PHOTOS: LUIS CARLE, MAKE UP: JUSTIN ST. CLAIR, NYC, 9/26/08
PHOTO: NOAH G POP, NYC, Dec. 2006
Link to Photographer/Artist NoahG in Top Friends
On her debut CD "WILD HONEY" with vocalist/songwriter/co-producer ARLEE LEONARD are a host of great New York jazz musicians: DON BRADEN - sax, MARCUS PRINTUP - trumpet, MIRI BEN-ARI - violin, FREDDIE BRYANT - guitar, ERIC LEWIS, LAFAYETTE HARRIS, JR., & MICHAEL JEFRY STEVENS - piano, DWAYNE BURNO, SEAN CONLY, & RICHIE GOODS - bass, DWAYNE "COOK" BROADNAX, JORIS DUDLI - drums, and DANNY SADOWNICK, RON MCBEE - percussion. Tracks here: "ROSE'S SONG" & "DOIN' MY THANG"
On the "LIVE AT SWEET RHYTHM" tracks, recorded in New York City on 9/13/06 (Not for release) are ARLEE LEONARD - vocals, DON BRADEN - sax, ART HIRAHARA - piano, PAUL BEAUDRY - bass, and DWAYNE "COOK" BROADNAX - drums. Tracks here: "LOVE MAKES EVERYTHING ALRIGHT" & "NO MARDI GRAS TODAY"
On the "LIVE AT SNUG HARBOR" tracks, recorded in New Orleans on 7/8/07 - a live broadcast on www.WWOZ.org - are ARLEE LEONARD - vocals, TONY DAGRADI - sax, LARRY SIEBERTH - piano, DON VAPPIE - bass, GERALD FRENCH - drums, and Special Guests DAVID LEONARD - harmonica, and ROSELYN LIONHART - vocals, aka DAVID & ROSELYN (Arlee's parents!) Tracks here: "DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS" & "GOD BLESS"
Links to some of their MySpace pages in Top Friends.
If you already have my debut CD "WILD HONEY" and would like to hear two other CDs I'm on from earlier this year, check these two out. Pick 'em up for the holidays!!
1- SHAMARR ALLEN'S "MEET ME ON FRENCHMAN STREET" - I'm on "When You're Smiling" with Dr. Michael White and other great New Orleans musicians!!
Visit www. Myspace. com/Shamarrallenmusic - also in my Top Friends
2 - I'm on a Marc Stone release of a live performance with THE CAMPBELL BROTHERS and other fantastic people like KIRK JOSEPH and SHANNON MCNALLY in New Orleans at the Old Point Bar - it's awesome Sacred Steel music!! The CD is called "RALLYTIME! LIVE IN NEW ORLEANS." Check The Campbell Brothers out at www. Myspace. com/CampbellBrothers
Pick up a copy of the CD at http://www. marcstonemusic. com/production/index. html
Support the recovery of Kirk Joseph as well as the New Orleans Musicians Clinic.
Photos by David Powell - (link in Top Friends). Taken in New York and New Orleans, April & May 2007, including two benefit concerts for the NEW ORLEANS MUSICIANS CLINIC.
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Straight-Ahead Jazz & Swing, Soul, Blues, R&B, Funk, African, Brazilian, Cuban and Middle Eastern music, all New Orleans musics, Gospel, Spirit Songs, Chill Out/Lounge, Poets, Soul Jazz, and my parents! - New Orleans icons/musicians DAVID & ROSELYN. Visit www.DAVIDANDROSELYN.com for more about them.
I ESPECIALLY LOVE VOCAL MUSIC WITH SPIRIT AND SOUL! Early loves - The Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Motown, Marvin Gaye, lots of Blues with attitude- Bessie Smith, B.B. King, Big Mama Thornton, Carole King, Bonnie Raitt, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, The Spinners, Earth, Wind & Fire, Aretha Franklin, Minnie Riperton, Santana, Bob Marley...Classic Rock & Pop. Then came the 3 super divas of jazz - SARAH VAUGHAN, ELLA FITZGERALD and BILLIE HOLIDAY!! Plus Nina Simone, Abbey Lincoln, Carmen McRae, Nancy Wilson, Louis Armstrong, Lambert, Hendriks & Ross, Ray Charles, Dinah Washington, Al Jarreau, Chaka Khan, and more. Classic Jazz - Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Antonio Carlos Jobim, the Great American Songbook, Thelonious Monk, plus Burt Baccarach & Hal David, Chick Corea, Djavan, Ivan Lins, Baba Olatunde and...lots more! The soulful stylings of Dianne Reeves, Anita Baker, Sade, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Cassandra Wilson, Diana Krall, Nnenna Freelon, Kurt Elling, Allan Harris, Germaine Bazzle, Gil Scott-Heron, Erykah Badu, India.Arie, Jill Scott, Bebel Gilberto, Jamie Cullum, Raul Midon, Eric Benet, Corinne Bailey Rae, John Legend, and the unique Amy Winehouse - to name a...few!!
