Jazz Bass Virtuoso Jay Leonhart's Hilarious The Bass Lesson
Steinway Hall (12121 Pico Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90064)
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The last date listed for Jazz Bass Virtuoso Jay Leonhart's Hilarious The Bass Lesson was Thursday October 26, 2006 / 8:00pm.
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Quotes & Highlights
- "Add Jay Leonhart to the small, very exclusive list of jazz humorists. [his] performance... easily positioned him in the upper echelon of a group that includes Oscar Brown Jr., Dave Frishberg and Bob Dorough." -- LA Times
Description
Leonhart is surely the world's most humorous and original bass player. The show starts off attempting simply to give the audience its bass lesson, but once sensing that maybe the audience is not so devoted to bass viol studies, Leonhart's "lesson" quickly and skillfully turns into a series of funny and touching songs and vignettes about life, with or without a bass violin in tow. Songs are original and totally unique to Leonhart -- from an airplane trip with Leonard Bernstein, to an anxiety attack over a delayed flight carrying him to his first gig with Mel Torme, to the hilarious and heartfelt comparison of Leonhart's own life to Robert Frost's -- all beautifully composed and performed. The show is a lesson in life with a charming, funny performance by a master musician.