Ranee Lee
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Ranee Lee, CM (born 1942 in New York City) is a Canadian jazz vocalist and musician who resides in Montreal, Quebec.
Lee toured North America in the 1970s as a jazz drummer and tenor saxophonist. She subsequently landed a starring role playing Billie Holiday in Lady Day, and won a Dora Mavor Moore Award for her performance. She subsequently began recording as a vocalist, releasing her first album in 1989.
Lee was named a member of the Order of Canada in 2006.
Her music appears in the animated short film, Black Soul.
She won a 2010 Juno Award for her Album; 'Ranee Lee Lives Upstairs' and is also an accomplished writer of Children's books (Nana, What do you say?)
[edit] Discography
- Live at the Bijou (1984)
- Deep Song (1989)
- The Musicals: Jazz on Broadway (1992)
- I Thought About You (1994)
- You Must Believe in Swing (1996)
- Seasons of Love (1997)
- Dark Divas (2000)
- Maple Groove (2004)
- Just You, Just Me (2005)
- Ranee Lee - Lives Upstairs (2009)
[edit] Contributions
[edit] External links
- http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=19669
- http://www.justin-time.com/artists.php?lang=en&aid=308/ Justin Time (label): Ranee Lee
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