LEONARD C. KING JR. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Throughout the 1960’s, 70’s, 80’s, & 90’s I performed in an innumerable amount of venues often with many outstanding artists beginning at the age of 12—great music for all ages. The ones I’ve selected for these highlights were chosen because it isn’t necessary to list everything, therefore enjoy a cruise from the recent present to the past.

          2008

          The Great Detroit Hammond B3 Tradition Festival featuring the Dr. Prof Leonard King/Gerard Gibbs Duo/Orchestra, Oopapada featuring Chris Codish, Robert Tye, & Dr. Prof. Leonard King, and Lyman Woodard & Friends with Ron English, Dwight Adams, Cornelious 'JuJu' Johnson, Steve Hunter, & Dr. Prof. Leonard King, Cliff Bell's, Detroit, MN.   

           Southpaw Isle Steelband CD release party, Cliff Bell's, Detroit, MN.

           2007

           Visger Road Drum Band with Dr. Prof. Leonard King, Donald Washington, & Kevin Washington, Dakota Jazz Club and Restaurant, Minneapolis, MN

           Paul Abler Quintet featuring Yusef Lateef, Gibson/Baldwin Showroom, New York, N.Y.

           James Carter Organ Trio, Riga Saxophone Festival, Riga, Latvia.

           James Carter Organ Trio :

           Maennerchor Club, Erie, PA.

           Nighttown, Cleveland Heights, OH.

           James Carter Quintet with Miche Braden & The Akua Dixon String Ensemble, Carnegie Hall

           (Zankel Hall), New York, N.Y.

           James Carter Organ Trio: May European Tour

           New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (Jazz Tent), New Orleans, LA.

           Opera House (in Pomerian Dukes Castle), Szczecin, Poland.

           Club Poklad, Gdynia, Poland.

           Grillo Theatreplatz, Essen, Germany.

           Bimhuis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

           Oosterport, Groningnen, The Netherlands.

           The Hague Jazz Festival, Den Haag, The Netherlands.

           Kunsthaus Nexus, Saalfelden, Austria.

           Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria.

           Slovak television, Mynska dolina, Bratislava, Slovakia.

           Moods, Zurich, Switzerland.

           Kulturzentrum Gems, Singen, Germany.

           Muziekpodium, Zeeland, The Netherland.

           Fabrik, Hamburg, Germany.

           Jazzclub Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany.

           Jazz Cava, Terassa, Spain.

           Teatro del Casino Menorca Theatre, Menorca, Spain.

           James Carter Organ Trio, Birdland, New York, N.Y.

           James Carter Organ Trio, Playboy Jazz Festival, Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA.

           James Carter Organ Trio, North Sea Jazz Cruise hosted by Marcus Miller.

           James Carter Quintet, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI.

           Visger Road Drum Band, Palm Court Restaurant, Minneapolis, MN.

            James Carter Quintet with guest Roger Glenn, Yoshi’s, Oakland, CA.

            Southpaw Isle Steelband with Dr. Prof. Leonard King, “The Music Of Astor Piazzolla Plus 5

            Composers (Horace Silver, Leonard King, Lyman Woodard, Benny Golson, and Larry Young),

            Ferris State University, Big Rapids, MI. & Oakland University, Rochester Hills, MI.

            James Carter Organ Trio, October European Tour:

            Belgrade Music Festival, Belgrade Drama Theatre, Belgrade, Serbia.

            Quasimodo, Berlin, Germany.

            Akwarium Jazzarium, Warsaw, Poland.

            Salle du Cheval Blanc, Strasbourg, France.

            Jazzhaus Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany.

            Marenzikeller, Leibnitz, Austria.

            Blue Note Jazz Club & Restaurant, Milano, Italy.

            Autonme Club @ the Cour du Conseil General, Toulouse, France.

            Dr. Prof. Leonard King, Central Library, St. Paul, MN.

            Paul Abler Quartet, Gibson/Baldwin Jazz Festival, Whole Foods Market (Bowery),

            New York, N.Y.

            Dr. Prof. Leonard King, F.K. Weyerhaeuser Auditorium, Landmark Center, St. Paul, MN.

            Dr. Prof. Leonard King, Bamber Valley Elementary School, Rochester, MN.

            Dr. Prof. Leonard King, “The Social Responsibility of African American Music” course,

            Macalester College, St Paul. MN., Winter & Fall semesters.

           2006

           Union Institute & University, graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Music Degree. 

           James Carter Organ Trio, Ford Conference and Event Center, Dearborn, MI.

           Allan Harris, Roostertail, Detroit, MI.

