James Leonard

Born in NJ, 1954 Played in rock and roll rings from 1968 – 1974 Bachelors Level from Rutgers with levels in music and books 1977 Recital: THE FIRST Piano Music of Schoenberg, Berg and Webern Thesis: Music in Vienna in the Fin De Siecle Experts Degree School of Michigan College of Music 1980 Thesis: Funf Satze hair Streichquartett Opus 5 by Anton Webern Worked in record shops in Ann Arbor 1977 – 1997 Owned record shops in Ann Arbor 1997 – 2001 Music Critic for Ann Arbor Information 1981 – 1988 Music Critic for Ann Arbor Observer 1988 – for this Radio displays The Metallic Mine on WUOM 1993 – 1996 Music Critic for AMG 1999 – for this Beliefs of Music: Music may be the only artwork to contact the infinite. Schopenhauer What we can not speak about, we should pass over alone. Wittgenstein Several preferred albums or shows: Bach: B small Mass. Otto Klemperer The Beatles A DIFFICULT Day’s Night time. Beethoven: Symphony in D small. Wilhelm Furtwangler (1942) Beethoven: String Quartet in A. Quatour Vegh Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem. Otto Klemperer Chopin: Mazurkas, Prelude, Ballade and Scherzo. Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Davis: Kilometers Forward. With Gil Evans Debussy: Children’s Part, Pictures. Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Dylan: Getting It All BACK. Evans, Expenses: Waltz For Debby. Mahler: Symphony No. 2. Otto Klemperer Mahler: Symphony No. 9. Herbert von Karajan (live) Schubert: Winterreise Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (EMI) Sinatra: Tracks For Swinging Enthusiasts. With Nelson Riddle Sinatra: Sinatra Sings For Just The Unhappy. With Nelson Riddle Wagner: Der Band des Nibelungen. Georg Solti Wagner: Tristan und Isolde. Wilhelm Furtwangler