My sisters in song are numerous - visit www.INTERNATIONALWOMENINJAZZ.com to find many. In my travels I listen online to give me a taste of home - WWOZ.org for my New Orleans and WBGO.org for New York. Save internet radio!!!
風格近似
"ARLEE HAS A VOICE THAT CAN EMBRACE THE WHOLE ROOM, BUT SHE USES IT WITH CARE, PROVIDING MANY VARIATIONS OF LIGHT AND SHADE. IT SWOOPS, IT SOARS, IT TEASES; IT IS LIGHT AND YOUTHFUL, OR DEEP AND BLUESY. SOMETIMES SHE RE-INVENTS SONGS, SOMETIMES SIMPLY DECORATES THEM SO THAT THEY COME UP LIKE NEW. BUT ALWAYS SHE SWINGS, AND HOWEVER SEDUCTIVE THE SONG MAY BE - OR HOWEVER OPTIMISTIC, LIKE "ALMOST LIKE BEING IN LOVE" - YOU'RE ALWAYS LISTENING TO A TRULY AUTHENTIC JAZZ SINGER." - Brian Kent, BANGKOK POST Feature Story, 2/4/05
I really enjoy singing and writing lyrics and songs, and I hope you like what you hear!! And wouldn't you know, I sound like a mix of these two folks, my musician parents David & Roselyn! Visit their site at www.DavidandRoselyn.com to know more about them!
Peace and Blessings, Arlee
THESE ARE MY NEW ORLEANS-BASED PARENTS DAVID & ROSELYN! Visit www.DavidandRoselyn.com to hear their music and listen to "GOD BLESS" above to hear them with me and my band live!
ARLEE LEONARD AT NEW ORLEANS 25TH FRENCH QUARTER FESTIVAL APRIL 12, 2008
Videos courtesy of Tommy McIntosh - thanks again Tommy!
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Featuring ARLEE LEONARD - Vocals, VADIM NESELOVSKYI - Piano, KHARI ALLEN LEE - Sax, PETER HARRIS - Bass & JASON MARSALIS - Drums.
TCHAIKOVSKY CONCERT HALL, MOSCOW, RUSSIA
- ARLEE IN CONCERT WITH IVANOV PRODUCTIONS - OCT. 31, 2006
TCHAIKOVSKY CONCERT HALL, MOSCOW, RUSSIA
ARLEE IN CONCERT WITH IVANOV PRODUCTIONS - OCT. 31, 2006, Photos courtesy of www.Myspace.com/DavideSwarup
SACRED CENTER NEW YORK CHOIR VIDEO - "SAY YES!" Featuring Shevon
A HARLEM NIGHT - JULY 4, 2008
MY MOTHER WROTE A SONG TITLED "VOTE YOUR CONVICTION, BUT VOTE." I VOTED MINE, AND HOPE YOU DID TOO! OBAMA GOT MY VOTE!
CHECK OUT THIS MC YOGI VIDEO AND STAY INVOLVED - IT'S UP TO ALL OF US TO BE THE CHANGE WE SEEK! PEACE!
ARLEE LEONARD - VOCALIST, POET, SONGWRITER, PRODUCER, WRITER
"ARLEE LEONARD IS A COOL JAZZ DYNAMO WHO LEAVES AUDIENCES SIMMERING with her sultry and sophisticated jazz. If you are wondering about her technique to connect with an audience, Leonard explains it this way: "I sing from my heart and really try to touch people in theirs."
- Michael Farrar, 2THEADVOCATE.COM profile, 4/1/08
To READ THE REST OF THIS NEW ONLINE PRESS PROFILE please visit: http://www.2theadvocate.com/entertainment/17207571.html?index=1&c=y
"SINGER ARLEE LEONARD DISPLAYED A LUSTROUS VOICE AND IMPRESSIVE RANGE DURING HER SET, her “Time Keeps Slipping into the Future” serving as a platform for her appeal to politicians to make good on promises to help displaced Orleanians (more than 200,000 of whom are still living elsewhere) get onto the road home. “We need all our people back to keep growing the next generations of Louis Armstrongs,” she said." - Sandy Ingham, www.ALLABOUTJAZZ.com, Review of New Orleans' SATCHMO SUMMERFEST, 8/17/07
From Singapore's THE NEW PAPER Friday Shortlist of Happenings, 8/4/06:
"CATCH NEW YORKER ARLEE LEONARD BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. SHE HAS TRAVELLED EXTENSIVELY AROUND THE WORLD AND CHARMED AUDIENCES WITH HER FOUR-OCTAVE RANGE. HER RENDITION OF JAZZ FAVOURITES INCOPORATES LOW CARESSES, RHYTHMIC EXPLOSIONS, SOULFUL GROOVES AND MUCH MORE."
