Leon Breeden

Leon Breeden was director of Jazz Studies at North Texas from 1959 to 1981. The Jazz Studies program, first of its kind in the country, rose to international prominence during Breeden's tenure. A meticulous archivist, Breeden saved every significant memo, letter, and photograph from his years at North Texas and organized these materials into 26 scrapbooks. The Breeden Collection also includes 365 LPs of North Texas alumni (including Marvin Stamm, Lou Marini, Lyle Mays, and Marc Johnson), 538 recordings of North Texas jazz lab band performances, and more than 200 instructional books, scores, and recordings. It is a monumental chronicle of the trials and triumphs of the first years of jazz education in America.

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