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. Leonhart is noted for his clever songwriting, often laced with dry humor. His compositions have been recorded by

Blossom Dearie Margrethe Blossom Dearie (April 28, 1924 – February 7, 2009) was an American jazz singer and pianist. She had a recognizably light and girlish voice. Profile at AllMusic/ref> Dearie performed regular engagements in London and New York City o ...

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. His poetry is published both in, and outside of, the venue of song.

Career

Leonhart grew up in a musical family. His parents and six siblings were all musically inclined. Everyone played the piano. By the age of seven, he and his older brother Bill were playing banjo, guitar, mandolin, and bass. They played country music and jazz. In their early teens, they were on TV in Baltimore and toured the country performing on banjo. When Leonhart was fourteen he started playing double bass in the Pier Five Dixieland Jazz Band in Baltimore. After studying at the Peabody Institute (1946–1950), he attended the

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(1959–1961) and the Advanced School of Contemporary Music in Toronto. In the early 1960s, he worked with

Mike Longo Michael Josef Longo (March 19, 1937 – March 22, 2020) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and author. Early life Longo was born in Cincinnati, Ohio to parents who had a musical background. His father played bass, his mother played organ at c ...

and Buddy Morrow. At twenty one, he moved to New York City to start his career. He played road gigs with big bands, small bands, and singers. In 1968, he met and married a singer named Donna Zier and settled in New York. Leonhart has worked with

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, Urbie Green, Jim Hall,

Marian McPartland Margaret Marian McPartland OBE ( Turner;Hasson, Claire"Marian McPartland: Jazz Pianist: An Overview of a Career" PhD Thesis. Retrieved 12 August 2008. 20 March 1918 – 20 August 2013), was an English–American jazz pianist, composer, and wri ...

Gerry Mulligan Gerald Joseph Mulligan (April 6, 1927 – January 20, 1996), also known as Jeru, was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, composer and arranger. Though primarily known as one of the leading jazz baritone saxophonists—playing the instrum ...

Mike Renzi Michael Ernest Renzi (April 28, 1941 – September 29, 2021) was an American composer, music director, pianist, and jazz musician. Renzi graduated from the Boston Conservatory in 1973 and from Berklee College of Music in 1974. He was a musical ...

, Don Sebesky, Chuck Wayne, and

Phil Woods Philip Wells Woods (November 2, 1931 – September 29, 2015) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader, and composer. Biography Woods was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. After inheriting a saxophone at age 12, he began ...

Thad Jones Thaddeus Joseph Jones (March 28, 1923 – August 20, 1986) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader who has been called "one of the all-time greatest jazz trumpet soloists". Biography Thad Jones was born in Pontiac, Michigan, U ...

Mel Lewis Melvin Sokoloff (May 10, 1929 – February 2, 1990), known professionally as Mel Lewis, was an American jazz drummer, session musician, professor, and author. He received fourteen Grammy Award nominations. Biography Early years Lewis was ...

Lou Marini Louis William Marini Jr. (born May 13, 1945), known as "Blue Lou" Marini, is an American saxophonist, arranger, and composer. He is best known for his work in jazz, rock, blues, and soul music, as well as his association with The Blues Brot ...

, and

Tony Bennett Anthony Dominick Benedetto (born August 3, 1926), known professionally as Tony Bennett, is an American retired singer of traditional pop standards, big band, show tunes, and jazz. Bennett is also a painter, having created works under his birt ...

. He has worked as a studio musician in several genres, for musicians such as

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. He has also played in a duo with trombonist Wycliffe Gordon. Between 1975 and 1995 he was named Most Valuable Bassist in the recording industry three times by the

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. Leonhart has recorded many solo albums and has performed a one-man show called "The Bass Lesson" about his life in the music business. He has toured worldwide for more than forty years. His son and daughter,

