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John Leitham

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geboren am 10.8.1953 in Philadelphia, PA, USA

Alias Jennifer Leitham

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Jennifer Leitham

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Jennifer Leitham (born August 10, 1953) is an American musician and double bass player. Being left-handed, she has also used the nicknames "Lefty" or "The Southpaw."[1]

An active live performer, Leitham has been bassist on more than 100 recordings including eight of her own. She is known for long associations with Mel Torme and Doc Severinsen. She has also appeared with Woody Herman, George Shearing, Gerry Mulligan, Peggy Lee, Joe Pass, Cleo Laine, Louis Bellson, Pete Rugolo, Bill Watrous and been a member of The Tonight Show All-Stars, The Woody Herman Thundering Herd, the Benny Carter Quintet, and the Bob Cooper Quartet.[2]

Leitham has performed as a featured artist or group member at major jazz festivals in North America and internationally. and has been a presenter at workshops and clinics in the U.S., including the 1995 International Society of Bassists Convention in Kalamazoo, MI. She has been a featured artist at many of the worlds most prestigious jazz festivals and clubs. She has appeared with her trio at some of the finest venues in the world, including the Blue Note, Iridium, Smalls, and Dizzys Club Coca Cola in New York, The Toronto Pride Fest, The Bohem Festival in Budapest, Hungary, Mammoth Lakes and Sweet and Hot Jazz Festivals in California, Blues Alley in Washington, DC, Catalina's, The Jazz Bakery, The Lighthouse, Donte's. Carmello's, Alphonse's, and Cafe 322 in Los Angeles, Shanghai Jazz, the Deer Head Inn in the Delaware Water Gap and a host of others.

Leitham own recordings include Leitham Up, The Southpaw, Lefty Leaps In, Live! and Two for the Road (a duo with guitarist Jimmy Bruno). Her 2006 release, The Real Me, features her original compositions and arrangements and, for the first time, her singing voice. 2008's critically acclaimed "Left Coast Story", and the 2011 release of a live DVD "The Real Me Live".

In 2001 Leitham underwent sexual reassignment surgery, having previously lived and performed as a man, John Leitham.[2][3] Leitham is the subject of an award winning documentary, "I Stand Corrected". It premiered and won the best film award at the American Documentary Film Festival in April, 2012.

References

  1. Gary W. Kennedy. "John Leitham", Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (accessed May 12 2011), grovemusic.com (subscription access).
  2. 2.0 2.1 Lynell George, Going solo in a man's world, Los Angeles Times, August 31, 2003
  3. The music is sweeter now that Jennifer is not John, Hollywood Reporter, October 2, 2006

http://jazztimes.com/articles/24397-jennifer-leitham-transamerican-music http://www.bostongirlguide.com/pages/interview_jennifer_leitham.html

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