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Jake Leckie

Jake Leckie is a bassist whose playing is firmly rooted in the jazz tradition, informed by classical, gospel, latin music, and hip-hop. His credits include touring with Sixto “Sugarman” Rodriguez, traveling to the Havana Jazz Festival to perform with Spanish saxophonist Gianni Gagliardi, recording two albums with Canadian pianist/composer Cat Toren for her Human Kind project, recording and touring with The Harlem Gospel Travelers, and playing at several notable venues with piano prodigy Matthew Whitaker, including The Apollo Theatre, and Newport Jazz Festival. He recorded his debut album The Abode with trumpeter Kenny Warren, pianist Sebastien Ammann, and drummer Nathan Ellman-Bell, which was released on Outside In Music in 2019 to critical acclaim

The Guide

By Jake Leckie

Label: Ropeadope
Released: 2022
Track listing: The Guide; Patience; A Thing of Beauty; The Place Between; Tough Love; The Good Doctor: Adobe; The Gatekeeper

Old Jazz, New Jazz, Obscure Jazz

by Jerome Wilson
March 25, 2022

This show features a combination of newer jazz releases, older classic artists and a few obscurities. Music is heard from, among others, Julie Driscoll (Tippetts), Arturo O'Farrill, Eric Alexander, Joe Rosenberg, Betty Carter and the Don Rendell / Ian Carr Quintet. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The ...

The Abode

By Jake Leckie

Label: Outside in Music
Released: 2019
Track listing: The Abode; Metis; Bam Bam; Mutuality; Negev; Morning Sound; After The Flood; Perseverance.

Jake Leckie: The Abode

by Chris Mosey
March 6, 2019

Bassist Jake Leckie, born in Boston but currently living in Los Angeles, describes the eight songs on this, his first album, as “a meditation on migration, understanding and empathy." He says they pay tribute to the people and places that have contributed to his identity and are intended to evoke a sense of place and home--his ...