Leon Lee Dorsey (jazz bassist, composer, arranger, producer, educator)

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member of:The Jazz Messengers (in 1988)
founded:Leon Lee Dorsey Studios in New York, New York, United States
studied at:Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, United States (until 1981: jazz, classical music, double bass)
University of Wisconsin–Madison in Madison, Wisconsin, United States (until 1983: master’s degree, classical music, double bass)
Manhattan School of Music in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (until 1986: master’s degree, double bass)
Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, New York, United States (until 2016: doctoral degree, double bass)
taught at:Berklee College of Music in Back Bay, Boston, Massachusetts, United States (music education)
purchase music for download:https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/id305743275 [info]
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/artist/360093 [info]
official homepages:http://mcpifilm.com/clients/leonleedorsey/leon-intro-new.htm [info] (ended)
https://leonleedorsey.com/ [info]
other databases:https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/leon_lee_dorsey [info]
social networking:https://www.facebook.com/leon.l.dorsey.1 [info]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/leon-lee-dorsey-56b7ba80 [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000213642 [info]
Wikidata:Q6524750 [info]

Appearances

DateTitleCredited asAttributesArtistLength
engineered
About FaceassistantWinard Harper Sextet4:24
All Praise to G-dassistantWinard Harper Sextet4:06
Alone TogetherassistantWinard Harper Sextet6:01
CatanyaassistantWinard Harper Sextet4:57
Dat DereassistantWinard Harper Sextet9:55
GlorifyassistantWinard Harper Sextet6:14
Here's to LifeassistantWinard Harper Sextet6:32
Mr. Baggy PantsassistantWinard Harper Sextet5:50
Soul TimeassistantWinard Harper Sextet5:49
When the Time Is RightassistantWinard Harper Sextet5:12
instruments
1988-06-07 – 1988-06-15Blues Up & DownLeon DorseybassLionel Hampton7:43
1988-06-07 – 1988-06-15Centrifigal ForceLeon DorseybassLionel Hampton7:36
1988-06-07 – 1988-06-15Cookin' in the KitchenLeon DorseybassLionel Hampton6:49
1988-06-07 – 1988-06-15Inner UrgeLeon DorseybassLionel Hampton6:43
1988-06-07 – 1988-06-15InvincibleLeon DorseybassLionel Hampton7:30
1988-06-07 – 1988-06-15Sweet ToothLeon DorseybassLionel Hampton6:39
1988-06-07 – 1988-06-15Two BrothersLeon DorseybassLionel Hampton6:31
1988-11-11Good Morning HeartacheLeon DorseybassArt Blakey & The Jazz Messengers7:47
1988-11-11I Get a Kick Out of YouLeon DorseybassArt Blakey & The Jazz Messengers6:18
1988-11-11Love Walked InLeon DorseybassArt Blakey & The Jazz Messengers4:47
1988-11-11MayrehLeon DorseybassArt Blakey & The Jazz Messengers5:54
1988-11-11Remember WhenLeon DorseybassArt Blakey & The Jazz Messengers6:49
1988-11-11YangLeon DorseybassArt Blakey & The Jazz Messengers7:47
2007-01-11 – 2007-01-12Can You Read My Mind?bassGloria Lynne4:29
2007-01-11 – 2007-01-12EvergreenbassGloria Lynne3:27
2007-01-11 – 2007-01-12How Do You Keep the Music Playing?bassGloria Lynne3:12
