Jay Leonhart

• Born: December 06, 1940, Baltimore, MD
• Active: '70s, '80s, '90s, 2000s
• Genres: Jazz
• Instrument: Bass, Lyricist, Vocals
• Representative Albums: "Cool," "Sensitive to the Touch," "Salamander Pie"

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. Among Leonhardt's many associations were Marian McPartland (with whom he recorded in 1971), Jim Hall, Urbie Green, Chuck Wayne (1976), Phil Woods, Gerry Mulligan, Lee Konitz, Don Sebesky, Louie Bellson and pianist Mike Renzi. Leonhart started becoming well-known as a lyricist in the 1980's when he began leading his own recording sessions and started having his songs being recorded by other singers. As a leader, Jay Leonhart has recorded for DMP (1983), Sunnyside (1984 and 1988), Nesak (1990) and DRG (1993). ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Live at Fat Tuesday's: May 13-15, 1993 Buy this CD	Bass Lesson [DVD] Buy this CD	Cool Buy this CD	Rodgers & Leonhart Buy this CD	Great Duets Buy this CD
Sensitive to the Touch Buy this CD	Sensitive to the Touch Buy this CD	Fly Me to the Moon Buy this CD	Four Duke [Laserlight] Buy this CD	Four Duke [LRC] Buy this CD

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