           James Carter Quartet, Orange County Center for the Arts, Costa Mesa, CA..

           James Carter Quintet with Miche Braden, Staller Center, Stony Brook, N.Y.

           James Carter Quintet with Miche Braden, The Egg, Albany, N.Y.

           James Carter Organ Trio, Iridium, New York, N.Y.

           James Carter Organ Trio, Jazz Showcase, Chicago, IL.

           James Carter Organ Trio, Arturo Sandoval’s Jazz Club, Miami Beach, FL.

           James Carter Quartet, Pabst Theatre, Milwaukee, WI. 

           James Carter Organ Trio, Spring European Tour:

           Congresshalle Saal Ost, Saarbrucken, Germany.

           International Jazzfestival Greizer Jazzwerk, Greiz, Germany.

           Quasimodo, Berlin, Germany.

           Nuit du Jazz, Theatre la Colonne, Miramas, France.

           New Morning Club, Paris, France.

           Chasse Theatre, Breda, Netherlands.

           Centre d’elevage de l’Allier, Rocles, France,

           Lantarenlvensler, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

           James Carter Organ Trio, Zanzibar Blue, Philadelphia, PA.

           James Carter Organ Trio, Bourbon Street, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

           James Carter Organ Trio, Festival Rio das Ostras, Rio das Ostras, Brazil.

           James Carter Organ Trio, Freihofer Jazz Festival, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

           James Carter Quartet, Fay Claassen, & The Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw:

           Bimhuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

           The North Sea Jazz Festival, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

           James Carter Organ Trio, Summer ’07 Tour :

           Lehartheatre, Bad Ischul, Austria.

           Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland.

           Tent Chapiteau, Gouvy, Belgium.

           Arena dello Stretto, Villa San Jovani (Reggio Calabria), Italy

           Visger Road Drum Band with Dr. Prof. Leonard, Donald Washington, & Kevin Washington, 

            Freedom Jazz Festival, Minneapolis, MN.

           James Carter Organ Trio, Newport/JVC Jazz Festival, Newport, RI.

           Regal Brass Band of New Orleans, Detroit International Jazz Festival, Detroit, MI.

           James Carter Organ Trio, Jazz Bakery, Culver City, CA.

           James Carter Organ Trio, Birdland, New York, N.Y.

           James Carter Organ Trio, San Francisco Jazz Festival, San Francisco, CA.

           James Carter Organ Trio, Dakota Jazz Club, Minneapolis, MN.

           Joined the roster of Young Audiences of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN.

           Special 3-part interview feature with Gisele Caver at soundsinthekeyofgee.com

           Special features with Kevin O’Connor on KBEM-FM radio, Minneapolis, MN.

           Uuquipleu Records distributed by CD Baby (www.cdbaby.com).

           Special feature with Pete Fallico, KSUP-FM radio, “Doodlin Lounge”.

          2005

           James Carter Organ Trio, Orchestra Hall, Detroit, Mi.

           James Carter Organ Trio, Knitting Factory, New York, N.Y.

           Oopapada, Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum, Ann Arbor, Mi.

           James Carter Quintet Plus Strings, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, Pa.

           James Carter Quintet, Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.

           James Carter Organ Trio with Hamiett Bluiett & James “Blood” Ulmer, Blue Note, NYC.

           Oopapada, Gerard Gibbs, Bill Meyer, Ibrahim Jones, Lorenzo “Spoons” Brown, Johnny

           Evans, Jerry LeDuff, Kenny Cox, & Mubarik Hakim, Bert’s Marketplace, Detroit, Mi.

           James Carter Organ Trio, Festival of the Arts, Detroit, Mi.

           James Carter Organ Trio, Prospect Park Festival, Brooklyn, N.Y.

           James Carter Organ Trio, Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant, Minneapolis, Mn.

           James Carter Organ Trio, Regatta Bar in the Charles Hotel, Cambridge, Ma.

           Regal Brass Band of New Orleans, Detroit International Jazz Festival, Detroit, Mi.

           Lyman Woodard Appreciation Jam, Bert’s on Broadway, Detroit, Mi.

           James Carter Organ Trio, Rivoli Teatro Municipal, Porto, Portugal.

           James Carter Organ Trio, Escola Superior de Musica e Artes, Porto, Portugal.

           James Carter Organ Trio, Bimhuis, Amsterdam, Holland.

           James Carter Organ Trio, Blue Note, Milano, Italy.

           James Carter Organ Trio, Domicil, Pforzheim, Germany.

           James Carter Organ Trio, Jazzit Musik Club, Salzburg, Austria.

