Lee, Jeanne

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Lee, Jeanne
Date of birth
1939-01-29
Date of death
2000-10-25
Field of activity
Dance
Jazz
Music
Poetry
Occupation
Poets
Singers
Authors
Choreographers
Composers
Music teachers
Gender
female
MARC
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Other Identifiers

VIAF: 14968285
Wikidata: Q274580
Library of congress: n 96002908
Sources of Information
  • wikipedia, via WWW, 29 September 2021(Jeanne Lee, January 29, 1939-October 25, 2000; American jazz singer, poet, and composer; born in New York; choreographer; graduate of Bard College (bachelor's, 1961) and New York University (master's, 1972); taught at various institutions; published, including textbook on the history of jazz music for grades 4-7; died in 2000 in Tijuana, Mexico)
  • The newest sound around, c1962:label (Jeanne Lee)
  • Jam!, 1999:CIP t.p. (Jeanne Lee)
  • Phone call to publisher, Feb. 4, 1999(Jeanne Lee is a jazz singer and poet)
  • New York Times, Oct. 31, 2000(Jeanne Lee, 61, jazz singer in the avant-garde tradition, teacher of singing, composition, and movement; d. Oct. 25, 2000, Tijuana, Mexico)
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Wikipedia description:

Jeanne Lee (January 29, 1939 – October 25, 2000) was an American jazz singer, poet and composer. Best known for a wide range of vocal styles she mastered, Lee collaborated with numerous distinguished composers and performers who included Gunter Hampel, Andrew Cyrille, Ran Blake, Carla Bley, Anthony Braxton, Marion Brown, Archie Shepp, Mal Waldron, Mark Whitecage and many others.

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