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Bill Lee (musician)

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William James Edwards "Bill" Lee III (born July 23, 1928) is an American musician. [1]

75 relations: A Few Miles from Memphis, Actor, Alabama, Andy LaVerne, Aretha Franklin, Arlo Guthrie, Bass guitar, Bob Dylan, Burt Bacharach, Carolyn Hester, Cat Stevens, Change of Pace, Chris Anderson (pianist), Chuck Loeb, Cinqué Lee, Clifford Jordan, Columbia Records, Composer, Con Alma (Ray Bryant album), Conducting, Dancing the Big Twist, David Lee (still photographer), Do the Right Thing, Double bass, Duke Ellington, Eric Bibb, Fancy Free (Richard Davis album), Glass Bead Games, Gordon Lightfoot, Harold Mabern, Harry Belafonte, Harvest (Richard Davis album), Ian & Sylvia, Inverted Image, It's All Over Now, Baby Blue, Jazz, Jet (magazine), John Handy, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Griffin, Joie Lee, Josh White, Judy Collins, Jungle Fever, Lightfoot!, Magic Fingers (album), Malvina Reynolds, Mo' Better Blues, My Romance (Chris Anderson album), No Coast Jazz, ..., Odetta, Pat Martino, Peter, Paul and Mary, Rakin' and Scrapin', Ray Bryant, Regeneration (Stanley Cowell album), Richard Davis (bassist), School Daze, She's Gotta Have It, Simon & Garfunkel, Snow Hill, Alabama, Soundtrack, Spike Lee, Stanley Cowell, Starbright, Strata-East Records, Terence Blanchard, The Adventurer (album), The Chad Mitchell Trio, The Clancy Brothers, The New York Times, The Philosophy of the Spiritual, Tom Paxton, Tom Rush, United States. Expand index (25 more) »

A Few Miles from Memphis

A Few Miles from Memphis is the debut album by pianist Harold Mabern which was recorded in 1968 and released on the Prestige label.

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Actor

An actor (often actress for women; see terminology) is a person who portrays a character in a performance.

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Alabama

Alabama is a state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Andy LaVerne

Andy LaVerne (born December 4, 1947) is an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger.

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Aretha Franklin

Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25, 1942) is an American singer and songwriter.

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Arlo Guthrie

Arlo Davy Guthrie (born July 10, 1947) is an American folk singer-songwriter.

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Bass guitar

The bass guitar (also known as electric bass, or bass) is a stringed instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, except with a longer neck and scale length, and four to six strings or courses.

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Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, author, and painter who has been an influential figure in popular music and culture for more than five decades.

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Burt Bacharach

Burt Freeman Bacharach (born May 12, 1928) is an American composer, songwriter, record producer, pianist, and singer who has composed hundreds of popular hit songs from the late 1950s through the 1980s, many in collaboration with popular lyricist Hal David.

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Carolyn Hester

Carolyn Sue Hester (born January 28, 1937) is an American folk singer and songwriter.

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Cat Stevens

Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou), commonly known by his former stage name Cat Stevens, is a British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.

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Change of Pace

Change of Pace is an album by jazz saxophonist Johnny Griffin which was recorded in 1961 and released on the Riverside label.

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Chris Anderson (pianist)

Chris Anderson (February 26, 1926 – February 4, 2008) was an American jazz pianist, who might be best known as an influence on Herbie Hancock.

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Chuck Loeb

Charles Samuel "Chuck" Loeb (December 7, 1955 – July 31, 2017) was an American jazz guitarist and a member of the groups Steps Ahead and Fourplay.

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Cinqué Lee

Cinqué Lee (born July 1966) is an American actor and filmmaker.

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Clifford Jordan

Clifford Laconia Jordan (September 2, 1931 – March 27, 1993) was an American jazz tenor saxophone player.

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Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese conglomerate Sony.

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Composer

A composer (Latin ''compōnō''; literally "one who puts together") is a musician who is an author of music in any form, including vocal music (for a singer or choir), instrumental music, electronic music, and music which combines multiple forms.

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Con Alma (Ray Bryant album)

Con Alma is an album by pianist Ray Bryant released on Columbia Records in 1961.

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Conducting

Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance, such as an orchestral or choral concert.

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Dancing the Big Twist

Dancing the Big Twist is an album by pianist Ray Bryant released on Columbia Records in 1961 to capitalise on the Twist dance craze.

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David Lee (still photographer)

David Lee (born February 16, 1961) is an American unit still photographer.

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Do the Right Thing

Do the Right Thing is a 1989 American comedy-drama film produced, written, and directed by Spike Lee.

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Double bass

The double bass, or simply the bass (and numerous other names), is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra.

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Duke Ellington

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American composer, pianist, and bandleader of a jazz orchestra, which he led from 1923 until his death in a career spanning over fifty years.

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Eric Bibb

Eric Charles Bibb (born August 16, 1951) is an American-born blues singer and songwriter.

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Fancy Free (Richard Davis album)

Fancy Free is an album by bassist Richard Davis recorded in 1977 and released on the Galaxy label.

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Glass Bead Games

Glass Bead Games is a double album by jazz saxophonist Clifford Jordan which was recorded in 1973 and released on the Strata-East label.

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Gordon Lightfoot

Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. (born November 17, 1938) is a Canadian singer-songwriter who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music.

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Harold Mabern

Harold Mabern, Jr. (born March 20, 1936) is an American jazz pianist and composer, principally in the hard bop, post-bop, and soul jazz fields.

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Harry Belafonte

Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927) is an American singer, songwriter, actor, and social activist.

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Harvest (Richard Davis album)

Harvest is an album by bassist Richard Davis recorded in 1977 but not released on the Muse label until 1979.