           James Carter Organ Trio, Medunarodni dani jazza, Zagreb, Croatia.

           James Carter Organ Trio, Casa del Jazz, Rome, Italy.

           James Carter Organ Trio, Porgy and Bess Music Club, Vienna, Austria.

           James Carter Organ Trio, Teatro Liceo, Salamanca, Spain.

           James Carter Organ Trio, Ingolstadter Jazztage, Inngolstadt, Germany.

           James Carter Organ Trio, Sava Center Jazz Club, Belgrade, Serbia.

           James Carter Organ Trio, Stadttheatre Hinterbuhne, Russelheim, Germany.

           James Carter Organ Trio, Wexner Center, Ohio State U., Columbus, Oh.

           Oopapada & guests, Bert’s on Broadway, Detroit, Mi.

           Leonard King Trio, Varsity Theatre, Minneapolis, Mn.

           Released “Extending the Language” with James Carter & Gerard Gibbs.

2004

• James Carter Organ Trio, Vaulx Jazz Festival, Lyon, France.
• James Carter Quintet, Jazz Bakery, Culver City, Ca.
• James Carter Qunitet, Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz, Ca
• James Carter Quintet, Yoshi's at Jack London Square, Oakland, Ca.
• James Carter Organ Trio, CBS Morning Show, Detroit, Mi.
• George Braith, Baker's Keyboard Lounge, Detroit, Mi.
• George Braith, WDET-FM Radio broadcast, Detroit, Mi.
• James Carter Organ Trio, Burghausen Jazz Festival, Burghausen, Germany.
• James Carter Organ Trio with guests, Hamiett Blueitt, James "Blood" Ulmer,
  The Blue Note, New York, N.Y.
• James Carter Quintet, St. Lucia Jazz Festival, St Lucia, West Indies.
• James Carter Organ Trio, Syracuse Jazz Festival, Syracuse, New York.
• James Carter Quintet, Pati Del Institut Del Del Teatro De Vic, Vic, Spain.
• James Carter Quintet, Park Jazz Festival, Courtrai, Belgium.
• James Carter Quintet, New Morning Club, Paris, France.
• James Carter Quintet, Fano Jazz Festival, Fano, Italy.
• James Carter Quintet, Classico Village SRL, Rome, Italy.
• James Carter Quintet, Jazz Fest Vienna, Austria, Vienna.
• James Carter Quintet, Quasimodo, Berlin, Germany.
• James Carter Quintet, North Sea Jazz Festival, The Hague, Netherlands.
• Leonard King Trio featuring Marian & Mical Petrescu, Pori Jazz Festival,
  Pori, Finland.
• James Carter Organ Trio, Mt. Hood Festival, Portland, Or.
• James Carter Quintet featuring Miche Braden, Ford Detroit Jazz Festival,
  Detroit, Mi.
• James Carter Organ Trio, Albany Riverside Jazz Festival, Albany, N.Y.
• James Carter Organ Trio, BASF Gesellschaftshaus, Heidelberg, Germany.
• James Carter Organ Trio, Tafelhalle, Nurnberg, Germany.
• James Carter Organ Trio, Fabrik, Hambourg, Germany.
• James Carter Organ Trio, Centralstation, Darmstadt, Germany
• James Carter Organ Trio, Opernhaus Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
• James Carter Organ Trio, Jugendzentrum, Gutersloh, Germany.
• James Carter Organ Trio, Treibhaus, Innsbruck, Austria.
• James Carter Organ Trio, Burgerhaus Alte Post, Ingolstadt, Germany.
• James Carter Organ Trio, Theatre De Champ Fleu, St. Denis, Reunion
  Islands.
• James Carter Organ Trio, Theatre de St. Gilles, St. Gilles, Reunion
  Islands.
• James Carter Organ Trio, Congress Hall, Warsaw, Poland.
• Featured with the James Carter Quartet, 9th Festival Internacional de
  Lapataia, Punta del Estes,South America.
• Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, St Andrews Epsicopal Church,
  Ann Arbor, Mi

