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Bill Lee, the jazz musician and songwriter who performed with superstars and scored films for his son Spike, died Wednesday. He was 94. Lee died at his home in Brooklyn, according to a publicist fo… ...
Bill Lee, bassist and composer who scored son Spike Lee’s films, dies at 94. Before collaborating with his oldest son, Spike, he performed with jazz, folk and blues stars including Duke ...
Bill Lee, the accomplished ... (1989) and Mo’ Better Blues (1990). The elder Lee had small roles in each of those films, except for Do the Right Thing. He also scored his son’s early short, ...
Lee wrote the soundtracks to Spike Lee's “She’s Gotta Have It,” “School Daze,” “Do the Right Thing” and “Mo’ Better Blues." Bill Lee also appeared in “Do the Right Thing.” ...
Spike Lee's father, Bill Lee, a jazz bassist who played with Bob Dylan and Aretha Franklin, died at home in Brooklyn on Wednesday morning. He was 94.
Bill Lee, a jazz bassist and ... (1989) 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 ...
Lee wrote the soundtracks to Spike Lee's “She’s Gotta Have It,” “School Daze,” “Do the Right Thing” and “Mo’ Better Blues." Bill Lee also appeared in “Do the Right Thing.” ...
Bill Lee, the jazz bassist who played with Bob Dylan and Duke Ellington before composing scores for his son Spike Lee, died at his Brooklyn home on Wednesday morning.No cause of death has been ...
Bill Lee, a well-regarded jazz musician who accompanied such artists as Bob Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel and Harry Belafonte and scored four of his son Spike’s early films, has died.
Bill Lee, a well-regarded jazz musician who accompanied such artists as Bob Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel and Harry Belafonte as well as scoring four of his son Spike’s early films, died Wednesday ...