Bill Lee, the jazz musician and songwriter who performed ... “School Daze,” “Do the Right Thing” and “Mo’ Better Blues.” The pair had a personal and professional falling out shortly ...

Bill Lee, a bassist and composer who scored the early ... For Spike Lee’s film “Mo’ Better Blues” (1990), about a trumpeter (Denzel Washington) trying to juggle his love life and career ...

Bill Lee, the accomplished jazz musician who collaborated ... School Daze (1988), Do the Right Thing (1989) and Mo’ Better Blues (1990). The elder Lee had small roles in each of those films ...

Republican Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed a bill late last week making it a crime to hide people who live in the United States illegally from law enforcement. Lee signed the bill on May 9 ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — In his “State of the State” address Monday, governor Bill Lee pledged the state would be a beacon of opportunity for Tennesseans. The speech discussed everything ...

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee vetoed a bill that would have allowed the Board of Parole to deny release based solely on the “seriousness of the crime.” The bill would have reversed progress made ...

How you gonna be at home and know your audience?” What does Bill Magee disdain in a fellow blues traveler? “Someone playin’ a whole lot of notes,” he says. “BB [King] could hit but one ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Republican Governor Bill Lee signed a controversial education bill into law Wednesday, effectively creating a program across the state in which families could apply for ...

and “Mo’ Better Blues” (1990). Born William James Edwards Lee III in Snow Hill, Ala., on July 23, 1928, Bill Lee was the son of two musicians. “My learning in music started with my mother ...

and the poignant hardships of a Black jazz musician in “Mo’ Better Blues” (1990). Bill Lee had small parts in all but “Do the Right Thing,” and Spike Lee’s sister, Joie, had roles in ...

which Bill Lee composed. The late Lee also wrote the soundtracks for his son’s first three feature films: “She’s Gotta Have It” (1986), “School Daze” (1988), and “Mo’ Better Blues ...