2007-01-11 – 2007-01-12I Could Make You CarebassGloria Lynne3:27
2007-01-11 – 2007-01-12It's MagicbassGloria Lynne4:29
2007-01-11 – 2007-01-12Mountain GreenerybassGloria Lynne3:59
2007-01-11 – 2007-01-12My Funny ValentinebassGloria Lynne5:30
2007-01-11 – 2007-01-12Secret o' LifebassGloria Lynne5:15
2007-01-11 – 2007-01-12Shangri-LabassGloria Lynne4:23
2007-01-11 – 2007-01-12There Are Such ThingsbassGloria Lynne3:59
2007-01-11 – 2007-01-12Wild Is the WindbassGloria Lynne3:41
After the Lovin’bassArthur Prysock3:41
All My Lovin’ Was in VainbassArthur Prysock4:13
At This MomentbassArthur Prysock4:00
Got to Get You Off My MindbassArthur Prysock6:02
How Did She LookbassArthur Prysock2:56
It’s All in the GamebassArthur Prysock4:00
Only a Fool Breaks His Own HeartbassArthur Prysock3:41
Rock Me BabybassArthur Prysock2:53
You Are So BeautifulbassArthur Prysock3:26
recording engineer for
2004-12-19AbdallahDeclared Enemy4:32
2004-12-19Alberto’s WorkshopDeclared Enemy4:13
2004-12-19Black PanthersDeclared Enemy3:28
2004-12-19Chicago 68Declared Enemy2:41
2004-12-19FlowersDeclared Enemy4:35
2004-12-19LaracheDeclared Enemy5:45
2004-12-19Le rouge et le noirDeclared Enemy12:38
2004-12-19Marche funèbreDeclared Enemy20:12
2004-12-19MettrayDeclared Enemy4:24
2008-01-31Cosmic Suite, Part EightMatthew Shipp Quartet8:27
2008-01-31Cosmic Suite, Part FiveMatthew Shipp Quartet6:37
2008-01-31Cosmic Suite, Part FourMatthew Shipp Quartet7:09
2008-01-31Cosmic Suite, Part NineMatthew Shipp Quartet6:26
2008-01-31Cosmic Suite, Part OneMatthew Shipp Quartet10:31
2008-01-31Cosmic Suite, Part SevenMatthew Shipp Quartet4:34
2008-01-31Cosmic Suite, Part SixMatthew Shipp Quartet6:41
2008-01-31Cosmic Suite, Part ThreeMatthew Shipp Quartet7:55
2008-01-31Cosmic Suite, Part TwoMatthew Shipp Quartet3:20
2011-12-22Billie Holiday / Elian-Oleo (medley)Dave Liebman – Steve Dalachinsky4:04
2011-12-22Breakfast / Back 1-4 Matisse / For Jackson Mac LowDave Liebman – Steve Dalachinsky1:02
2011-12-22Carry on ClarionDave Liebman – Steve Dalachinsky1:19
2011-12-22Cosmic (For Jim Brodey)Dave Liebman – Steve Dalachinsky6:29
2011-12-22For All Player (For Steve Lacy) / The Seasons (For Jasper Johns) (medley)Dave Liebman – Steve Dalachinsky4:45
2011-12-22Gustave Moreau / Strangers on a TrainDave Liebman – Steve Dalachinsky2:32
2011-12-22Jackson Pollock's Early NotebooksDave Liebman – Steve Dalachinsky4:21
2011-12-22Magical Realism / La Fenice (medley)Dave Liebman – Steve Dalachinsky5:13
2011-12-22PossessedDave Liebman – Steve Dalachinsky0:41
2011-12-22The Breath (For Evan Parker)Dave Liebman – Steve Dalachinsky2:54
2011-12-22The Fallout of DreamsDave Liebman – Steve Dalachinsky7:49
2011-12-22The Leaves Are Changing (For Jack Kerouac)Dave Liebman – Steve Dalachinsky12:52
2011-12-22The LynchingDave Liebman – Steve Dalachinsky5:48
2011-12-22The Origin of a Species / Minority-Seniority-Sonority / The Bill Has Been Paid (medley)Dave Liebman – Steve Dalachinsky9:49
composed
The WatcherLeon Lee Dorsey
instruments
1991-10-03Darling Please Save Your Love for MeLeon DorseybassDakota Staton
1994The WatcherbassLeon Lee Dorsey
Freedom Jazz DancebassLeon Lee Dorsey
produced
Freedom Jazz DanceLeon Lee Dorsey