Michael Leonhart
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Michael Leonhart (born April 21, 1974) is an American musician, known as a noted trumpet player, producer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and singer-songwriter.
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Solo career
In 1992 Michael was honored with the first Grammy Award for outstanding high school musician in the US.[1] At the time, he was the youngest Grammy recipient to date. He was 17 years old. In February of that same year ABC World News named him "Person of the Week."[2]
Michael has performed with Steely Dan since 1996, recording two albums with them, including 2000's Grammy winning Album of the Year Two Against Nature on which he was a featured soloist, arranger and conductor. He is also co-producer of Donald Fagen's fourth solo album Sunken Condos released in 2012. Over his career he has performed and/or recorded with such diverse artists as A Tribe Called Quest, Arif Mardin, Arto Linsday, Bill Frisell, Bill Withers, Bobby McFerrin, Bonnie Raitt, Brian Eno, Busta Rhymes, Caetano Veloso, D.J. Spooky, David Byrne, Henry Mancini, James Brown, John Barry, Joshua Redman, Lenny Kravitz, Levon Helm, Mark Ronson, Michael McDonald, Mos Def, Natalie Merchant, Q-Tip, Raekwon (Wutang Clan), Slash (Guns and Roses/ Velvet Revolver), Steven Tyler (Aerosmith), Todd Rundgren, and Wynton Marsalis.[3]
Most recently, Michael recorded with Yoko Ono as a featured member of The Plastic Ono Band for her upcoming album, Between My Head and the Sky.[4]
In 2015, Michael collaborated with the Antibalas and The Dap-Kings horn sections, Mark Ronson, and Bruno Mars to record "Uptown Funk" and other tracks off of Mark Ronson's 2015 album Uptown Special.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
Michael Leonhart & the Avramina 7
After 40 plus recordings as the house trumpet player for Truth and Soul Records, the Brooklyn-based funk and soul label released Leonhart's heavy-funk concept album Seahorse and the Storyteller in 2009.[12]
Personal life
Michael Leonhart is the son of Jay Leonhart,[13] noted jazz bassist, and the brother of Carolyn Leonhart, vocalist.[citation needed]
Discography
- Aardvark Poses (1995), Sunnyside Records
- Glub Glub vol. 11 (1997), Sunnyside Records
- Slow (2002), Sunnyside Records
- The Suzy Lattimore EP (2005)
- The Ballad of Minton Quigley (2006)
- Hotel Music (2008), St. Ives - Limited Edition Vinyl
- Seahorse & the Storyteller (2010), Truth and Soul Records
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