2003

• Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, Blue Note, Milano, Italy.
• Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, Cite de la Musique, Paris,
  France.
• Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, Mondavi Center, UC Davis,
  Davis, Ca.
• Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio Spain Tour:Teatro Circo De
  Albacete; Circulo De Las
• Artes De Lugo; Cafe Latino Club, Ourense; Calle 54 Club, Madrid; and La
  Cova del Drac Club,Barcelona.
• Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, Azores Island, Portugal.
• Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, Northwestern University,
  Traverse City, Mi.
• Oopapada featured on MikeyRadio.com, Internet radio.
• Leonard King inducted into the Motown Historical Museum as a "Man Of
  Motown", Marriott Renaissance Center, Detroit, Mi.
• Featured with James Carter' s Chasin' The Gypsy Band, The Egg, Albany, N.Y.. Featured with James Carter' s Chasin' The Gypsy Band, Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, N.Y.
• Oopapada featured at The Hands-On Museum, Ann Arbor, MI
• Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, The Jazz Bakery, Los Angeles, Ca.
• Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, The J.F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C.
• Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio and David Murray, Yoshi' s, Oakland, Ca.
• Conducted percussion workshops at Ala-Keiteleen Elementary School, Aanekoski, Finland.
• Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, Grenoble Jazz Festival, Grenoble, France.
• Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, Siusse/Cully Jazz Festival, Lausanne, Switzerland.
• Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, Teatro Guglielmi, Massa, Italy.
• Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, Teatro Giotto, Vicchio, Italy.
• Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, Teatro Communale, Casalmaggiore, Italy.
• Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, C.C. Luchtbal, Antwerpen, Belgium.
• Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, New Morning Club. Paris, France.
• Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, Theatre La Colonne, Miramas, France.
• Featured with the James Carter Quartet, Spivey Hall in Clayton College, Morrow, Ga.
• Featured with the Brazeal Dennard Chorale and Dennis Rowland, Andiamo's Ristorante, Sterling Heights, MI.
• Featured with James Carter's Chasin' The Gypsy Band, Coolidge Auditorium, Library Of Congress, Washington, D.C.
• Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, Birmingham Jazz Festival, Birmingham, MI.

          2002

• Featured with saxophonist James Carter' s Chasin' The Gypsy Band, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
• Performed with Oopapada at the Ford Detroit International Jazz Festival.
• Featured with saxophonist James Carter's Organ Trio, Baker's Keyboard Lounge, Detroit, Mi
• Released a two-CD set from Oopapada entitled "Big Fahrenheit In Detroit" on Uuquipleu Records.
• Performed with Oopapada at the Hands-On Museum, Ann Arbor, MI
• Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, Jazz Bakery, Los Angeles, California.
• Featured with James Carter's Chasin' The Gypsy Band, National Arts Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
• Oopapada featured at Baker's Keyboard Lounge, Detroit, MI.
• Recorded with James Carter, Avatar Studios, New York, NY.
• Featured with guitarist Mark Elf, Firefly Lounge, Ann Arbor, MI.
• Featured with multi-instrumentalist Howard Johnson, WDET-FM Radio, Detroit, MI
• Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, The Blue Note, New York, N.Y.
• Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, Tour of Western Canada including Winnepeg, Calgary, Edmonton, Victoria, Vancouver, and Montreal.
• Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, Gem Theatre, Detroit, MI.
• Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, Pori Jazz Festival, Pori, Finland
• Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, Dartmouth University, Hanover, N.H.
• Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, Caramoor Festival, Katona, N.Y.
• Featured with the James Carter Organ Trio, Sao Paulo and Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
• Featured with James Carter's Chasin' The Gypsy Band, Eureka Springs Arkansas Festival.

          2001

• Released two more CD's of Oopapada on his own Uuquipleu Records label.
• Featured with James Carter at Baker's Keyboard Lounge for a three-day live recording session for Atlantic Records with special guests, Aretha
• Franklin, Johnny Griffin, David Murray, and Franz Jackson.
• Summer European tour with James Carter's Chasin' The Gypsy Band.
• Featured with James Carter at the Ford Detroit International Jazz Festival.
• Oopapada CD release party at Baker's Keyboard Lounge, Detroit, MI.
• Fall European tour with James Carter's Chasin' the Gypsy Band.
• Received the Presidential Scholarship Award for continued undergraduate studies at The Union Institute & University.

          2000

• Featured with vocalist Carla Cook, Detroit, MI.
• Featured in concert with saxophonist Bobby Watson, WDET-FM, Detroit, MI.
• Founded Uuquipleu Records and released first Oopapada CD.
• Oopapada was accepted in to the Michigan Humanities Council Arts & Humanities Touring Directory and performed at the Council's Arts and Humanities Touring Showcase
• Oopapada featured at the Detroit Festival Of The Arts
• Visger Road Drum Band featured at the Concerts of the Colors, Chene Park
• Oopapada featured on the Public Television System station, WTVS-TV program,"Backstage Pass"

          1999

• Performed with trumpeter/educator Donald Byrd at the African World Festival, Detroit, MI.
• Featured with New Orleans clarinet virtuoso Alvin Batiste on WDET-FM radio, Detroit, MI.
• Elected to the Board of Directors of Art Center Music School, Detroit, MI.
• Featured with the famous Cuban clarinet and alto saxophonist Paquito D'Rivera on WDET-FM.
• Featured with saxophonist James Carter at the Detroit Institute of Arts/GQ Magazine/Atlantic Records special concert and fashion show.

