Harold O'Neal (born March 27, 1981) is a Tanzanian - American jazz pianist, composer, public speaker, record producer, actor, martial artist, and Bboy.

The last protégé of Andrew Hill, O'Neal, who grew up surrounded by the Kansas City tradition, began working with musical jazz luminaries from a young age — touring the world with Bobby Watson when he was 19 and leaving the Manhattan School of Music to replace pianist Jason Moran in the influential band, The Greg Osby 4. As a composer, Harold is known for blending the genres of 20th-century impressionist music with modern jazz. His recent solo album, "Marvelous Fantasy" (Smalls Records, 2011), is influenced by the works of Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy and has received critical acclaim from the American press.

In addition to performing, O'Neal is equally active as a producer in the worlds of Hip-Hop and R&B. As a member of the legendary Ski Beatz's band, The Senseis, Harold has toured extensively with underground hip-hop artists and has produced tracks for Mac Miller, Cam'Ron, Murs, and Curren$y. In 2012, Harold began a collaboration with super-producer Jerry Duplessis, a.k.a. Jerry Wonda (The Fugees, Wyclef Jean, Shakira, Justin Bieber).

In June 2012, Harold had the honor of with performing in Dublin, Ireland alongside Jerry Wonda with Bono and U2, Lupe Fiasco, Angelique Kidjo, Bob Geldof, Damien Rice and other artists for Amnesty International's Electric Burma concert, celebrating Aung San Suu Kyi.

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