ArtistInfo

Carl Sonny Leyland

p, voc, *1965 US, Southampton
Musician / Songwriter / Producer of Rock

Carl Sonny Leyland is a boogie woogie, blues and Jazz pianist. He was born in 1965 near Southampton, England, but as a child was drawn to American music. At age 15, he discovered boogie woogie, and was inspired to make the piano his career. He came to New Orleans in 1988, and built a reputation in the clubs there for the next nine years. In 1997 he relocated to California, where he joined Big Sandy & His Flyrite Boys, a rockabilly and western swing group, touring with them for three years. Since then his repertoire has included ragtime and early jazz. He formed the Carl Sonny Leyland Trio in 2003 with Hal Smith on drums (later replaced by Jeff Hamilton) and Marty Eggers on bass. The trio plays primarily boogie woogie and traditional jazz. It has recorded seven CDs and performs regularly in

Instruments

• Piano
• Vocals
• Organ

Genres

• Rock
• Blues
• Jazz
• Folk
• World

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