Jeanne Lee

vocals · 1939–2000 · New York

Jeanne Lee, a New York singer, poet and composer, combined a wide variety of vocal styles over the course of her collaborations. After winning an Apollo amateur night in 1961 with pianist Ran Blake, she recorded her first album, then returned to jazz in the late 1960s through independent, experimental work.

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Styles

• Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese
• Free improvisation and European free

Landmark tracks

• Laura (Jeanne Lee) (1961)
• Blue Monk (Jeanne Lee) (1961)
• Evil Blues (1961)
• Church on Russell Street (1961)

Sources

• Source

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