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Cecil Leonard

Born: October 4, 1960

Music has always been a powerful influence in Cecil’s life. Much of his early childhood was spent singing in church choirs and experimenting with vocal music. As a teenager, Cecil picked up electric guitar and bass. He attended Settlement School of Music, and studied privately with bassist Gerald Wright. While attending Germantown High School, Cecil discovered the string bass and performed with the Jazz Band, and the String Ensemble. Cecil majored in music at Cheyney State University with a concentration on strings he performed with the student jazz band, the faculty jazz ensemble, and started his own band Communication, where he wrote and arranged most of the music