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, have worked often with

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Discography

As leader

* ''Salamander Pie'' with

( DMP, 1983) * ''There's Gonna Be Trouble'' with Joe Beck ( Sunnyside, 1984) * ''The Double Cross'' (Sunnyside, 1988) * ''Life Out on the Road: A Jazz Journey'' (Prestige Elite, 1990) * ''Live at Fat Tuesday's: May 13–15, 1993'' ( DRG, 1993) * ''Four Duke'' with Joe Beck, Gary Burton, Terry Clarke (LaserLight, 1995) * ''Sensitive to the Touch: The Music of Harold Arlen'' with Ken Peplowski (Groove Jams, 1998) * ''Live at the 1996 Floating Jazz Festival'' with Bucky Pizzarelli, John Bunch (Chiaroscuro, 1998) * ''Great Duets'' (Chiaroscuro, 1999) * ''Galaxies and Planets'' (Sons of Sound, 2001) * ''Rodgers & Leonhart'' (Sons of Sound, 2002) * ''Tony's Tunes'' with John Bunch, Bucky Pizzarelli (Chiaroscuro, 2003) * ''Fly Me to the Moon'' (Venus, 2004) * ''Cool'' (Sons of Sound, 2004) * '' Lost Songs of 1936'' with Bucky Pizzarelli, Dick Hyman (Victoria, 2006) With The New York Trio * ''Blues in the Night'' (Venus, 2001) * ''The Things We Did Last Summer'' (Venus, 2002) * ''Love You Madly'' (Venus, 2003) * ''Stairway to the Stars'' (Venus, 2004) * ''Begin the Beguine'' (Venus, 2006) * ''Thou Swell'' (Venus, 2007) * ''Always'' (Venus, 2008) * ''Stardust'' (Venus, 2009)

As guest

With Joe Beck * ''Relaxin'' (DMP, 1983) * ''Friends'' (DMP, 1984) * ''Back to Beck'' (DMP, 1988) With

* ''Louie Bellson and His Jazz Orchestra'' (Musicmasters, 1987) * ''Hot'' (Musicmasters, 1988) * ''East Side Suite'' (Musicmasters, 1989) * ''Airmail Special'' (Musicmasters, 1990) * ''Peaceful Thunder'' (Jazz Heritage, 1993) With Barbara Carroll * ''From the Beginning'' (United Artists, 1977) * ''Live at the Carlyle'' (DRG, 1991) * ''This Heart of Mine'' (DRG, 1994) * ''Everything I Love'' (DRG, 1995) * ''Live at Birdland'' (Harbinger, 2004) * ''Sentimental Mood'' (Venus, 2006) * ''I Wished on the Moon'' (Venus, 2007) * ''Something to Live For'' (Harbinger, 2010) * ''How Long Has This Been Going On?'' (Harbinger, 2011) With Meredith D'Ambrosio * ''Shadowland'' (Sunnyside, 1993) * ''Echo of a Kiss'' (Sunnyside, 1998) * ''Love Is for the Birds'' (Sunnyside, 2002) With Michael Feinstein * ''Recorded Live at Feinstein's at the Regency'' (Concord Jazz, 2000) * ''Romance on Film, Romance on Broadway'' (Concord Jazz, 2000) * '' Fly Me to the Moon'' (DuckHole, 2010) With Eddie Higgins * ''Music of Jobim: Speaking of Love'' (Venus, 2000) * ''Don't Smoke in Bed'' (Venus, 2000) * ''Bewitched'' (Venus, 2001) * ''A Time for Love'' (Nola, 2002) * ''Moonlight Becomes You'' (Venus, 2003) * ''Dear Old Stockholm'' (Venus, 2003) * ''Dear Old Stockholm Vol. 2'' (Venus, 2003) * ''If Dreams Come True'' (Venus, 2004) * ''My Funny Valentine'' (Venus, 2005) * ''Christmas Songs'' (Venus, 2006) * ''It's Magic Vol. 1'' (Venus, 2007) * ''It's Magic Vol. 2'' (Venus, 2007) * ''A Fine Romance'' (Venus, 2007) * ''A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening'' (Venus, 2007) * ''Secret Love'' (Venus, 2008) * ''A Handful of Stars'' (Venus, 2009) * ''Portraits of Love'' (Venus, 2009) * ''Ballad Higgins'' (Venus, 2015) * ''Standard Higgins'' (Venus, 2015) With

Peggy Lee Norma Deloris Egstrom (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002), known professionally as Peggy Lee, was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer, and actress, over a career spanning seven decades. From her beginning as a vocalis ...