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Ian & Sylvia

Ian & Sylvia were a Canadian folk and country music duo which consisted of Ian and Sylvia Tyson, née Fricker.

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Inverted Image

Inverted Image is an album by jazz pianist Chris Anderson which was recorded in 1961 and released on the Jazzland label.

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It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

"It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan and featured on his Bringing It All Back Home album, released on March 22, 1965 by Columbia Records (see 1965 in music).

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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Jet (magazine)

Jet is a magazine, currently in digital format, marketed to African-American readers.

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John Handy

John Richard Handy III (born February 3, 1933) is an American jazz musician most commonly associated with the alto saxophone, although he also plays tenor and baritone saxophone, saxello, clarinet, and oboe, and sings.

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John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1912 or 1917; retrieved August 22, 2017. – June 21, 2001) was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist.

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Johnny Griffin

John Arnold Griffin III (April 24, 1928 – July 25, 2008) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.

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Joie Lee

Joie Susannah Lee (born June 22, 1962) is an American screenwriter, film producer and actress.

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Josh White

Joshua Daniel White (February 11, 1914 – September 5, 1969) was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor and civil rights activist.

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Judy Collins

Judith Marjorie Collins (born May 1, 1939) is an American singer and songwriter known for her eclectic tastes in the material she records (which has included folk music, show tunes, pop music, rock and roll and standards) and for her social activism.

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Jungle Fever

Jungle Fever is a 1991 American romantic drama film written, produced and directed by Spike Lee, and stars Wesley Snipes, Annabella Sciorra, Lee, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Samuel L. Jackson, Lonette McKee, John Turturro, Frank Vincent, Halle Berry, and Anthony Quinn.

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Lightfoot!

Lightfoot! is the debut album by Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot.

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Magic Fingers (album)

Magic Fingers is an album by guitarist Chuck Loeb and pianist Andy LaVerne recorded in 1989 and released on the DMP label.

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Malvina Reynolds

Malvina Reynolds (August 23, 1900 – March 17, 1978) was an American folk/blues singer-songwriter and political activist, best known for her songwriting, particularly the songs "Little Boxes" and "Morningtown Ride.".

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Mo' Better Blues

Mo' Better Blues is a 1990 musical drama film starring Denzel Washington, Wesley Snipes, and Spike Lee, who also directed.

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My Romance (Chris Anderson album)

My Romance is an album by jazz pianist Chris Anderson which was recorded in 1960 but not released on the Vee-Jay label until 1983.

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No Coast Jazz

No Coast Jazz is an album by saxophonist John Handy III featuring tracks recorded in 1960 and originally released on the Roulette label.

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Odetta

Odetta Holmes (December 31, 1930 – December 2, 2008), known as Odetta, was an American singer, actress, guitarist, lyricist, and a civil and human rights activist, often referred to as "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement".

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Pat Martino

Pat Martino (born August 25, 1944) is a jazz guitarist and composer within the post-bop, fusion, mainstream jazz and soul jazz idioms.

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Peter, Paul and Mary

Peter, Paul and Mary was an American folk group formed in New York City in 1961, during the American folk music revival phenomenon.

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Rakin' and Scrapin'

Rakin' and Scrapin is the second album led by pianist Harold Mabern which was recorded in 1968 and released on the Prestige label.

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Ray Bryant

Raphael Homer "Ray" Bryant (December 24, 1931 – June 2, 2011) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger.

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Regeneration (Stanley Cowell album)

Regeneration is an album by Stanley Cowell recorded in 1975 and first released on the Strata-East label.

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Richard Davis (bassist)

Richard Davis (born April 15, 1930) is an American jazz bassist.

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School Daze

School Daze is a 1988 American musical comedy drama film, written and directed by Spike Lee, and starring Larry Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito, and Tisha Campbell-Martin.

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She's Gotta Have It

She's Gotta Have It is a 1986 American black-and-white comedy-drama film written, edited and directed by Spike Lee.

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Simon & Garfunkel

Simon & Garfunkel were an American folk rock duo consisting of singer-songwriter Paul Simon and singer Art Garfunkel.

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Snow Hill, Alabama

Snow Hill is an unincorporated community in Wilcox County, Alabama, United States.

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Soundtrack

A soundtrack, also written sound track, can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film, video or television presentation; or the physical area of a film that contains the synchronized recorded sound.

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Spike Lee

Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor.

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Stanley Cowell

Stanley Cowell (born May 5, 1941) is an American jazz pianist and co-founder of the Strata-East Records label.

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Starbright

Starbright is an album by guitarist Pat Martino which was recorded in 1976 and first released on the Warner Bros. label.

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Strata-East Records

Strata-East Records is an American record company and label specialising in jazz that was founded in 1971 by Charles Tolliver and Stanley Cowell with the release of their first recording Music Inc. The label released over 50 albums in the 1970s.

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Terence Blanchard

Terence Oliver Blanchard (born March 13, 1962) is an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and music educator.

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The Adventurer (album)

The Adventurer is an album by saxophonist Clifford Jordan which was recorded in New York City in 1978 and first released on the Muse label.

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The Chad Mitchell Trio

The Chad Mitchell Trio – later known as The Mitchell Trio – were a North American vocal group who became known during the 1960s.

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The Clancy Brothers

The Clancy Brothers were an influential Irish folk group, which initially developed as a part of the American folk music revival.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Philosophy of the Spiritual

The Philosophy of the Spiritual is an album by bassist Richard Davis recorded in 1971 and released on the Cobblestone label.

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Tom Paxton

Thomas Richard Paxton (born October 31, 1937) is an American folk singer-songwriter who has had a music career spanning more than fifty years.

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Tom Rush

Tom Rush (born February 8, 1941) is an American folk and blues singer, songwriter, musician and recording artist.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Lee_(musician)

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