SMITH, LEO. Jazz trumpeter/Composer ( in Leland, Mississippi). His musical development was influenced by his step-father, Alex (Little Bill
) Wallace, who played blues guitar, sang, and recorded with rhythm n
blues bands. He received his musical education in the public schools of Leland, Mississippi, and at the Army School of Music at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri (graduated 1967). He studied further at the Sherwood School of Music in Chicago, Illinois (1967-68), Wesleyan University...