Steve White (saxophonist)

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Steve White

| birth_name = Stephen Gaylord Goorabian

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1925|11|20}}

| birth_place = Fresno, California, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2005|12|21|1925|11|20}}

| death_place = Burbank, California, U.S.

| genre = Jazz

| occupation = Musician

| instrument = Tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, clarinet

| years_active =

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}}

Steve White (born Stephen Gaylord Goorabian, sometimes spelled "Gailord"; November 20, 1925 – December 21, 2005) was an American jazz saxophonist based in Los Angeles who recorded in the 1950s for Nocturne, Pacific Jazz, and Atlantic. He primarily played tenor saxophone, but he also played baritone and clarinet.{{cite book |last1=Chamberlain |first1=Safford |title=An Unsung Cat: The Life and Music of Warne Marsh |date=2000 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=0810837188 |page=45}}{{cite book |last1=Gordon |first1=Jack |title=Fifties Jazz Talk: An Oral Retrospective |date=2004 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=0810849976 |pages=81, 160, 193, 195}}1998 Interview of Bob Enevoldsen, Jazz Journal International, 53:10, October 2000, p.12

Down Beat, Vol. 25, July 10, 1958, pp. 10 & 13 Steve White was friends with jazz musicians Harry Babasin and Bob Enevoldsen. White's father was a saxophonist and member of the Jimmy Dorsey Band. His father was the first to use the pseudonym "White.""Stephen Goorabian", The California Courier, September 9, 1982