Leonard Feather All Stars

b. 13 Sept 1914, London, Britain, d. 22 Sept 1994, LA, California, USA. After learning piano, Feather advanced his musical passions by teaching himself organizing and in the first 30s produced several record sessions, adding charts and ratings. Among the music artists for whom he worked well in such capacities was Benny Carter and he was instrumental in persuading Henry Hall to employ Carter for the BBC Dance Orchestra. Within the middle-30s Feather visited the united states and through the following decade he continuing to operate in record creation, sometimes supplying unique material for performers such as for example Louis Armstrong, Lionel Hampton (‘Blowtop Blues’) and Dinah Washington (‘Bad Gal Blues’). Feather also branched into concert advertising and produced several recording classes. Additionally, he continuing to compose tunes for artists such as for example Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Cannonball Adderley and Sonny Stitt. Despite each one of these endeavours, the majority of his substantial efforts in the reason for jazz were steadily concentrated into composing about them for several mags, including Esquire and DownBeat, and he also published a jazz column for the LA Instances. He was the writer of many jazz books, notably Encyclopedia Of Jazz and his autobiography, The Jazz Years: Hearing Witness To A TIME. He was also a regular broadcaster on jazz on radio and tv. His child Lorraine Feather can be an accomplished vocalist and songwriter.