* '' Miss Peggy Lee Sings the Blues'' (Musicmasters, 1988) * '' The Peggy Lee Songbook: There'll Be Another Spring'' (Musical Heritage Society, 1990) * '' Love Held Lightly: Rare Songs by Harold Arlen'' (Angel, 1993) With

Maureen McGovern Maureen Therese McGovern (born July 27, 1949) is an American singer and Broadway actress, well known for her renditions of the songs " The Morning After" from the 1972 film '' The Poseidon Adventure''; " We May Never Love Like This Again" from '' ...

* ''Naughty Baby'' (CBS, 1989) * ''Baby I'm Yours'' (BMG, 1992) * ''A Long and Winding Road'' (PS Classics, 2008) With

* ''Walk on the Water'' (DRG 1980) * ''Little Big Horn'' (GRP 1983) * ''Soft Lights & Sweet Music'' (Concord Jazz, 1986) With

Harold Ousley Harold Lomax Ousley (January 23, 1929 – August 13, 2015) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and flautist. Background Born in Chicago, Ousley began playing in the late-1940s and 1950s. He accompanied Billie Holiday and recorded with Din ...

* ''The Kid!'' (Cobblestone, 1972) * ''The People's Groove'' (Muse, 1977) * ''Sweet Double Hipness'' (Muse, 1980) With others *

Benny Bailey Ernest Harold "Benny" Bailey (August 13, 1925 – April 14, 2005) was an American jazz trumpeter. Biography A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Bailey briefly studied flute and piano before turning to trumpet. He attended the Cleveland Conserva ...

, ''

The Satchmo Legacy ''The Satchmo Legacy'' is the final studio album by trumpeter Benny Bailey featuring performances associated with Louis Armstrong which was recorded in late 1999 and originally released on the Enja label.Kenny Barron Kenny Barron (born June 9, 1943) is an American jazz pianist, who has appeared on hundreds of recordings as leader and sideman and is considered one of the most influential mainstream jazz pianists since the bebop era. Biography Born in Philade ...

, '' Super Standard'' (Venus, 2004) * Terence Blanchard, ''Clockers'' (Columbia, 1995) *

Teresa Brewer Teresa Brewer (born Theresa Veronica Breuer; May 7, 1931 – October 17, 2007) was an American singer whose style incorporated pop, country, jazz, R&B, musicals, and novelty songs. She was one of the most prolific and popular female singers of th ...

, ''American Music Box Vol. 2'' (Red Baron, 1993) * John Bunch, Bucky Pizzarelli, ''NY Swing'' (LRC, 1992) *

Ann Hampton Callaway Ann Hampton Callaway (born May 30, 1958) is an American jazz singer, songwriter, and actress. She wrote and sang the theme song for the TV series ''The Nanny''. Career A native of Chicago, her father, John Callaway, was a journalist and her mot ...

, ''After Ours'' (Denon, 1997) *

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, James Galway, ''Noel'' (RCA Victor, 1994) *

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, ''Smoky Bar Songs for the No Smoking Section'' (Lookoutjazz, 1994) * Cynthia Crane, ''Cynthia's in Love'' (Lookoutjazz, 1997) *

, '' The Dana Owens Album'' (A&M, 2004) *

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, '' Rocks in the Head'' (Atlantic, 1992) *

, ''Positively Volume VII'' (Daffodil, 1983) * Blossom Dearie, Mike Renzi, ''Tweedledum and Tweedledee'' (Daffodil, 1991) *

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, ''

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'' (Reprise, 2012) * Carlos Franzetti, ''The Jazz Kamerata'' (Chesky 2005) * Robert Gordon, ''Bad Boy'' (One Way/BMG 1997) * Wycliffe Gordon, ''This Rhythm on My Mind'' (Bluesback, 2006) * Urbie Green, ''Green Power'' (Project 3, 1971) *

Corky Hale Corky Hale (born July 3, 1936) is an American jazz harpist, pianist, flutist, and vocalist. She has been a theater producer, political activist, restaurateur, and the owner of the Corky Hale women's clothing store in Los Angeles, California. Ear ...

