Jay Leonhart

Bassist, singer, and lyricist Jay Leonhart has carved out a distinctive niche in the jazz world, issuing his own wry albums and working as a highly regarded session player. Similar to contemporaries like Mose Allison, Dave Frishberg, and Bob Dorough, Leonhart writes literate, often humorous songs delivered in a story-telling style that touches upon straight-ahead acoustic jazz and folk music; a sound he debuted on 1983's Salamander Pie. An in-demand studio and touring musician since his arrival in New York in the late '60s, Leonhart has played with a long list of artists, incl...