The Best Is Yet to Come (Live)Cy Coleman, Donny Osborn, Gerry Mulligan, Janis Ian, Jay Leonhart, Jonathan Schwartz, Mel Tormé, Mike Renzie & Rufus Reid
ALBUMNew Jazz Standards Vol 3Roger Kellaway, Jay Leonhart & Peter Erskine
ALBUMDon't You Wish (feat. Tomoko Ohno)Jay Leonhart
ALBUMNoir BlueKen Peplowski, Shelly Berg, Jay Leonhart & Joe LaBarbera
ALBUMThe Bass LessonJay Leonhart
ALBUMBurton, Leonhart, Clarke, Beck Play the Music of Duke EllingtonGary Burton, Jay Leonhart, Joe Beck & Terry Clarke
ALBUMClair de Lune & Sister MoonThomas Young, Mike Renzi, Jay Leonhart, Grady Tate & Susan Caldwell Nelson
ALBUMTwo Lane HighwaysJay Leonhart
ALBUMJane and Jay at Duke's PlaceJane Jarvis & Jay Leonhart
ALBUMCole Porter Collective (Digital Only)New York Swing, Bucky Pizzarelli, John Bunch, Jay Leonhart & Joe Cocuzzo
Artist Biography
After studying classical piano at the Peabody School of Music, Jay Leonhart began playing banjo and guitar, forming a professional duo with his brother Bill. In the late-50s, after witnessing the Oscar Peterson Trio with Ray Brown, Leonhart switched to bass. In the succeeding decades, Leonhart accompanied numerous artists from the world of jazz, including Marian McPartland, Zoot Sims, Buddy Rich, Mel Tormé, and Lee Konitz. He also recorded with a wide range of pop music stars, including Tony Bennett, Judy Garland, Madonna, Sting and Stevie Wonder. Three of his songs were used in the 90s off-Broadway hit show, Secrets Every Smart Traveler Should Know, in which he also performed, and he also performed his own show in New York, It’s Impossible To Sing And Play The Bass.