, ''Harp Beat'' (Stash, 1985) * Jane Harvey, ''The Other Side of Sondheim'' (Atlantic, 1988) *

Skitch Henderson Lyle Russel "Skitch" Henderson (January 27, 1918 – November 1, 2005) was a pianist, conductor, and composer. His nickname "Skitch" came from his ability to "re-sketch" a song in a different key. Bing Crosby suggested that he should use the ...

, Bucky Pizzarelli, ''Legends'' (Arbors, 2003) *

Nicole Henry Nicole Henry is an American jazz singer. Her debut CD, ''The Nearness of You'' received critical acclaim and earned Henry the "Best New Jazz Artist" award by HMV Japan. Henry's ''Teach Me Tonight'' reached #1 in Japan and was named HMV Japan's Be ...

, ''Teach Me Tonight'' (Venus, 2005) * Per Husby, ''If You Could See Me Now'' (Gemini, 1996) *

Dick Hyman Richard Hyman (born March 8, 1927) is an American jazz pianist and composer. Over a 70-year career, he has worked as a pianist, organist, arranger, music director, electronic musician, and composer. He was named a National Endowment for the Ar ...

, ''Swing Is Here'' (Reference, 1996) * Dick Hyman, ''You're My Everything'' (Venus, 2012) * Garland Jeffreys, ''

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'' (RCA, 1991) * Etta Jones, ''

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'' (

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, 1995) *

Hank Jones Henry Jones Jr. (July 31, 1918 – May 16, 2010) was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer. Critics and musicians described Jones as eloquent, lyrical, and impeccable. In 1989, The National Endowment for the Arts honored ...

, ''Arigato'' (Progressive, 1989) * Morgana King, ''Portraits'' (Muse, 1984) * Peggy King, ''Peggy King Sings Jerome Kern'' (Stash, 1985) *

, ''

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'' (Sunnyside, 1985) *

Karin Krog Karin Krog (born 15 May 1937) is a Norwegian jazz singer. Life and career Krog began singing jazz as a teenager and attracted attention while performing in jam sessions in Oslo. In 1955, she was hired by the pianist Kjell Karlsen to sing in ...

, Georgie Fame, ''On a Misty Night'' (Odin, 2018) *

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Loonis McGlohon Loonis McGlohon (September 29, 1921 – January 26, 2002) was an American songwriter and jazz pianist. McGlohon was born in Ayden, North Carolina, and graduated from East Carolina University. After a spell in the Air Force during World War II, h ...

, ''North Carolina Is My Home'' (Piedmont Airlines, 1985) *

Barbara Lea Barbara Lea (April 10, 1929 – December 26, 2011) was an American jazz singer. Music career Lea was born and raised in Detroit. Her father was a clarinetist before becoming attorney general of Michigan. He changed the family name from LeCocq t ...

, Bob Dorough, Dick Sudhalter, ''Hoagy's Children'' (Audiophile, 1983) *

Carole Laure Carole Laure O.C. (born August 5, 1948) is an actress and singer from Quebec, Canada. Career Throughout most of her career, Carole Laure primarily collaborated with Anglophone singer, songwriter, producer, and director Lewis Furey, whom she ...

, ''Alibis'' (RCA Victor/Saravah, 1979) * Carole Laure, Lewis Furey, ''Bande Originale Du Film Fantastica'' (Saravah, 1980) * Carolyn Leonhart, ''Steal the Moon'' (Sunnyside, 2000) * Michael Leonhart, ''The Painted Lady Suite'' (Sunnyside, 2018) *

, Steely Dan, ''Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with Steely Dan'' (Jazz Alliance, 2005) *

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, ''

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'' (Atlantic, 1990) *

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, ''In the Digital Mood'' (GRP, 1983) * Max Morath, ''Jonah Man and Other Songs of the Bert Williams Era'' (Vanguard, 1976) * Max Morath, ''Jonah Man: A Tribute to Bert Williams'' (Vanguard, 1996) *

Michael Moriarty Michael Moriarty (born April 5, 1941) is an American-Canadian actor and jazz musician. He received an Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award for his first acting role on American television as a Nazi SS officer in the 1978 mini-series ''Holocaust'' ...

