Leonard Feather

Leonard Feather

Leonard Geoffrey Feather

On 12 records in 1 Record Tribe collection

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CTI Summer Jazz At The Hollywood Bowl Live ThreeCTI All-Stars, 1977MC CTI Summer Jazz At The Hollywood Bowl Live TwoCTI All-Stars, 1977MC CTI Summer Jazz At The Hollywood Bowl Live OneCTI All-Stars, 1977MC Strange FruitBillie Holiday, 1972Liner Notes Always Something ThereStanley Turrentine, 1968Liner Notes In ConcertMiriam Makeba, 1967Liner Notes 74 Miles Away / Walk TallThe Cannonball Adderley Quintet, 1967Liner Notes, Written-By Seven Steps To HeavenMiles Davis, 1963Liner Notes Takin’ OffHerbie Hancock, 1962Liner Notes The Nat King Cole StoryNat King Cole, 1961Liner Notes Art Blakey And The Jazz MessengersArt Blakey And The Jazz Messengers, 1959Liner Notes A Night At The “Village Vanguard”Sonny Rollins, 1957Liner Notes

About

British-born jazz pianist, composer, author, critic and producer.
Born September 13, 1914 in London, England
Died September 22, 1994 in Sherman Oaks, CA., USA.
After studying piano and clarinet at St. Paul’s School and University College, London, he embarked on a career as a jazz performer and songwriter. He moved to New York City in 1939. He compiled “The New Encyclopedia of Jazz”, later volumes on jazz in the 1950s and 1960s; the work eventually become “The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz” (1999, with ), who had assisted on the earlier volumes). Feather was co-editor of “Metronome” magazine, associate editor for “DownBeat” (creating its Blindfold Test feature) and chief jazz critic for the “Los Angeles Times”, having settled in the city in 1960, a post he retained until his death. For several decades, Feather was the most widely read writer on jazz.
Married to and father of .