Home » Jazz Musicians » John Leighton
John Leighton
John Leighton: Dramatic Life
by Dan Bilawsky
John Leighton's debut is a collection of poetic, pop-laced jazz that often downplays the pianist's own performance skills in favor of Anna Stott's easy-on-the-ears vocals and saxophonist Michael Buckley's engaging saxophone work. While Leighton's name rests high atop the cover of the album, he chooses to use his piano to serve the songs instead of himself, while allowing the songs themselves to serve as an indication of his talent. Born and based in Ireland, Leighton has assembled ...
read moreJohn Leighton: Dramatic Life
by Bruce Lindsay
Jazz composers can be inspired by the oddest things, but it's rare to find inspiration coming from those seminal icons of the nineteenth century, Florence Nightingale and John Keats. Northern Ireland-based pianist/songwriter John Leighton puts that right on his beautiful debut, Dramatic Life, and it isn't just his inspirations that are original. Leighton's chosen musical compatriots are superb. The pianist wrote the songs, but leaves Anna Stott to deliver the lyrics, and she does so with an ...
read moreMusic
Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson