Michael Leonhart with percussionist Dende Leonhart adds his 2008 release Hotel Music (St. Ives) was done as he was on the road touring with the 2007 Steely Dan world tour. Originally a limited release ...

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He’s going from “Uptown Funk” to the Village blues. A Grammy Award-winning trumpeter featured on the Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars smash is facing eviction from his West Village apartment. Michael Leonhart’s ...

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Don't believe him, just watch. Michael Leonhart somehow threads the needle between pop and experimental music seamlessly. On the one hand, he's played trumpet on global hits like "Uptown Funk," and ...

Michael Leonhart is the son of New York City jazz fixtures Jay and Donna Leonhart. He grew up taking long walks on the beach with Liza Minnelli and sitting on the lap of “Uncle” Mel Tormé. Now a ...

The inception for this release by trumpeter Michael Leonhart emanated on a bus during a Steely Dan tour. Guitarist Jon Herington – also touring with the band – subsequently joined Leonhart for a few ...

Not surprising for someone who's a member of both Steely Dan's touring band and the most recent incarnation of Yoko Ono's Plastic Ono Band, Michael Leonhart avoids anything close to the beaten path.

This is one of those New York stories where I came in to the studio for a 2 to 4pm session. David Byrne was walking out the door from his 12 to 2pm overdub session on the same track. The producers had ...

Michael David Leonhart, WD8MIQ, passed away peacefully at his home on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. He was the son of the late Irvin and Lola Leonhart. Michael was born in Marietta, Ohio, on July 31, 1944.