I decided to put MY OFFICIAL BIO IN A BLOG ABOVE, so you business folks can find it there. A bit about me, I've been singing and performing all of my life and I love it! The stage is my home, a place from which I have always enjoyed the vibe, the view, and thankfully, the reviews! I've loved jazz vocals and the standards repertoire since I was a little girl, and have considered myself a jazz singer since college, yet I've sung in all kinds of settings throughout my career, from musical theater, to girl groups, to guesting with Funk and Reggae bands, Traditional Jazz on Bourbon St., Latin Jazz in Guatemala, Symphonic Jazz in St. Petersburg, Russia, and lots more!
One of the most fulfilling things I do now when I'm not singing in concert halls or clubs is to sing at my church homes, Sacred Center New York and Agape Center of Truth (when I visit Los Angeles). I always feel I am ministering with my music, bringing positivity and awareness through my song choices and by letting my spirit shine - and reminding others they can do the same! But when I sing in a space where everyone is there to consciously celebrate spirit, it lifts me to a whole different place.
I enjoy putting pen to paper almost as much as I love singing. I'm sure I have way more lyrics and poems than I will ever set to music, but I'd love to publish many of them some day. I'm a traveling woman, and a seeker of my truth, with lots of stories to tell! In the past I've also expressed myself on stage as a dancer, an actress, and done industrial and commercial film and television work. I've hosted a radio program and done live television. I've toured all over the world, sung for and with Ambassadors, and done Music Together(r) with little kids in New York. Little ones expressing themselves through music is truly a gift to behold!!
Two things especially important to me are my parents, musicians David & Roselyn, and the recovery of New Orleans. Please visit some of the New Orleans links in my top friends to find ways you can support the recovery. And learn more about my parents by visiting www.DavidandRoselyn.com!
I give thanks for all the wonderful musical adventures I've had in my life, and I look forward to a whole lot more!
Peace and Blessings,
Arlee
"JAZZ SINGER ARLEE LEONARD HAS BEEN ENTERTAINING AUDIENCES ALL HER LIFE...SHE HAS NOW EXTENDED HER PASSION TO ENTERTAINING AUDIENCES HERE IN THAILAND...THE STUNNING CHANTEUSE FROM NEW YORK FILLS THE DIPLOMAT BAR WITH HER SVELTE VOICE." - SYMPHONY, Magazine Feature, March 2005
VISIT WWW.ARLEELEONARD.COM OR CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW FOR MORE PRESS REVIEWS, CD INFORMATION, AND TO PURCHASE YOUR COPY OF HER OUTSTANDING DEBUT - "WILD HONEY."
ALBUM DESCRIPTION: Sultry, dynamic singer sets a mood with original songs and refreshing takes on jazz classics; a grooving pleasure. With DON BRADEN, MIRI BEN-ARI, MARCUS PRINTUP, ERIC LEWIS, and more. "Emotionally, Leonard doesn't hold back." All Music Guide
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VISIT THIS LOCATION to see video of me performing on television and live in New Orleans, circa 2000-2002 - http://www.entagency.com/leonard/vleonard.ram
Photos by Vladrus on Flickr - At Le Club, Moscow, Aug. 2005 with Oleg Butman & Co.
Photo by Aelita on Flickr - Closing Jazz Jam, Jazz Tent, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, May 2007 with Tony Dagradi, Roger Lewis, Gregory Davis, John Boutte, Maurice Brown and others.
ARLEE'S NEWSLETTER OF APRIL 19, 2009:
Trees are beginning to bloom and bud here in Brooklyn; spring has finally sprung! I'm heading to New Orleans early 4/25, AFTER my "WOMEN IN JAZZ FESTIVAL 2009" appearance in New York at St. Peter's Church this FRIDAY, APRIL 24TH! Please come - it will be my last NY show for a while, and the first performance of a couple of new songs! Info below. Also below - New Orleans gigs, a link to video from my France project, and more.
