Neil Leonard

Biographic Data

ID236039
NAMENeil Leonard
GIVEN NAMESNeil
FAMILY NAMELeonard
SIGNATURELEONARD N
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of San Francisco
ORCID0000-0002-6448-2016
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS14
TOTAL CITATIONS23
AUTHOR COUNT14
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1962
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX3

  • The Mitigated Empiricist Cārvākas on Testimony

    Neil Leonard, Nick LeonardARTICLEPhilosophy East and West2026

    The mitigated empiricist Cārvākas maintained that knowledge could only be acquired via perception and commonsensical or empirically verifiable inferences. Consequently, they did not seem to regard testimony as a source of knowledge. However, they also seemed to offer their testimony to others. This seems puzzling, for there is something odd about offering your testimony to someone else while also denying that they can acquire knowledge on the bas…

  • Promises and all of the people who rely on them

    Open AccessNeil LeonardARTICLEJournal of Social Philosophy2023

  • Belief and rational indeterminacy

    Open AccessNeil LeonardARTICLESynthese2021Cited by: 1References: 28

  • True Bread: The Sounds of Change in Cuba

    Neil LeonardARTICLELeonardo Music Journal2015

    This article examines True Bread, an installation that engages listeners in the evolving sonic environment of Cuba. The work was made in collaboration with Cuban street vendors, examining the vendors’ presence as a signifier of imminent social and political change

  • A Personal Approach to Contemporary Jazz: Works for Saxophone and Computer-Controlled Electronics

    Neil LeonardARTICLELeonardo Music Journal1996

    Jazz is often at its best when stretched to incorporate elements that might at first seem foreign or even suspect. It is now clear that computers, critical doubts notwithstanding, provide an important way to extend jazz improvisation and compositional resources. This article discusses how the author’s roots in the jazz tradition inform his work using saxophone and computer-controlled electronics. He examines two such works, which draw on diverse …

  • Edward MacDowell and the Realists

    Open AccessNeil LeonardARTICLEAmerican Quarterly1966

  • The Meaning of the Blues

    Ed Cray, Paul Oliver et al.ARTICLEWestern Folklore1964Cited by: 5

  • Toward Jazz

    Frank J Gillis, Frank Gillis et al.ARTICLEEthnomusicology1964

  • Jazz and the White Americans: The Acceptance of a New Art Form

    Henry A Kmen, Neil LeonardARTICLEThe Mississippi Valley Historical…1963

    Journal Article Jazz and the White Americans: The Acceptance of a New Art Form. By Neil Leonard. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1962. [x] + 215 pp. Notes, appendixes, bibliography, and index. $4.50.) Get access Henry A. Kmen Henry A. Kmen Tulane University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 49, Issue 4, March 1963, Pages 727–728, https://doi.org/10.2307/1895789 Publ…

  • The Worlds of Andre Hodeir

    Open AccessNeil LeonardARTICLEAmerican Quarterly1963

  • Dinosaurs in the Morning: 41 Pieces on Jazz

    Open AccessNeil Leonard, Whitney BalliettARTICLEAmerican Quarterly1963

  • Jazz and the White Americans: The Acceptance of a New Art Form

    Cesar Grana, Neil LeonardARTICLEAmerican Sociological Review1963Cited by: 8

  • Jazz and the White Americans

    John F Szwed, Neil LeonardARTICLEJournal of American Folklore1963

  • Jazz and the White Americans: The Acceptance of a New Art Form

    Open AccessChadwick Hansen, Neil LeonardARTICLEAmerican Quarterly1962Cited by: 9