Nicola Farnon
Hannah Brine
Deano Masser
Lee Hallam
Ray Kelly
Phil Steel
Influences
Katie, Henry, Bunny Berigan, Chet Baker, Maynard Ferguson, Louis Prima, Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson (before the weirdness), Goldfrapp, Bobby Hackett, Tower Of Power, Sonny Stitt, Miles Davis, Missy Elliott, Mum and Dad, Earth Wind and Fire, Herbie Hancock, Rufus Wainwright, Abba, Wynton Marsalis, Bjork, Destiny’s Child, Oasis, R.H.C.P., Jack Daniels, The M1, Rocky Road, Louis Armstrong, Eddie Izzard, Mo (who is a genius), Ford Mondeo, The Mighty Tottenham Hotspur, The Shipping Forecast, Chinese Takeways, S Club 7...
I have been working as a freelance musician since graduating from Leeds University in '99. During this time I have had the pleasure of working with a number of great artists and bands including: Andy Prior Big Band, Bradley Walsh, Clem Curtis, Ernestine Pearce, Glenn Miller Orchestra UK, History of Motown, Jacqui Dankworth, Jimmy James And The Vagabonds, Joe Longthorne, John Miller Orchestra, Legendary Rat Pack, Mercedes Bens Horns, Matt Monro Jnr, Memphis Belle Swing Orchestra, Nelson Riddle Orchestra UK, New Squadronaires, Nick Ross Orchestra, Pasadena Roof Orchestra, Peter Kaye, Soul Explosion, Tony Christie, and many more.
I front a Jump Jive band called "Benny Lee & The Whistle Stop Five" - available for functions, corporates etc.
It's everywhere; in life and soul, in Mother Nature, in the stars and universe, in the eyes of a child, in the last breath of a dying man, in the ruins of ancient Greece, in the theories of Kant, in the first kiss of a first love and in the distant memory of a happy childhood summer
and in North Yorkshire at a wedding reception in mid November.
Benny, I think you should know. I've just been to your website and there, right in-front of me, on my computer's screen no less, was, a picture of a strange woman!! SHOCKING!!
Have you changed or is this some sort of tom-foolary!! What is this trickery??!!??!! 8o
We’ve posted a video of our single Suddenly on the page. Our most recent single, Dirty got played on BBC 6 Music Tom Robinson’s show! Have a listen to the music and let us know what you think!
hi ben, havent spoken in a while, i hope all is going well and the tour you did was good and the such, anywho, may see you around and cheers for the stuff you did with us in combo, never really got chance to say thanks so....thanks!
OKOKOK, photo's are on their way, there's a few gooduns. Apparently you all moved about too much though...
My next outing with JJ is on your birthday in fact. Are you still on it? Plus then the Wednesday after with SEx. Both Minehead, both Milesaway. Can't wait!
aaww thanks for your birthday comment - was awful swell o' ya! Hope you're all well and dandy. Don't be a stranger. Keep me very posted. I finish uni forever in less than 2 weeks. Oops - where did all the time go?! x x
