Jay Leonhart
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American double bassist, singer, and songwriter
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1940-12-06
jazzjazz bassistpost-bop
Discography
- play the music of Duke Ellington
- There's Gonna Be Trouble1984
- Salamander Pie1984
- New York Swing: Cole Porter Collective1992
- NY Swing1992
- Sensitive to the Touch - The Music of Harold Arlen1998
- Galaxies and Planets2001
- Manhattan Swing: A Visit With The Duke2001
- Rodgers and Leonhart2002
- This Rhythm on My Mind2006
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,460
- Total plays
- 14,407
Tags
jazzbassECMbluesbasse
Jay Leonhart grew up in a musical family. His parents, sisters, and brothers (6 kids in all), were all musically inclined. Everyone played the piano. By the age of seven, Jay and his older brother Bill were playing banjos and guitars and mandolins and basses. They played country music, jazz -- anything with a beat. In their early teens, Jay and Bill were television stars in Baltimore and were touring the country performing on their banjos. When Jay was fourteen he started playing the bass in Th
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Baltimore
- Occupation
- singer
- Educated at
- Berklee College of Music
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Barbara Carroll detail.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- date of birth
- 1940-12-06
- start of work period
- 1960-00-00
- name in native language
- Jay Leonhart
- birth name
- James Chancellor Leonhart
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