Jeanne Lee

Jeanne Lee
  • Type: Jazz Vocalist
  • Born: January 29, 1939 in New York City, New York, United States
  • Died: October 25, 2000, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico

Biography

Jeanne Lee was an American avant-garde jazz singer whose duo album with pianist *Ran Blake*, 'The Newest Sound Around' (1962) on #RCA Victor#, reinvented jazz singing with its cool, intellectual restraint. A core member of *Gunter Hampel*'s Galaxie Dream Band and a featured voice in *Carla Bley*'s 'Escalator over the Hill' (1971), she also led the album 'Conspiracy' (1975) and worked with *Anthony Braxton*, *Archie Shepp* and *Marion Brown* before her death in 2000.

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Jeanne Lee Discography

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