Lloyd McNeill

Lloyd McNeill studied at Howard University, Morehouse College and École des Beaux-Arts. The recorded working language is English. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are jazz. Places of work recorded in the authority are Washington, D.C. and New York City. Employment is recorded with Rutgers University. Work by Lloyd McNeill is recorded in the collections of Smithsonian American Art Museum and Studio Museum in Harlem.

• Name — Lloyd McNeill • Born — 12 April 1935 • Birthplace — Washington, D.C., United States • Died — 5 October 2021 • Place of death — New York City • Genre — Jazz • Occupation — Flutist, Canvas Painter, Educator • Instrument — Flute • Website — http: www.lloydmcneill.com

Having studied Art and Zoology in Morehouse College, Atlanta, he moved on to be the first recipient of Howard University's MFA degree (1963). In 1964-5, he did further study in Lithography at Paris' L'Ecole Nationale Des Beaux Arts. During his residence in France, he spent a considerable amount of time with Pablo Picasso and his wife, Jacqueline in Cannes. He has also studied music composition privately with the composer Hale Smith, music theory and flute technique with the jazz musician Eric Dolphy, and classical flute technique and repertoire with Harold Jones. McNeill taught at several institutes of higher education, and was Professor Emeritus of Mason Gross School of the Arts, at Rutgers University, New Jersey, having retired in 2001. Through the 1970s, and in addition to his position in Art, McNeill also taught Afro-American Music History, private flute lessons, and was instrumental in launching the Jazz Studies Program at Rutgers University. McNeill has exhibited his paintings and drawings at several galleries and colleges in the U.S. Northeast. He published two volumes of poems: Blackline: A Collection of Poems, Drawings and Photographs and After the Rain: A Collection of New Poems. In 2007, Lloyd McNeill was chosen by the USPS to design a postage stamp for the celebration of Kwanzaa 2009.

Lloyd McNeill is recorded as jazz musician, postage stamp designer, educator, flautist and painter.