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Also known as Leonard Geoffrey Feather

British musician (1914–1994)

Person · Open Library

Born
13 September 1914
Died
22 September 1994
Works
20

Top works

  • The new edition of the encyclopedia of jazz
  • The biographical encyclopedia of jazz
  • The book of jazz : from then until now : a guide to the entire field
  • The encyclopedia yearbook of jazz
  • The encyclopedia yearbooks of jazz

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1914-09-13
Active to
1994-09-22
jazz

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
2,648
Total plays
8,072

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Leonard Geoffrey Feather (September 13th, 1914 – September 22nd, 1994) was a British-born jazz pianist, composer, and producer who was best known for his music journalism and other writing. Feather was born in London into a strictly conformist upper-middle-class Jewish family. He learned to play the piano and clarinet (though was not formally trained), and had started writing about jazz and film by his late teens. At the age of twenty-one Feather made his first visit to the United States, and a

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