Lloyd McNeill (born in Washington, D.C.) was a jazz flutist and visual artist based out of New York City.

[1] Having studied Art and Zoology in Morehouse College, Atlanta, he moved on to be the first recipient of Howard University's MFA degree (1963).

During his residence in France, he spent a considerable amount of time with Pablo Picasso and his wife, Jacqueline in Cannes.

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.