Haydain Neale

Haydain Neale
Background information
Born(1970-09-03)September 3, 1970
OriginHamilton, Ontario
DiedNovember 22, 2009(2009-11-22) (aged 39)
Toronto, Ontario
GenresSoul, R&B
OccupationSinger-songwriter
Years active1990–2009

Haydain Neale (September 3, 1970 – November 22, 2009) was a Canadian singer-songwriter from Hamilton, Ontario.[1] He was best known as the lead singer of Juno Award-winning band jacksoul.[2][3] Neale also served on the faculty of the Humber College Summer Songwriting Workshop and as president of the Songwriters Association of Canada.[1][4]

He starred in the commissioned jazz opera Québécité by George Elliot Clarke, which debuted at the Guelph Jazz Festival in 2003.[5][6] Neale played Ovide Rimbaud, a Haitian-Québécois architect.[5][7]

  1. ^ a b "Haydain Neale – TMA 149". Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  2. ^ "Anthem Entertainment | Haydain Neale - Anthem Entertainment Group". www.anthementertainment.com. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  3. ^ "jacksoul Official Site". www.jacksoul.com. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference haydain was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b "Review - Québécité - Guelph Jazz Festival - Christopher Hoile". www.stage-door.com. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  6. ^ "History & Vision". 2018 Guelph Jazz Festival. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  7. ^ McLeod, Katherine (2009). "Oui, Let's Scat": Listening to Multi-Vocality in George Elliott Clarke's Jazz Opera Québécité". Mosaic: A Journal for the Interdisciplinary Study of Literature. 42 (1): 133–150 – via Proquest.