I live and work in SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. Here are some of the local artists I collaborate with on a regular basis:
halSTEINjazz.com –
myspace.com/FROGtunes –
jonathanPORETZ.com –
steveHECKMAN.com –
jeannineBONSTELLE.com –
PALINDROMEjazz.com –
myspace.com/rachaelMAGIDSON –
maxjazz.com/STALLINGS –
sonyHOLLAND.com –
benMARCATO.com –
reginamariaPONTILLO.com –
johnMATTERN.com –
myspace.com/tomGRIESSER –
darrenJOHNSTONmusic.com –
STOCCHIjazz.com –
lisaBANEY.com –
sarahMANNINGmusic.com –
Influences
MY INFLUENCES (in vaguely chronological order):
Village Stompers, Mickey Katz, J.S. Bach, Beethoven, Jackie Gleason,
Partridge Family, Laugh-In, Galt MacDermot, Seekers, Carpenters, Scott Joplin, Janice Joplin, Charles M. Schulz, James Thurber, Carole King, James Taylor, Cat Stevens, Joni Mitchell, Theo Bikel, Jerry Lewis, Vince Guaraldi, Floyd Cramer, Raquel Welch, Elton John, Keith Emerson, Moody Blues, Ian Anderson, Todd Rundgren, Joe Walsh, King Crimson, Yes, Genesis, Monty Python, Steely Dan, Allan Holdsworth, Steve Hackett, Gong, Soft Machine, Bill Bruford, Dave Stewart, Jeff Berlin, Egg, Hatfield & The North, National Health, Pip Pyle, Paper Chase, David Sancious, Carroll O'Conner, Brand X, Peter Gabriel, Frank Zappa, Tom Coster, Ralph Towner, Al DiMeola, John McLaughlin, Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays, Steve Morse, Robben Ford, Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett, Walter Bishop, Ahmad Jamal, Wynton Kelly, Red Garland, Bobby Timmons, Le Corbusier, R. Buckminster Fuller, Moshe Safdie, Jane Jacobs, Lewis Mumford, David Letterman, Rudolph Arnheim, Alvar Aalto, Rob & Leon Krier, HP Berlage, Gaston Bachelard, Kevin Lynch, Christopher Alexander, John Hejduk, RM Schindler, Aaron Copland, George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Rube Bloom, Leonard Bernstein, John Cage, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Dexter Gordon, John Coltrane, Walter Matthau, Tony Williams, Elvin Jones, Harvey Mason, Steve Gadd, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Farrell, Jean-Luc Ponty, Stephane Grappelli, George Cables, George Duke, Jan Hammer, Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, Don Grolnick, Roy Haynes, Blue Mitchell, Lee Morgan, Woody Shaw, Joe Henderson, Alan Pasqua, John Scofield, Dave Holland, Larry Young, Duke Ellington, Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson, Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Charles Mingus, David Ireland, Andy Goldsworthy, Nat Cole, Tadd Dameron, Bud Powell, Al Haig, Herbie Nichols, Elmo Hope, Gil Coggins, Hank Jones, Sonny Clark, Jaki Byard, Mulgrew Miller, Jessica Williams, Hal Stein.
IMPORTANT TEACHERS: (though I've studied music my whole life, my university education is in architecture and urban design)
Wilma Kraner, Bob Allen, Frank Vincent, Steve Schmidt, Pat Harbison, Phil DeGreg, Tim Hagans, Jerry Coker, Harris Forusz, Edmund Bacon, David Niland, Si Perkoff, Cedar Walton, Barry Harris.
A San Francisco-based pianist/composer/arranger/producer, Lee has worked with a variety of creative artists in many genres including MADELEINE PEYROUX, PETE ESCOVEDO, HAL STEIN, JONATHAN PORETZ, TODD PHILLIPS, STEVE HECKMAN, JAMIE DAVIS, DAN HICKS, MARY STALLINGS among others. As pianist, Lee participated in the forthcoming tribute recording to bluegrass icon Hazel Dickens, accompanying vocalists ELVIS COSTELLO, ROSANNE CASH and MADELEINE PEYROUX. Lee was also producer and pianist on "Spirit!" the 2006 release by saxophone legend HAL STEIN.
I'm sorry to hear about Hal Stein on KCSM yesterday. It was really touching to hear his playing on Autumn Serenade. I had the please to play with Hal when he often sat in at Jules Broussard's Thursday gigs at Pier 23.
Yes, it's my endeavor now to find a place for most, if not all of this material in the digital realm. Also considering some kind of Fussbudgets comp CD.
I wish you an happy new year, full of happiness and success in your music, always nice to listen to your tunes, I won't be with Rachael in San Francisco in february, but next time I hope,before the end of 2008... All the best,
Thanks for accepting me as your friend, I sincerely love your music, it's a wonderful honnor to read your compliments, I feel small in front of your great work, I won't forget to play a rim shot from you to Rachael ! All the best,
