Phil Lee
Phillip Robert Lee (born 8 April 1943, London) is an English jazz guitarist.
Lee studied guitar with Ike Isaacs as a teenager and was a member of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, including for their performance at the 1960 Antibes Jazz Festival. Later in the 1960s he played with John Williams and Graham Collier[1] and in a band that included Bob Stuckey, Dudu Pukwana, and John Marshall.
During the 1970s, he played in jazz-rock bands such as Gilgamesh and Axel with Tony Coe and with Michael Garrick, Henry Lowther, and John Stevens.[1] He recorded Twice Upon a Time (1987) with Jeff Clyne.[1] Later in his career he worked with Gordon Beck, Andres Boiarsky, Benny Goodman, Lena Horne, Marian Montgomery, Annie Ross, and the London Jazz Orchestra.
References
- ^ a b c Mathieson, Kenny (1999). "The British Scene". In Alexander, Charles (ed.). Masters of Jazz Guitar (1st British ed.). Balafon. p. 166. ISBN 0-87930-592-4.
- Mark Gilbert, "Phil Lee". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld.
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