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Bill Lee. 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 ...
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May 24, 2023 · David Lee. 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 ...
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May 24, 2023 · Bill Lee, Composer and Father of Spike Lee, Dies at 94. The jazz musician scored four of his son's films, including 'Do the Right Thing,' in addition to working with such artists as Bob Dylan and ...
May 24, 2023 · Bill Lee, the jazz bassist who recorded with the likes of Bob Dylan and Aretha Franklin and was the father of filmmaker Spike Lee, has died at the age of 94. Lee died Wednesday at his home in ...
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May 25, 2023 · Born William James Edwards Lee III in Snow Hill, Ala., on July 23, 1928, Bill Lee was the son of two musicians. “My learning in music started with my mother and father,” he said during a 2012 ...
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. Lee was a session bassist who has played on albums by Odetta, Woody Guthrie, Cat Stevens, Gordon ...
May 25, 2023 · Bill Lee’s legacy . Lee was a prolific session musician who played bass with some of the greats of the 1960s and ‘70s. His bass can be heard on Bob Dylan’s “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue ...
