Jennifer Leitham is a career Jazz musician, and has been a professional musician for over 40 years. She is known for playing for many of the jazz world’s greatest artists, among them Mel Torme’, Peggy Lee, George Shearing, Woody Herman, Benny Carter, Louis Bellson, Doc Severinsen, k.d. lang and a horde of others.
Her basslines have graced many movies and TV shows, and most recently she was the subject of an award winning documentary, “I Stand Corrected”.
She is a world renown bassist, vocalist, composer, arranger, lyricist, and producer. She is most proud of her career as a recording artist. As of now she has played on over 120 albums, including 8 albums of her own and is currently working on 3 more....
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Jennifer Leitham is a career Jazz musician, and has been a professional musician for over 40 years. She is known for playing for many of the jazz world’s greatest artists, among them Mel Torme’, Peggy Lee, George Shearing, Woody Herman, Benny Carter, Louis Bellson, Doc Severinsen, k.d. lang and a horde of others.
Her basslines have graced many movies and TV shows, and most recently she was the subject of an award winning documentary, “I Stand Corrected”.
She is a world renown bassist, vocalist, composer, arranger, lyricist, and producer. She is most proud of her career as a recording artist. As of now she has played on over 120 albums, including 8 albums of her own and is currently working on 3 more.
The Jennifer Leitham Trio is an active, working, creative force.
Here is what the critics are saying about Jennifer :
“The world that Leitham has moved in since the early ’80s has been at the center of the highest levels of jazz performance. More than 100 recordings as an A-list bassist, eight CDs of her own, long-term stints with Mel Tormé, Doc Severinsen and the Woody Herman Thundering Herd as well as appearances with the likes of Gerry Mulligan, Joe Pass, Louis Bellson, Bill Watrous, Cleo Laine and dozens of others attest to the far-ranging versatility of her playing”. JazzTimes 2009, Don Heckman.
“As a soloist, Leitham is in a class by herself. At the core of her powers are a rich plummy sound, an astonishing virtuosity, unerring intonation and a deep sense of swing. Leitham’s trio, to borrow from the argot of rock, is a power group extraordinaire.” – Topeka Capitol Journal 2009, Chuck Berg
“…prodigious technique and improvisatory prowess promptly erase any emotion except awe.” 52nd St. Jazz, Robert Bragonier
“Left handed virtuoso of the upright bass.” Los Angeles Times, Leonard Feather
“Combining her astonishing virtuosity with some exquisite soul, Jennifer Leitham brings in her trio to celebrate the success of her latest album, The Real Me. Some nice tunes on that one. She, (and her trio), make an organic whole that is really something live … and something that all kinds of fans get into.” LA Weekly – Brick Wahl
“I Stand Corrected is a remarkable documentary about a remarkable human being, Jennifer Leitham.
The best part of this documentary is the discovery of a truly major American musical mind. Listening to the way Jennifer plays, one has the impression that no obstructions exist between the ideas in her head and their expression on the instrument. And her ideas are by no means simple but profound and complex. Furthermore, she has a great sense of swing. This, indeed, is her real genius: She is able to compress her complicated thinking into rhythms that are not hard to follow, that speak to the body directly. There is no poetry without music, no music without the dance. Jennifer Leitham is an American original.” The Stranger, Seattle 2012, Charles Mudede
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