          1998

• Featured with James Carter at Catalina's Bar and Grill; Los Angeles, CA; Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; Village Vanguard, New York
• Featured with Oopapada; Frog Island Festival, Ypsilanti, MI; Ford Detroit Jazz Festival, Detroit, MI
• Employed as a Music Therapist at New St. Paul Head Start schools, Detroit, MI
• Featured on the Unwind/Creative Healing CD: A compilation of Detroit Jazz Artists

          1997

• Recorded "In Carterian Fashion" with James Carter for Atlantic Records, New York.
• Appointed to the music faculty of the Institute of Music and Dance at the Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
• Joined Wolf Trap of Michigan, Head Start Division, Rochester, MI as a music educator

          1996

• Joined the music faculty of Art Center Music School, Detroit, MI.
• Featured at the Ford Detroit Jazz Festival with Oopapada. Also featured with The Rodney Whitaker Sextet.

          1994

          Seven day residency with the Storytellers, Inc., performing at the Martin Luther King

          Center for the Performing and Cultural Arts, Columbus, Ohio.

• Joined Omni Arts in Education as a performer/educator, Detroit, MI.

          1993

• Honorary certificate from the University of Michigan Multicultural Programs Council.

          1992

• Joined Young Audiences of Michigan as a performer/educator, Detroit, MI.

          1991

• Joined the Children's Center of Wayne County as a Music Therapist, Detroit, MI.

          Featured with famed guitarist Herb Ellis at the Michigan Inn, Southfield, MI.

          1990

• Founded Strata Nova Productions, Inc., Detroit, MI.

          1989

• Joined the Warren-Conner Development Coalition as a Music Therapist for their "Youth on the Edge of Greatness" program, Detroit, MI.

          1986

• Featured with the Bobby Watson-Curtis Lundy Quartet at Baker's Keyboard Lounge,Detroit, MI.

          1983

• Joined Roy Brooks' Aboriginal Percussion Choir, Detroit, MI.

          1978

• Accompanied singer Eddie Jefferson at Cobb's Corner, Detroit, MI.

          1976

• Toured the U.S. with singer Eddie Kendricks
• Joined staff of WDET-FM Radio, Detroit, MI as an on-air radio host.

          1975

• Accompanied singer Walter Jackson at Watts Club Mozambique, Detroit, MI.

          1973

            Joined the Lyman Woodard Trio at the Hobby Bar, Detroit, MI.

          1971

• Accompanied the O'Jays, Local 212, David Ruffin, Phelps Lounge, Detroit, MI.

          1969

• Officially opened Kresge Court in the Detroit Institute of Arts with Leonard King and the Soul Messengers, Detroit, MI.

          1968

•  Accompanied singer Johnnie Taylor, comedian Pigmeat Markham, Phelps Lounge, Detroit, MI.

          1967

•  Accompanied singer Al Green, Local 876, Detroit, MI.

          1965

•  Accompanied vocalist/guitarist T-Bone Walker, Roosevelt Hall, River Rouge, MI.

          1963

      Featured with The Jazz Sextet (former name of Leonard King & The Soul Messengers) Michigan State Fair, Detroit, MI.

FORMAL EDUCATION

• Ross Technical Institute Dearborn, MI; Certificate in Electronics Technology, 1986-1987
• Southwestern High School Detroit, MI; 1962-1966
• Detroit Public Schools District Orchestra; 1959-1963
• Grinnell Bros. Lincoln Park, MI; private lessons, 1957-1960
• Union Institute & University, Cincinnati, Oh. Bachelor of Arts Music Degree, 2000-2006

TEACHING EXPERIENCE.

• Art Center Music School of Detroit, MI; Aug./1996 - Feb./2000
• Institute of Music & Dance/Center for Creative Studies of Detroit, MI; Sept./1997 - Jan./2000
• Taught privately at home and assisted in musical development of former students -saxophonist James Carter, bassist Rodney Whitaker, violinist Regina Carter,
  saxophonist Cassius Richmond and keyboardist George Rountree

MUSIC THERAPY EXPERIENCE.

• New St. Paul Head Start Schools Detroit, MI; 1998 - 1999.
• Levine Institute's "Artists Enrichment For the Aged" program Detroit, MI; 1990-1994.
• Children’s Center of Wayne County, Detroit, Mi. 1990-1992.