Pittsburgh, PA, 1989 spring Professional memberships Board of Directors, Meet The Composer (founding member) Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) SESAC Atlantic Center for the Arts Education Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Florida – B. A. in Music Education (full music scholarship) American Conservatory of Music, Chicago, Illinois DuSable High School, Captain Walter Dyett, Chicago, Illinois References External links Turning Corners: The Life and Music of Leroy Jenkins by Carl E. Baugher Lovely Music Artist: Leroy Jenkins AACM: Leroy Jenkins Other Minds: Leroy Jenkins Dialogue between 'Blue' Gene Tyranny and Leroy Jenkins Eternal Planet (Dedicated To Leroy Jenkins), composed by William Parker and featured on Billy Bang's Medicine Buddha (NoBusiness Records, 2014, CD) African-American jazz composers African-American jazz musicians American jazz violinists American male violinists American jazz violists Avant-garde jazz musicians 1932 births 2007 deaths Jazz musicians from Illinois Musicians from Chicago Deaths from lung cancer India Navigation artists Red Records artists Pi Recordings artists Black Saint/Soul Note artists 20th-century jazz composers 20th-century American violinists 20th-century American composers American male jazz composers American jazz composers 20th-century American male musicians Creative Construction Company members Revolutionary Ensemble members 20th-century African-American musicians 21st-century African-American people 20th-century violists