John Lee (guitarist)

John Gregory Lee ( born June 28, 1952 in Roxbury ( Massachusetts)) is an American bass guitarist of the fusion and modern jazz, who is also active as a composer, producer and teacher. In tandem with Gerry Brown he was known as " the Background pairing, you need to have recourse as a soloist on a powerful, experienced and inspired rhythm background can " ( Stu Goldberg ).

Life and work

Lee is the son of a Marine musician; he grew first in Connecticut and New York, then in Philadelphia. In high school, he met Gerry Brown, with whom he also studied at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia ( 1970-1972 ) before he traveled with Brown to Europe and played in the bands of Gary Bartz and Chris Hinze; Recordings with Joachim Kühn, Toto Blanke, Toots Thielemans and Philip Catherine ( September Man) joined them. 1974 Lee returned temporarily back in the States, where he worked with Lonnie Liston Smith, Michal Urbaniak, Urszula Dudziak and Joe Henderson before he was part of Larry Coryell's Eleventh House with Brown. Their debut was the respected rhythm tandem Brown -Jones with " Infinite Jones " (1973), to be the more plates ( such as " Mango Sunrise ," " Still Can not Say Enough" (1976 ) ) joined. In Europe they appeared in the meantime on with Jasper van't Hof pork pie; still they went with Danny Toan and Eef Albers on tour. With Palle Mikkel Borg and Bob Malach, they recorded their album " Chaser " (1979). Lee also played in 1981 at the Heath Brothers, between 1982 and 1984 then at McCoy Tyner. He then worked from 1984 to 1992 as a bass player in the touring bands of Dizzy Gillespie, but also in Dizzy's 70th Anniversary Big Band, the United Nation Orchestra and the posthumous Alumni band. He continued to play with Sonny Rollins, Max Roach, and in the fantasy band. He also made ​​appearances with Gil Evans, Jon Faddis, Freddie Hubbard, Robin Kenyatta, Slide Hampton, Stefanie Schlesinger, Wolfgang Lackerschmid and Claudio Roditi.

Lexical entries

  • Martin Kunzler, Jazz Encyclopedia Vol 1 Reinbek: Rowohlt 2002; ISBN 3-499-16512-0
Jazz fusion Michał Urbaniak Palle Mikkelborg Integrated Authority File
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