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David Leonhardt pianist w/ Matthew Parrish bass Taro Okamoto drums play a Leonhardt original"Flowing" from their CD View From The Edge live at The Deer Head Inn ww.davidjazz.com David Leonhardt bio –Career Highlights
Twenty year (1987 to present) association with saxophonist David “Fathead” Newman including: arranging and playing on four CDs, international tours, jazz festivals, radio broadcasts and New York and international jazz clubs.
Four year as musical director for jazz vocalist Jon Hendricks including: international tours, jazz festivals, radio and TV broadcasts, New York and international jazz clubs (1983-1987)
President and founder of Big Bang Records with eighteen CDs as a leader. (1993 to present)
Fifteen years leading The David Leonhardt Jazz Group a concert ensemble with hundreds of successful performances in theaters, Universities, Colleges, festivals, arts organizations through out the US, Canada and Europe.
Twelve years freelance experience in New York city as a jazz pianist. (1980-1992) Performing in a wide range of professional settings from Broadway to the Today Show, from jazz clubs to dance halls, from Bar Mitzvahs and weddings to cabaret clubs and Lincoln Center, from jingles to jazz records.
Twenty years experience performing with legendary Tap dancers and young upcoming tap stars as musical director for both Manhattan Tap and The Shelley Oliver Tap Dancers including National and European tours, television and DVDs. ( 1987 to present)
Decades of experiences as a jazz educator in universities, colleges, clinics and workshops. Ten years of presenting “Jazz For Kids” an interactive children’s program in concerts, schools, and museums, from The Smithsonian to one room school houses in the hills of West Virginia.
First jazz experience playing piano as a teenager with jazz educator Jamey Aebersold in concerts, clubs and school presentations in Louisville, KY. (1974-1980).
First professional engagement at the age of 14 in a teenage rock band. First road experience with a southern rock band touring Dixie age 16. (1970-1976). David Leonhardt has always made his living as a professional musician since the age of fourteen!
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