Lloyd McNeill

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Lloyd McNeill (born in Washington, D.C.) is a Jazz flutist and visual artist currently based in New York City. He is generally recognized as a jazz flutist of eminent ability, alongside James Newton, Yusef Lateef, Sam Rivers and Eric Dolphy.^[1]

Biography

Having studied Art and Zoology in Morehouse College, Atlanta, he moved on to be the first recipient of Howard University's MFA degree. in 1963. In 1964-5, he did further study in Lithography at Paris' L'Ecole Nationale Des Beaux Arts. During his residence in France, he spent a considerable amount of time with Pablo Picasso and his wife, Jacqueline in Cannes. He has also studied music composition privately with the composer Hale Smith, music theory and flute technique with the jazz musician Eric Dolphy, and classical flute technique and repertoire with Harold Jones. McNeill taught at several institutes of higher education, and is Professor Emeritus of Mason Gross School of the Arts, at Rutgers University, New Jersey, having retired in 2001. Through the 1970s, and in addition to his position in Art, McNeill also taught Afro-American Music History, private flute lessons, and was instrumental in launching the Jazz Studies Program at Rutgers University.

McNeill has exhibited his paintings and drawings at several galleries and colleges in the U.S. Northeast. He published two volumes of poems: Blackline: A Collection of Poems, Drawings and Photographs and After the Rain: A Collection of New Poems. In 2007, Lloyd McNeill was chosen by the USPS to design a postage stamp for the celebration of Kwanzaa 2009.^[2]

Discography

1969: Asha (with Gene Rush, Steve Novosel, Eric Gravatt, Paul Hawkins)
1969: Tanner Suite (duo with bassist Marshall Hawkins)
1970: Washington Suite
1976: Treasure (with Dom Salvador, Cecil McBee, Ray Armando, Brian Brake, Portinho)
1978: Tori (with Dom Salvador, Amaury Tristao, John LaBarbera, Buster Williams, Victor Lewis, Dom Um Romao, Nana Vasconcelos, Howard Johnson)

Mr. McNeill's albums "Asha" and "Washington Suite" have recently been reissued by the London-based company, "Soul Jazz."

1980: Elegia
1998: X.Tem.Por.E

References

External links

Official site
Works by or about Lloyd McNeill in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

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Name	McNeill, Lloyd
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Short description	American musician
Date of birth
Place of birth	Washington, D.C.
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