Keiko Lee
Keiko Lee (born February 17, 1965 in Aichi , Honshu) is a Japanese jazz musician ( vocals , piano ).
Live and act
Lee began taking organ lessons from the age of ten; in high school he ran a band that played the music of Chick Corea , Weather Report, and Casiopea . At the age of 21 she concentrated on the piano and began her musical career as a jazz pianist in clubs in Nagoya . There she mainly accompanied jazz and pop singers on the piano and sang only occasionally. Grady Tate , who heard her voice in 1994 when he happened to be visiting the Jazz Inn Lovely club , offered his support to make her first recording. The recordings in New York with the Kenny Barron trio were called Imaginesuccessfully marketed by Sony. In 1996 she recorded her second album, Kickin 'It with Keiko Lee, with Tate, Ron Carter , Lee Konitz and Renee Rosnes . More albums followed.
Lee was first recognized as the best female jazz singer in Japan in 1997 in the Swing Journal's readers' poll and then again several times. Her album Day Dreaming won the magazine's Gold Disk award in 1999 , and Sings Super Standards won the 2002 Best Album of the Year award in addition to being a Gold Disk .
Discographic notes
- Imagine (1995)
- Kickin 'It with Keiko Lee (1996)
- Beautiful Love (1997)
- If It's Love (1998)
- Day Dreaming (1999)
- Sings Super Standards (2002)
- Vitamin K (2003)
- Live 1995 (2005)
- In Essence (2007)
- Delight (2008)
- Another Side of Keiko Lee (2008)
- Fragile (2009)
- Sings the Beatles (2014)
Web links
- Web presence
- Keiko Lee at Discogs (English)
- Keiko Lee at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lee, Keiko |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese jazz musician (vocals, piano) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 17, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aichi , Honshu |