More Information About The Bass Lesson

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http://www.thebasslesson.com/

Description

Jay Leonhart is surely the world's most humorous and original bass player/songwriter/singer. 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 a hilarious musical moment with drummer Louie Bellson. The show becomes a lesson in life, with a charming, funny performance by a master musician.

Jay Leonhart was born in Baltimore in 1940 and began studying piano and percussion at the Peabody School of Music at the age of six. He played many different instruments on his way to choosing the bass violin, which he took up at the age of 13. After studies at the Berklee School of Music, Jay headed for New York in 1961 where he hoped to play some good music and earn a living as a bass player. He's more than done both. Now after countless recordings and performances with many of the great jazz musicians and singers of the twentieth century--from Mel Torme, Thad Jones, Tony Bennett, Jim Hall, Frank Sinatra, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins and Peggy Lee, to James Taylor and Sting--Jay Leonhart has become one of the best known musicians in the world.