Having studied Art and Zoology in Morehouse College,Atlanta, he moved on to be the first recipient ofHoward University's MFA degree. in 1963. In 1964-5, he did further study inLithographyat Paris'L'Ecole Nationale Des Beaux Arts. During his residence in France, he spent a considerable amount of time withPablo Picassoand his wife,Jacquelinein Cannes. He has also studied music composition privately with the composerHale Smith, music theory and flute technique with the jazz musicianEric Dolphy, and classical flute technique and repertoire withHarold Jones. McNeill taught at several institutes of higher education, and is Professor Emeritus ofMason 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.
Discography
1969: Asha (with Gene Rush, Steve Novosel, Eric Gravatt, Paul Hawkins)
1969: Tanner Suite (duo with bassist Marshall Hawkins)
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