Jay Leonhart, born in Baltimore, MD, describes himself as "a musician who likes to play bass, write and sing his own songs." Working in jazz and popular music, he has performed with diverse artists including Judy Garland, Carly Simon, Bucky Pizzarelli, Frank Sinatra and Sting. Mr. Leonhart is noted for his clever songwriting, and his compositions have been recorded by Blossom Dearie, Lee Konitz and Gary Burton, among others. As a leading studio musician in New York City, he has no fear of genre-bending and has been tapped by a variety of artists from James Taylor to Ozzy Osbourne to Queen Latifah. Between 1975 and 1995 he was named The Most Valuable Bassist in the recording industry three times by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. He has now recorded more than a dozen solo albums and has a one-man show called "The Bass Lesson" about his life in the music business.