Leonard, Harlan, 1905-1983

found: New Grove dict. of jazz(Leonard, Harlan (Quentin); (Mike); b. 7/2/05, Kansas City, MO; d. 1983, Los Angeles: saxophonist and bandleader)

found: African American National Biography, accessed February 19, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Leonard, Harlan “Mike”; Harlan Quentin Leonard; jazz musician, saxophonist, bandleader, clarinetist, financial manager; born 02 July 1905 in Butler, Missouri, United States; was lead alto saxophonist, doubling on clarinet and soprano sax, in Bennie Moten's ensemble (1923-1931); became part of a new band, Hayes's Kansas City Sky Rockets; after working in a defense job for Lockheed and at the post office, he joined the cashier's section at the Los Angeles office of the Department of Internal Revenue (1949); eventually became chief of the section; died 1983 in Los Angeles, California, United States)