Michael Leonhart Orchestra | The Normyn Suites Album Release at The Falcon

“Leonhart leads his orchestra with swagger. A blazing hot mess of awesome." New York City Jazz Record.

Michael Leonhart, is the the GRAMMY-winning trumpeter, composer, producer, arranger, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and Steely Dan and Mark Ronson collaborator

THE 15-PIECE MICHAEL LEONHART ORCHESTRA (MLO), HAS BEEN PUTTING ON ELECTRIFYING SHOWS SINCE 2016, INCLUDING MONTHLY "IN RESIDENCE" PERFORMANCES AT JAZZ STANDARD IN NYC.

THE GENRE-CROSSING ALBUMS, “THE PAINTED LADY SUITE” (2018) AND “SUITE EXTRACTS VOL. 1” (2019), WERE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED. THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLED “THE PAINTED LADY SUITE” "A SEDUCTIVE RECORD THAT FINDS A BALANCE BETWEEN MAGNIFICENCE AND MELANCHOLY". THE MLO’S THIRD ALBUM, “THE NORMYN SUITES” WAS COMPLETED DURING THE PANDEMIC AND WILL BE RELEASED MID-2021. ...

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“Leonhart leads his orchestra with swagger. A blazing hot mess of awesome." New York City Jazz Record.

Michael Leonhart, is the the GRAMMY-winning trumpeter, composer, producer, arranger, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and Steely Dan and Mark Ronson collaborator

THE 15-PIECE MICHAEL LEONHART ORCHESTRA (MLO), HAS BEEN PUTTING ON ELECTRIFYING SHOWS SINCE 2016, INCLUDING MONTHLY "IN RESIDENCE" PERFORMANCES AT JAZZ STANDARD IN NYC.

THE GENRE-CROSSING ALBUMS, “THE PAINTED LADY SUITE” (2018) AND “SUITE EXTRACTS VOL. 1” (2019), WERE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED. THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLED “THE PAINTED LADY SUITE” "A SEDUCTIVE RECORD THAT FINDS A BALANCE BETWEEN MAGNIFICENCE AND MELANCHOLY". THE MLO’S THIRD ALBUM, “THE NORMYN SUITES” WAS COMPLETED DURING THE PANDEMIC AND WILL BE RELEASED MID-2021.

THE ORCHESTRA PERFORMS LEONHART’S ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS AS WELL AS HIS ARRANGEMENTS OF WU-TANG CLAN, FELA, ELLINGTON, ZAPPA AND BERNARD HERRMANN. THE MLO FEATURES PLAYERS FROM BANDS SUCH AS SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS, THE MINGUS BIG BAND, MARIA SCHNEIDER’S ORCHESTRA, THE TONIGHT SHOW BAND (ROOTS) AND OTHER SOLOISTS FROM THE NY/BROOKLYN JAZZ/SOUL/STUDIO SCENE.

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