Please tune in now to an online broadcast and separate interview I did with Clayton Corley, Sr. on his website "SPOTLIGHT ON JAZZ & POETRY." I'm his sole featured artist for two weeks through Sat. 4/25, then my pieces will be in his archives. On his page at http://www.SOJPRadio.com are links to 1) the music part of the program with songs from my CD and unreleased live performance clips with poetry from Snug Harbor (New Orleans) and Sweet Rhythm (New York) in Sept. '06; 2) our phone interview with me sharing some of my poetry (click the "SOJP Artists" Link and scroll down to "Interviews"); and 3) written text (in "Liner Notes"). I hope you check out the links and enjoy featured are some of my post-Katrina poems. Support the renewal of New Orleans and all her awesome talent!
I'll also be featured on WKCR with Sharif Abdus-Salaam in New York and online on Thur. 4/23 at http://www.WKCR.org or 89.9FM to promote the Women In Jazz Festival. His show is 6-9pm; I'll be .. 8pm. Tune in/tell a friend!
UPCOMING PERFORMANCES:
SACRED CENTER NEW YORK
SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 2009
11:00am - 12:30pm
Singing in service with One Voice - their CD Release - "Total Praise"
City As School, NYC
15 Clarkson St., (btw. Hudson & Varick)
http://www.SacredCenterNY.org
WOMEN IN JAZZ FESTIVAL 2009 - OPENING NIGHT
FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2009, 7 - 10pm
ST. PETER'S CHURCH
ARLEE LEONARD TRIO
ARLEE LEONARD/Vocals, MISHA PIATIGORSKY/Piano and FREDDIE BRYANT/Guitar
619 Lexington Ave. @ 54th St., NYC
http://www.saintpeters.org/jazz/index.html
Love Offering, No Cover
The concert opens with Youth-in-Action Camille Thurman, Tenor Sax Dona Carter's IWJ Jazz Chorus, then Arlee Leonard Trio, and closes with a Jam Session with The Linda Presgrave Trio. FOR MORE ABOUT THE WOMEN IN JAZZ FESTIVAL 2009, which continues SAT. 4/25 and SUN. 4/26, please visit the link above. Support women in jazz!
My parents DAVID & ROSELYN will perform at the 40th annual NEW ORLEANS JAZZ & HERITAGE FESTIVAL on Fri. 4/24 at the Kid's Tent, 5pm-6:15pm. Obviously, I'll miss that show, but maybe you can make it. Then I'll see you at the Fest for the rest of the days, through May 3rd! Check out my folks at http://www.DavidandRoselyn.com
CURRENT NEW ORLEANS PERFORMANCES:
FRIDAY, MAY 1, 2009 - PRIVATE CRAWFISH PARTY
OLDE TOWN INN, 8pm
Guest with DAVID & ROSELYN
SUNDAY, MAY 3, 2009
NEW ORLEANS JAZZ & HERITAGE FESTIVAL
Guest at "BLODIE'S JAZZ JAM" with GREGORY DAVIS, KIDD JORDAN, TROMBONE SHORTY and more!
WWOZ JAZZ TENT, 4:20 - 5:20pm
http://www.nojazzfest.com
SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2009
SPOTTED CAT, 10pm - 2am
Guest Vocalist with DR. BONE & THE HEPCATS
623 Frenchman St., 504-943-3887
No Cover
SATURDAY, MAY 23, 2009
BOMBAY CLUB, 9:30pm - 12:30am
ARLEE LEONARD TRIO
ARLEE LEONARD/Vocals, VADIM NESELOVSKYI/Piano and DAVID PULPHUS/Bass
830 Conti St.
504-586-0972
No Cover for a night of soulful jazz and jazzy soul & blues
http://www.thebombayclub.com
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ONLINE VIDEO FROM FRENCH PROJECT:
"ZOU, SHAKE THAT THING!" with ARLEE LEONARD and MOUSSU T E LEI JOVENTS. Visit this page to see video clips of rehearsals, interviews and the premier performance of my collaboration with this French group in Marseille, France (Nov. '08 & March '09), created in honor of writer Claude McKay and his book "BANJO" - a Cocotte Musique Production. We hope to begin some touring in the fall. If you're interested in bringing this program to your venue or festival, let me know! http://www.2marstv.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=172&Itemid=45
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NOTES OF INTEREST:
1) My parents and I will be in Ann Arbor, Michigan June 13th & 14th for the GARWOOD MANSION REUNION and to be filmed for a documentary about this awesome Detroit residence of my childhood and the band STONEFRONT, who also lived there. June 12th is "Loving Day," the anniversary of the Supreme Court decision "Loving vs. Virgina," which legalized interracial marriage across the country. We'd love to have gigs in the area or en route highlighting this landmark, so if you have any ideas or contacts, let me know! For info on Stonefront and the documentary, visit http://www.myspace.com/stonefrontofficial or http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=752176
2) On April 6, my parents were flown to NYC by a German film crew for one night, as part of a documentary about train travel across the U.S. We had a fun night at the Parker Meridien, had a great time filming from the hotel to Penn Station the next morning, then the crew and my folks traveled on back to New Orleans together on the "Crescent" train. Our footage will be part of a feature-length piece to air on German TV.
