Malcolm McNeill

Malcolm Ivan McNeill (born 1945) is a jazz singer from New Zealand, based in Christchurch. He has performed and recorded with a range of international performers, including Dame Cleo Laine and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa. With the latter, he recorded the music album Heart to Heart. He has recorded with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and has nine studio albums.

He was born in Christchurch on 8 April 1945, and educated at Christchurch Boys' High School and the University of Canterbury.

Publications

In 2020, Malcolm published an analysis of his son, Abraham’s experiences within New Zealand’s mental health system, reflecting on aspects of psychiatric care while setting a broader policy context.

References

• NEW LIFE in an OLD SONGBOOK, The Dominion Post, 10 July 2003, 2009-02-01
• Jeremy Lubbock, ArkivMusic.com, 2016-01-24, 1 July 2017, dead
• Lambert, Max, Who's Who in New Zealand, 12, 1908, 1991, Reed, Wellington
• Malcolm McNeill - Music - Recreation - Christchurch City Libraries
• Malcolm McNeill
• McNeill, Malcolm, Eulogy for Abraham Leighton McNeill: The failure of the New Zealand mental health system ..., Mad in America: Science, Psychiatry and Social Justice, 2026-01-10