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Leigh Sutherlin

About Me

Leigh is a composer, producer, and musical artist whose early jazz influences of Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, and Sergio Mendes set her on a strong path of clean, crisp jazz sounds with traditional instrumentation and song forms that are anything but ordinary. Classically trained, her deep romantic roots found in composers like Brahms, Debussy and Gershwin eventually led her to her true love of the timeless, well-appreciated styles of Bill Evans and Thelonius Monk. Her original music will lift you up and give you something real to hold onto long after the song has ended. A graduate of the esteemed Indiana University School of Music, Leigh also has a long list of music direction credits to her name in education and musical theater. Sandbar is available on iTunes, and at CDBaby.com.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 29/01/2008
Band Members:



Original Songs, Piano, Keys, Vocal/Leigh Sutherlin

Sax/Jen Conder, Guitar/Donn Boyd, Bass/Sly Simon, Drums&Percussion/Brad Rehn

Influences: Maurice White, Stevie Wonder, Michel Legrand, Henry Mancini, Donald Fagen, Antonio Carlos Jobim, George Gershwin, Bach, Beethoven, Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Chopin, Prokofiev, Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson, Thelonious Monk, Vince Guaraldi, Sergio Mendes, Nat King Cole, George Shearing, Tom Byrket, Bob Byrket, Fats Waller, The Crusaders, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Barbra Streisand, Joni Mitchell, Diane Byrket, Lani Hall, Israel & New Breed, Adele Khoury, Bronja Foster, Hans Boepple, David Baker, Virginia MacWatters, Joe Grant, John Wustmann, the late Joy Peters, Jesus Christ.
Sounds Like:
Record Label: Self-Produced
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

August show review

Hey :) Check it out this wonderful review of my music. Your comments are welcomed. http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=33918&recomme nded=1
Posted by on Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:45:00 GMT

Youth Theater Award

Read about Greg Evans' award-winning original musical "Luann: Scenes in a Teen's Life" (and yours truly, Musical Director)http://www.nationalyouththeatre.com/news/news_nyt_a wards2009.htmlhttp://www.th...
Posted by on Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:21:00 GMT

Mailing List Feature Added


Posted by on Mon, 04 May 2009 16:06:00 GMT

Feature Story in hometown newspaper

Read more about me and "Sandbar" in a recent feature article written by Mary Wicoff of the Commercial-News at http://www.commercial-news.com/archivesearch/local_story_077 112011.html Hope your day is f...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:58:00 GMT

Sandbar CD now shipping from CDBaby.com

"Sandbar" is now available to be shipped right to your door. Visit http://cdbaby.com/cd/leighsutherlin and order your copy today. Thank you very much for your support!
Posted by on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:19:00 GMT

Sandbar now available on iTunes

Hey everyone Just wanted to let you know the "Sandbar" CD is now available on iTunes.  Check it out there or here on myspace.com through Snocap.  I would love to hear from you.  K...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:51:00 GMT

CD Review of Sandbar by Dan McClenaghan of AllAboutJazz.com

Many thanks to Dan McClenaghan of www.allaboutjazz.com for the stunning and lovely review of my debut CD "Sandbar."  Please enjoy his descriptive writing of Sandbar at http://www.allaboutjaz...
Posted by on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:36:00 GMT

CD Release Party

The CD Release party was just amazing! My deepest gratitude to all who made it not only possible, but the great success it was. The band ripped, the vocalists were at their finest, and the venue was ...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:28:00 GMT