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William James Edwards Lee III (July 23, 1928 – May 24, 2023) was an American jazz bassist and composer, known for his collaborations with Bob Dylan and Aretha Franklin, his compositions for jazz percussionist Max Roach, and his session work as a "first-call" musician and band leader to many of the twentieth-century's most significant musical ...
May 24, 2023 · Bill Lee, a jazz bassist and composer who scored the early films of his son Spike Lee, wrote folk-jazz operas, led an acclaimed ensemble of bassists and was a prolific sideman for Bob Dylan,...
May 24, 2023 · Bill Lee, a jazz musician and father of Spike Lee who scored films including 'Do the Right Thing,' is dead. He was 94.
May 25, 2023 · Bill Lee, a jazz bassist who played with Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Aretha Franklin and Duke Ellington, who was also the father of filmmaker Spike Lee, died at his Brooklyn home Wednesday...
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May 24, 2023 · Bill Lee, the jazz bassist who recorded with the likes of Bob Dylan and Aretha Franklin and is the father of Spike Lee, has died at the age of 94.
May 24, 2023 · Bill Lee, a well-regarded jazz musician who accompanied such artists as Bob Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel and Harry Belafonte and scored four of his son Spike’s early films, has died. He was 94. Theo Dumont, a publicist for Spike Lee, says the elder Lee died Wednesday at his home in Brooklyn.
May 24, 2023 · Bill Lee -- a well-regarded jazz musician who scored four of his son Spike Lee’s early films -- has died at 94.
May 24, 2023 · Bill Lee, the jazz composer and bassist who played with Bob Dylan and Aretha Franklin before scoring the classic first four films of his son, Spike Lee, died at his Brooklyn home this morning...
May 25, 2023 · Bill Lee, a bassist and composer who scored the early films of his son Spike Lee, wrote folk-jazz operas that channeled the voices of his enslaved ancestors, and performed with musicians...
May 24, 2023 · Bill Lee, the jazz bassist who played with Bob Dylan and Duke Ellington before composing scores for his son Spike Lee, died at his Brooklyn home on Wednesday morning. No cause of death has...
