Joe Leader
Joe has spent all of his life playing music. Born into a musical family (his mother, Lucille Orden Leader, a professional concert pianist), Joe and his first band won the “Daily Telegraph Young Jazz Awards” aged sixteen. He went on to study music privately at London’s Guildhall school of Music and then at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Joe’s first class honours degree in Music Technology from LCMM enabled him to produce his own debut album and subsequent EP’s & Singles. As a Légère, Rovner and Hercules sponsored artist, with over 100,000 fans on Facebook, Joe’s debut album, Seductive Sax, had 135 global radio plays per week and reached the Top 20 in the US Smooth Jazz charts. His incredible career has taken him all over the world, performing on stage with such greats as Eros Ramazzotti, Joseph Calleja, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Stephen Gately, Pharrell Williams, Joss Stone, Sandie Shaw, Beverley Knight, Dave Koz, Gerald Albright and Mindi Abair. When he is not seducing fans across the world with his saxophone, Joe can be found practicing Aikido, a Japanese martial art in which he has a 2nd Degree Black Belt. Both, says Joe, help to focus mind, body and soul on his art.
Appears in 1 Episode
The VOICE of Joe Leader, Class of 1998
In this episode of Alfredian Voices, Heather Roberts sits down with Old Alfredian Joe Leader, a professional musician who revisits his formative years at King Alfred S...