3) Sunday, April 5 I had the lovely opportunity to sit in with THE PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND to close out their debut week at the BLUE NOTE in New York City. It was great fun to have some Gumbo in the Big Apple! Check out PHJB's site at http://www.preservationhall.com/home.php and get a copy of their great new CD.
See you in NY, at Jazz Fest, in Ann Arbor, or somewhere soon! Thanks for reading, listening and viewing! Oh, and I'm on Facebook now too. Come find me if you want to say hi! Always check my Myspace page for schedule updates, new song postings, and blog entries at www.Myspace.com/ArleeL
Have an awesome spring and keep smiling, ..cause when you smile, the whole world smiles with you!
Love and Peace,
Arlee
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Hope you're doing well and enjoying your time back in the NYC area... it sure was a blast touring russia for the JAZZ PROVENCE 2009. Hope to hear you sing again....
Hi Arlee, so nice to hear from you! I hope you enjoyed the rest your the tour? It was great meeting you over there and of course, to hear you sing! Sounds great here on your site. Hope we'll meet again someday. Lots of love, Veronica.
Hello Arlee. Your voice is so beautiful...... Thank you again for helping me with the "Promises" Ballad. My "Soul Singer" Album will be released in 2010 on Valentines Day! Talk to you soon........Peace&Love
please hit me up when u are playing in NYC next - do my best to bring some friends- i feel like no one is watching football this season - except ironically all the shop windows around penn station are black and gold ;)
Un balèti américano-marseillais autour du roman de Claude Mc Kay « Banjo », né de la rencontre exceptionnelle entre Moussu T e Lei Jovents (La Ciotat – Provence) et Arlee Leonard (New York - USA) accompagnés par le jaz ciotaden.
L’histoire de la rencontre entre la musique Noire américaine et celle de Marseille et la Provence, pour pouvoir revisiter les sonorités de l’époque dans les deux pays et essayer de comprendre les télescopages musicaux qui ont marqué la création artistique contemporaine.
Zou ! Shake That Thing est une création originale dont l’intention est claire : se réapproprier l’héritage musical, le faire découvrir au grand public, tout en s’engageant dans la nouveauté.
Dimanche 25 Octobre à 16h au Théâtre Denis à HYÈRES (83)
Hey, I hope you’re well. I’m still in NYC and I’m excited to have another full band concert coming up soon: Tues, Oct 27, 7.30-9.00 pm Zinc Bar NYC (82 West 3rd Street) I’d love to see you there! Greetings from your Swiss brother, blessings, Vlada www.vladamusic.com
What’s good and how you today? Just wanted to thank you for connecting with me as well as checking out my page. I hope we can stay in touch and get to know each other better. I am one who tries to get to each one who says they want to be my friend. I love what you are about and the music on your page!!! You got it going on. So how are you doing this week? But it’s a real pleasure meeting you!!
Hey How have you been? I’m sorry you haven’t heard from me in a while, I was travelling a lot and preparing the release of my album. But I’ll be back in NYC and playing there soon: Sat, Sept 26th, 8pm, Samantha’s, East Northport Tues, Sept 29th, 9.30pm, The Bitter End, Manhattan I’d love to see you there! Greetings from your Swiss brother, blessings, Vlada VLADA "All about you" feat. Take 6, K. Whalum, A. Laboriel, V. Colaiuta, P. Jackson Jr. Pre-Release CD: www.vladamusic.com Now available on iTunes. In stores in January 2010.
Thank you for your friendship. Please check out the my flyer for the great lineup of musicians I’m going to be working with at the Iridium Jazz Club on June 16th. I am so excited! Peace and love, Pat Holley
I appreciate you stopping by. You're a classy lady with classy music. It was great for me to listen to it. Thank you very much for your kind words. I appreciate it and take it in wholeheartedly. Stop in any time and share what's going on with you.
Hello Arlee Thank you for being a positive force in this world. Music is one of the few things left that still has the power to bring people from different cultures together in harmony.Always feel free to contact me.
Girl I like the hair!! You look great! My girlfriend Ernesta she hasn't never seen you before but she thinks your hot with this new look! Keep it up!! Love Denise
