information.” He is nding happiness in the quotidian things in life, which many of us overlook or neglect. “My daughter is 24—she graduated from college a couple of years ago—and I’m going to get sushi with her tonight. She was on the Dave Koz cruise with me. I love having these times with her.” He added that last year he had a special reunion that helped put life in perspective and remind him of the things that matter. “I went to New Zealand and played with my sister’s band for fun. We hadn’t played together in 60 years, when we were kids. We played in a little folk club. She plays the ukulele and tin whistle. It was special. A lady came up to me and said, ‘Are you in a band? You’re pretty good,’” he said, chuckling again. “And I just said, ‘No, I’m just Michelle’s brother.’ When you get down to basics, that’s why I’m enjoying life. It can be so joyful.” For more information on White, including his complete tour schedule, visit www.peterwhite.com. “People ask me when I am going to retire, and I say, ‘I’m already retired because I’m doing what I love.’”
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