Neil Leonard
Neil Leonard (born December 3, 1927 in Cambridge (Massachusetts) , † October 13, 2012 in Philadelphia ) was an American university professor and jazz writer .
Neil Leonard grew up in Newton, Massachusetts , received a BA in History from Colby College and a PhD in American Studies from Harvard College . He served in the US Army during the Korean War , where he earned the rank of corporal . Leonard's doctoral thesis Jazz and the White Americans: The Acceptance of a New Art Form (1962) dealt with the cultural attitude of White America towards jazz from a sociological point of view. From 1961 he was a professor at the University of Pennsylvania , first in the faculty of American Civilization , later until the 1990s in the faculty of history. Leonard, who also worked as a writer for music magazines such as Rhythm Music Monthly , died in October 2012 in Hahnemann University Hospital of complications from a stroke. His son Neil Leonard is a sound artist .
Publications (selection)
- Jazz and the White Americans: The Acceptance of a New Art Form Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1962
- Jazz: Myth and Religion . New York: Oxford University Press, 1987
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Obituary at Philly.com ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Greg Thomas: Race and Jazz Criticism (2011) in All About Jazz
- ↑ Neil Leonard: Mario Bauzá, Architect of Afro-Cuban Jazz (1993) in Rhythm Music Monthly ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Neil Leonard: Giovanni Hidalgo: Unsurpassed Percussion (1994) in Rhythm Music Monthly ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ d14 María Magdalena Campos-Pons and Neil Leonard , accessed on February 27 2018th
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leonard, Neil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz writer and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 3, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 13, 2012 |
| Place of death | Philadelphia |