, ''Sweet 'n' Gritty'' (Disques Swing, 1991) *

, '' Walk on the Water'' (DRG, 1980) * Mark Murphy, ''Lucky to Be Me'' (HighNote, 2002) * Jeanne Napoli, ''Jeanne'' (Vigor, 1976) *

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, ''Share My Dream'' (DMP, 1985) *

Anita O'Day Anita Belle Colton (October 18, 1919 – November 23, 2006), known professionally as Anita O'Day, was an American jazz singer and self proclaimed “song stylist” widely admired for her sense of rhythm and dynamics, and her early big band app ...

, ''S Wonderful Big Band Concert 1985'' (Emily, 1985) *

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, ''Steady Nerves'' (Elektra, 1985) * Houston Person, '' Christmas with Houston Person and Friends'' (Muse, 1994) *

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, ''No Easy Walk to Freedom'' (Mercury, 1986) *

, '' Five for Freddie'' (Arbors, 2006) * Bucky Pizzarelli, ''Plays the Music of Jerome Kern'' (LRC, 2006) *

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, ''Time to Fly'' (Decca, 1971) * Jim Pugh, Eijiro Nakagawa, ''Just Us'' (E'nJ, 2006) *

Leon Redbone Leon Redbone (born Dickran Gobalian; August 26, 1949 – May 30, 2019) was a singer-songwriter and musician specializing in jazz, blues, and Tin Pan Alley classics. Recognized by his hat (often a Panama hat), dark sunglasses, and black tie, Re ...

, ''Any Time'' (Blue Thumb, 2001) * Trudy Richards, ''Manhattan Serenade'' (Beekman Place, 1990) * Earl Rose, ''Take My Breath Away'' (Sony, 1997) *

Annie Ross Annabelle McCauley Allan Short (25 July 193021 July 2020), known professionally as Annie Ross, was a British-American singer and actress, best known as a member of the jazz vocal trio Lambert, Hendricks & Ross. Early life Ross was born in Surr ...

, ''Music Is Forever'' (DRG, 1996) *

Cynthia Sayer Cynthia Nan Sayer (born May 20, 1962) is an American jazz banjoist, singer and a founding member of Woody Allen's New Orleans Jazz Band. Career A native of Waltham, Massachusetts, Sayer spent her early childhood in Wayland, Massachusetts and th ...

, ''String Swing'' (Jazzology, 2000) *

Michel Sardaby Michel Sardaby (born 4 September 1935) is a French jazz pianist. Background and career Born in Fort-de-France, Martinique, he moved to Paris, where in March 1967, he was one of the pianists, the others being Joe "Stride" Turner, Errol Parker, Cl ...

, ''Night Blossom'' (DIW, 1990) * Don Sebesky, ''Full Cycle'' (Paddle Wheel, 1983) * Don Sebesky, ''Moving Lines'' (Doctor Jazz, 1985) *

, '' My Romance'' (Arista, 1990) *

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, '' Songs from The Capeman'' (Warner Bros., 1997) * Tessa Souter, ''Nights of Key Largo'' (Venus, 2008) *

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, ''From the Heart'' (Half Note, 2006) *

, '' Never Die Young'' (Columbia, 1988) *

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, ''Mel Torme and Friends'' (Finesse, 1981) * Mel Torme, ''Encore at Marty's New York'' (Flair, 1982) *

Marlene VerPlanck Marlene Paula VerPlanck ''(née'' Pampinella; November 11, 1933 – January 14, 2018) was an American jazz and pop vocalist whose body of work centered on big band jazz, the American songbook, and cabaret. Life and career VerPlanck was born and r ...

, ''A Warmer Place'' (Audiophile, 1982) * Marlene VerPlanck, ''I Like to Sing!'' (Audiophile, 1984) *

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, ''

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'' (Geffen, 1983) * Chuck Wayne, ''Traveling'' (Progressive, 1980) *

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, ''It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing'' (Sons of Sound, 2006) *

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, ''I'm Glad There Is You'' (1995)

References

External links

Official Site

All About Jazz review of album "Cool" - March 23, 2005NAMM Oral History Interview
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Career

Discography

As leader

As guest

See also

References

External links