Album Review Rodney Whitaker: Mosaic: The Music of Gregg Hill. by Paul Rauch February 20, 2025. In their fourth collaboration on Origin Records, bassist and bandleader Rodney Whitaker and Central ...

Rodney Whitaker, University Distinguished Professor of Jazz Bass and director of Jazz Studies in the Michigan State University College of Music chats with a student at his office, Friday, Jan. 17 ...

How Rodney Whitaker ended up at Michigan State. Whitaker's been called the Tom Izzo of jazz, a nod to MSU's Hall of Fame basketball coach. Both are known for building prize-winning programs and ...

Rodney William Whitaker, 74, the mystery writer best known as Trevanian and the author of such international bestsellers as "The Eiger Sanction," died Dec. 14 in the West Country of England.

Rodney Whitaker’s name is known around the world for his much-praised work as a jazz bassist, and he's one of many jazz legends who hail from Detroit. This week, he’s being honored twice in ...

The Rodney Whitaker Quartet performs album release concerts on behalf of Oasis at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30 and Thursday, Dec. 1 at Cliff Bell’s, 2030 Park Ave., Detroit; 313- 961 ...

With a grimace, Rodney Whitaker remembers his first year as of Director of Jazz Studies at Michigan State University 15 years ago. "There was so much to do, and I just wanted to do it all right away.

MSU jazz studies director Rodney Whitaker was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in September.