Harold Leon Breeden was a jazz educator and musician.
10 Facts About Leon Breeden
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Leon Breeden attended Texas Wesleyan College in Fort Worth on a scholarship and later transferred to Texas Christian University where he completed both his bachelor's and master's degrees.
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Leon Breeden was a teaching assistant under Don Gillis, whom he worked with in New York City from 1950 to 1952 as his assistant.
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Leon Breeden married Bonna Joyce McKee, whom he had met while working on his master's degree at Texas Christian.
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Leon Breeden met with and wrote arrangements for Arthur Fiedler, conductor of the Boston Pops.
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Leon Breeden worked as music coordinator for KXAS-TV in Fort Worth, known at the time as WBAP-TV.
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Leon Breeden died of natural causes on August 11,2010 in Dallas.
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The Associated Press release of Leon Breeden's death referred to him as a legendary director who made the One O'Clock Lab Band internationally famous.
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Leon Breeden was the chairman of Jazz Studies and director of the One O'Clock Lab Band at the University of North Texas College of Music from 1959 to 1981.
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Leon Breeden took the One O'Clock Lab Band to London, Paris, Portugal, Russia, Mexico, Germany, Spain, and Switzerland.