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Jason Leonard

About Me

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Musical Endeavors:
Nick Jaina Band- Vibraphone, Percussion, Banjo, Piano, Drums, Stuff lying around the garage.
Laura Gibson- Vibraphone, Bass Harmonica, Percussion, Wine Glass Harp, Whistling.
Loch Lomond- Vibraphone, Percussion, Glockenspiel, Banjo, Guitar, Bells, Paper.
Dark Eyed Junco- Duo project w/ Jolie Holland.
Radio Music- I've contributed interludes and background music for many episodes of Julie Sabatier's radio show, "DIY, Portland" which airs every third Thursday at 10am on KBOO, or can be found here, http://www.destinationdiy.org
Recordings:
Loch Lomond- "Blue Lead Fences" 7" Single 2009
Laura Gibson-"Beasts of Seasons" 2009
Nick Jaina-"A Narrow Way" 2008
Nick Jaina-"WOOL" 2008
Laura Gibson-Spring Tour EP "Six White Horses; Blues & Traditionals, Vol. 1" 2008
The Maybe Happening-"Beyond The Bells" 2008
Laura Gibson-Fall Tour EP 2007
Run On Sentence-"Oh When The Wind Comes Down" 2007
Jason Leonard-"lullahallo" 2005
In the past I have also enjoyed playing and/or recording with Invisible Rockets, The Builders & The Butchers, The Online Romance, Myshkin's Ruby Warblers, Brian QTN.
Other musical endeavors include recorded and live scoring for animation, film, and theater, and sitting on the back porch with a guitar in a rocking chair eating peaches.I also create illustrations and animations, of which are scattered around various places in the universe.
And most of the time I can be found restoring vintage posters at my studio on Alberta Street in an old music studio, visit http://www.affichestudio.com
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 28/03/2006
Band Members: a grandfather clock and a pinecone.
Influences: walking up stairs, putting dishes away, simple pleasures, shaker carpentry, aleatoric music, rocking chairs...
nat cole, teiji ito, dr. john, the mbuti pygmies of the ituri rainforest, screamin’ jay hawkins, howlin’ wolf, billie and dede pierce, martin denny, lubos fiser, teddy wilson, serge gainsbourg, carl stalling, harry belafonte, john lurie, renaissance music, rob burger, sun ra, tim buckley, harry partch, john zorn, leonard cohen, moondog, slim gaillard, duke ellington, yma sumac...
Sounds Like: an elephant with a bell necklace baking cookies in the forest at midnight in the rain
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Loch Lomond @ The Aladdin Theater

Howdy Folks, We have just come off a fantastic tour opening for The Decemberists, with jaunts on the East and West Coasts. Please come celebrate winter and share in a homecoming show of sorts this ...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:00:00 GMT

Jolie Hollands new music video, "Mexico City"

Howdy,Jolie, Rachel, and I flew down to Joshua Tree to meet up with some friends (Bobby Dangerously, Sarah Gina Jones, & Carey Lamprecht) to shoot this beautiful video for Jolie's song, "Mexico City" ...
Posted by on Fri, 17 Oct 2008 06:59:00 GMT

HUSH Anniversary Show @ Aladdin Theater w/Nick Jaina Band, Loch Lomond, & Laura Gibson July 12

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseacti... HUSH Records 10 Year Anniversary Show The Aladdin Theater Nick Jaina Band, Loch Lomond, & Laura Gibson July 12 Doors 7pm Show 8pm ...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:09:00 GMT

Lauras new EP on All Songs Considered!

NPR's "All Songs Considered" has featured Laura's version of "Freight Train" by Elizabeth Cotten, with Mr. Fantastic on saw, and me on newspaper snare, glockenspiel, and bass harmonica (although my ba...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:53:00 GMT

Nick Jaina Band OPB session

Here is a link to a session we played for the show "In House" on OPB radio, back in January, with an interview.  It was recorded at Mississippi Studios, and there is a link for photos. http:...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:35:00 GMT

Laura Gibson Spring EP

I recently had the great honor to collaborate with Laura on her new Spring Tour EP, titled "Six White Horses: Blues & Traditionals Vol. 1"  Below is text from the HUSH Records blog, as well ...
Posted by on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:32:00 GMT

New Radio Music

Hi All, I have done more interlude music for Julie Sabatier’s Radio Show, "DIY, Portland". This episode (which features my new toys, a banjo and a bass harmonica!) is titled "Art of Survival"...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:55:00 GMT

HUSH blog

A very nice entry on the HUSH records blog, about my collaboration with Nick Jaina on his new album, "WOOL". www.hushrecords.comWool & Jason Leonard2008 02 23 22:39First order of business. Wool is no...
Posted by on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 00:29:00 GMT

Our Spokane show has been podcasted.

Below is a link to a website showcasing music in Spokane, WA. Our (Nick Jaina Band) show a couple of weeks ago was recorded and put up as a podcast. Also on the podcast is an interview with Nick.htt...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 18:42:00 GMT

My new Resounding Rose Fish Blog

I have a new blog up and running, Resounding Rose Fish. There are only a few posts as it is new. It is and will most likely remain to be quite random, a bit of drawing, a few sounds, some rambling, ...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:49:00 GMT