Jake Leckie Quartet

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Jake Leckie Quartet Sunday, August 16, 2026 3:00 PM 5:30 PM 15:00 17:30 The Lilypad 1353 Cambridge Street Cambridge, MA, 02139 (map) Google Calendar ICS $20 admission / 3pm doors / 3:30 show / seated / all ages Boston born Brookline raised bassist Jake Leckie returns to his hometown to present acoustic, organic, soulful folk-jazz for his people! Jake Leckie - Bass/Compositions Noah Preminger - Saxophone Jesse Taitt - Piano Tyson Jackson - Drums Jake Leckie creates organic soulful avant-groove folk-jazz for the people! With firm roots in jazz, his bass playing is informed by classical, gospel, latin, folk, & hip-hop. He has played internationally at festivals including Newport and Havana Jazz , toured with Sixto Rodriguez , The Harlem Gospel Travelers , and Matthew Whittaker , and worked as a session bassist with multi-platinum Grammy award winning producer Daniel Tannenbaum (aka Bekon ) on recordings for charting pop artists such as Jessie Murph . He has performed with a diverse array of musicians including Cat Toren , Hitomi Oba , Susan Alcorn , Matana Roberts , String Orchestra of Brooklyn , Vardan Ovsepian , and Pacific Mambo Orchestra . He produced several albums, including Chris McCarthy ’s Ropeadope release Still Time To Quit, Sebastien Ammann 's Resilience, and mixed numerous recordings including five albums by Thumbscrew ( Mary Halvorson , Michael Formanek , Tomas Fujiwara ). His work as a composer can be heard on PBS , BBC , HBO , CNN , and NBC , and on the comedy-dance-sketch-fantasy Snowy Bing Bongs Across The North Star Combat Zone . Born in Boston, Leckie developed an interest in improvised music at a young age studying with John Lockwood . He recorded with avant-noir pianist Ran Blake , reggae guitarist Lyn Taitt , and long time friends Eli “Paperboy” Reed and Eli Keszler . He earned a degree in Anthropology with a concentration in Ethnomusicology from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore while studying bass with Michael Formanek and playing in the music ministry of a Baptist church, and a Masters in Audio Science from the Recording Arts department of the Peabody Conservatory where he studied with Gary Thomas and Jeff Weisner , and had opportunities to perform with George Garzone , Warren Wolf , and Yo-Yo Ma . Leckie recorded his debut album The Abode in New York with trumpeter Kenny Warren , pianist Sebastien Ammann , drummer Nathan Ellman-Bell , and guest artists Caroline Davis , Daniel Prim , and Alexis Morrast , which was released on Outside In Music in 2019 to critical acclaim. After relocating to LA, he produced his second album, The Guide , an analog acoustic folk-jazz recording released on Ropeadope Records in 2022, with guitarist Nadav Peled and drummer Beth Goodfellow . His third album of original music, Planter of Seeds , featuring The Guide Trio with pianist Cathlene Pineda , saxophonist Randal Fisher , and trombonist Darius Christian , was released in 2024. He now lives in Boston, MA, and is active as an artist and educator. www.jakeleckie.com Posted in Jazz , Folk