White took up the saxophone at the age of 13 , whilst a pupil at Lawrence Weston Secondary School . He started gigging a couple of years later , and was soon playing in the National Youth Jazz Orchestra and touring with other musicians ( such as France Gall ) . He joined Dire Straits in 1985 for their two final world tours , and played at both the Live Aid concert and Nelson Mandela 's 70th Birthday Concert in 1988 . In 2002 he joined the band again together with Mark Knopfler , Guy Fletcher , John Illsley and Danny Cummings in the four small reunion gigs in London and Beaulieu Abbey
Nelson Mandela 's 70th Birthday Concert
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Chris White (saxophonist)