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Mike
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Above
the Battleground
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Saxophonist
Mike Lee's No Copycat By Nancy Ann
Lee
Saxophonist
Mike Lee is a
native of Cleveland, Ohio, the city that yielded Tadd
Dameron, Albert
Ayler, Ken Peplowski, Joe Lovano and other
jazz stars. Born April 10, 1963, Lee began
piano studies at age five and switched to
saxophone as a teenager, before discovering jazz
and Miles Davis.
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| Today, Lee
draws inspiration from Charlie
Parker, Ben Webster, Duke
Ellington and Sidney
Bechet. But
he's no copycat. Lee's caressive,
communicative style is bolstered by college
studies at Cleveland State and the University of
Cincinnati, plus two years of studies in New York
with Joe Lovano. |
Lee's
self-produced debut, The Quiet Answer, was
released in 1990 while he was in Cleveland.
He now resides in New Jersey. Lee's second
CD, Above the Battleground, is an exciting outing
with Oberlin grad Matt Ray on piano, and New
Yorkers Ben Allison (bass), Tim Horner (drums)
and Tim Hagans (trumpet).
Eight of the 10 tunes on
Above the Battleground exhibit Lee's gift for
writing diverse, attention-grabbers.
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An
exceptional expressionist with a rich, burnished
tenor tone and flowing unpredictable lines, Lee
knows his craft. Eight of the 10 tunes on
Above the Battleground exhibit his gift for
writing such diverse, attention-grabbers as the
hardbop opener "Desert storm," the
straight-ahead Blakey-ish swing piece
"Leisure Suit" and (Lee's personal
favorites) the highly creative and expansive
"Holy Instant," "Becca-Lou's
Shoes" and title tune.
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| Lee gains
spiritual strength from studying the Course in
Miracles. "(My spiritual life) affects
everything, especially music," he
says. "The state of mind you're in
when you're playing, especially improvised music,
is critical to what ends up coming out."
When
not touring as a Selmer clinician, Lee subs with
the Village Vanguard Orchestra and the Maria
Schneider Orchestra, and performs with small
groups. He participated in Lovano's
Celebrating Sinatra tour and
says, "My best N.Y.C. experience was playing
with Lovano at the Vanguard. Hearing him
play and develop his approach to the same Manny
Albam arrangements night after night, and getting
to solo a couple of times each set was lesson and
an inspiration."
Related
Artists:
Joe Lovano
Tim Hagans
Ben Allison
Maria
Schneider
Village
Vanguard Orchestra
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Sound
Clips & Track List
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01. Desert
Storm
02. Holy
Instant
03. The
Best Things In Life Are Free
04. In
Between
05. Becca-Lou's
Shoes
06. Please Me
07. Leisure Suit
08. Above The Battleground
09. A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing
10. Laws Of Chaos
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