American jazz saxophonist who is the staff arranger of The U.S. Army Field Band and founder of The Paul White Quintet.

After completing his Bachelor of Music at Appalachian State University he went on to graduate school at The University of Texas at Austin where he began to study more specifically jazz saxophone and composition. In 1999 he finished his Masters of Music in composition and moved into the doctoral program at UT Austin, completed in 2003.