THE FRED ASTAIRE OF JAZZ
      "Leonhart is the Fred Astaire of jazz a craftsman so seamlessly smooth that 
casual observers often fail to grasp the immensity of his talent."

      – Christopher Loudon, JazzTimes

Upcoming Events

June 8  The Jay Leonhart Trio at the 
              International Society Of Bassists in Bloomington, Indiana

May 18  The Jay Leonhart Trio at Birdland   5:30 to 7pm 
 
May 12 Jay performs at the Birdland theater with Big City Songbook

May 10 The Jay Leonhart Trio at Maureen's Jazz Cellar in Nyack NY @ 7pm

May 5 Jay plays with the great Daryl Sherman at somebody's fund raiser for some very worthy cause.

May 4 The Jay Leonhart Trio at Birdland  5:30 pm to 7pm

May 3 Jay joins up with Pianist Michael Kanan at Arturos in the village   8:30 to 12:30

May 2 Jay plays with guitar great Avi Rothbard 

May 1 Jay performs at St Peter's Church from 1 to 3pm for the Marlene VerPlanck tribute

April 30 Jay plays with guitar virtuoso Larry Lugar at 4:30 pm in The Edison Hotel's weekly lobby celebration.

April 29 Jay appears with The Glen Franke Big Band Suzi Q's Barbecue in
                East Orange NJ

February 19, 2019 The Jay Leonhart Trio at Mezzrow 8 and 9:30 PM   
                     Featuring Alan Farnham and Vito Lesczak 

February 23, The Jay Leonhart Trio at Birdland featuring Russ Kassoff on piano and 
                        Vito Lesczak on drums

March 3 The Jay Leonhart Trio At Maureen's Jazz Cellar in Nyack New York.

March 7 The Jay Leonhart Trio at Shanghai Jazz in Madison New Jersey

March 21 The Jay Leonhart Trio at Birdland 5:30 to 7 PM  
                   Featuring Alan Farnham and Tomoko Ohno on piano, and 
                   The great Vito Lesczak on drums!

March 24 With Jane Scheckter and Mike Renzi at Birdland 

March 26 Jay Leonhart accompanies Judy Carmichael at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola

April 15   The Jay Leonhart Trio and Wycliffe Gordon at Georgia Regents University in      
                 Augusta, GA.




Past Engagements

January 13 Tomoko Ohno and The Jay Leonhart Trio at Patch in New Brunswick NJ

January 9, 16, 23, 30   2pm to 3 Jay Leonhart and Bill Wurtzel at The American Folk Art Museum
                   Every Wednesday Featuring Great New York singers like Champion Fulton, Keisha St. Joan,                                                    and Carolyn Leonhart.

January 9 Jay Appears withThe Glen Franke Big Band at Suzi Q's in East Orange 8PM

January 6  Jay Leonhart Trio at  Rutherford Hall Hackensack New Jersey  3PM

December 6 At Merkin Hall
Jay Leonhart-Musical Director, In Your Face New York, Merkin Hall W 67th St Manhattan,

November 25 New York , The Big City Songbook, Birdland Theatre

November 21 thru 24 with Carol Sloane and Mike Renzi at The Birdland Theater
BIRDLAND JAZZ CLUB 315 West 44th St New York, NY 10036   212) 581-3080

November 18 with Roz Corral and Yotam Silberman at North Square  12:30 t0 3PM
North Square Lounge  103 Waverly Place  New York, NY  212-254-1200

November 7, Jay and Bill Wurtzel at The American Folk Art Museum, Broadway and 65th, 2 pm.

November 4, New York , The Big City Songbook, Birdland Theatre

More events coming soon!
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About Jay Leonhart

Jay Leonhart has been recognized as a very accomplished bass player for a long time now. He has been named the Outstanding Bassist In the Recording Industry three times and is always mentioned when the discussion turns to the outstanding . At age thirteen, while playing banjo with his brother in a dixieland band in Baltimore, Jay watched and listened to the bass player and knew that the bass was the instrument he would play forever.


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