Jay Leonhart
Jay Leonhart
Artist Information
Genres: Bop, Swing, Post-Bop, Hard Bop
Active: 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's
Born: December 6, 1940 in Baltimore, MD
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Biography
A superior bassist, Jay Leonhart has also had a parallel and sometimes overlapping career as a witty lyricist and occasional singer. As a child he attended the Peabody Conservatory (1946-50) and by the time he went to the Berklee College of Music (1959-61), Leonhart was a jazz musician. He played with Buddy Morrow (1961) and Mike Longo (1962-63) and then became a busy freelance musician in New York.
Discography
Release: November 16, 2004
Label: Sons of Sound
Release:
Label: Tokuma Japan Comm., Tokuma
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