Leland Whitty

Leland Whitty is a Toronto-based saxophonist, composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist is best known as a member of the raucous instrumental Toronto-bred jazz and hip-hop outfit BadBadNotGood and their R&B offshoot, Easy Feelings Unlimited. He has also worked as a sideman with a number of artists including Kali Uchis, Tesseract, Eschaton, and Charlotte Wilson. He has worked in touring and production capacities with Kendrick Lamar, Ghostface Killah, Snoop Dogg, Colin Stetson, Mary J. Blige, Camila Cabello, Earl Sweatshirt, and Kaytranada. He splits his time playing with BadBadNotGood, composing, and doing production work. In February of 2020, in collaboration with bandmate Alexander Sowinski, Whitty released the score and original soundtrack for the film Disappearance at Clifton Hill. The following month, a collaboration with former bandmate Matthew Tavares resulted in the psychedelic spiritual jazz outing Visions for Mr. Bongo; their rhythm section included Julian Anderson-Bowes on bass and drummer Matthew Chalmers. ~ Thom Jurek