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Will Lee is an American bassist known for his work on the Late Show with David Letterman as part of the CBS Orchestra and before that "The World's Most Dangerous Band" when Letterman hosted the NBC "Late Night" show.[1]

Will Lee
GenresJazz, rock
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrument(s)Bass guitar
Years active1973–present
Websitewww.willlee.com

Lee has recorded and toured with many artists. He appeared on the Mark & Clark Band's hit record Worn Down Piano. He performs with his Beatles tribute band, The Fab Faux,[2] which he co-founded in 1998.[3]


Career



Beginnings in music


Lee was greatly influenced to pursue music because of his parents. His father, William Franklin Lee III played piano, trumpet and the upright bass professionally. Lee's mother Lois sang with big bands. Lee took up drums after seeing the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show, and by the time he was 12 had formed his first band in Miami. The band members each earned $9 a night playing the popular surfing tunes characteristic of the 60s. With the great numbers of drummers in Miami, Lee shifted to bass, an instrument that offered more opportunities. Lee was part of a succession of bands including top 40 bands with names like "Chances R" "The Loving Kind", and "Green Cloud."

Lee studied French horn for a year and then switched to a bass major. After classes, he worked on bass fundamentals listening to not only the Beatles, but also Stevie Wonder, Jimi Hendrix, Steve Miller, The Rascals, Motown, Sly & the Family Stone, among others. He would put it all into practice six sets a night playing with various local bands, including a horn band called "Goldrush."


Professional music career


Lee then went to New York City. Trumpeter Randy Brecker called Lee out of class one day and invited him to audition for "Dreams". In New York, Lee's career as a session musician flourished, and he toured with many artists. Lee played in the New York "24th Street Band" which had great success in Japan, giving him a solo artist career that yielded him a top 5 single. Most recently, his solo CD entitled OH! reached the #1 position on the "Jazz Beyond" chart there. On January 20, 2016 Lee played bass with Christopher Cross at the Moody Theater in Austin, TX at a taping for Austin City Limits.


The CBS Orchestra


In 1982, Lee became one of the original members of The World's Most Dangerous Band, the house band on NBC's Late Night with David Letterman. He holds the distinction of playing with Paul Shaffer, on both Late Night and the Late Show, longer than any other member of the CBS Orchestra.[4] Before the Late Show begins taping, he often tosses out guitar picks to the audience as souvenirs. On the May 13, 2015 episode of the Late Show with David Letterman, as Letterman was interviewing Paul Shaffer, Shaffer gave recognition to the members of his band, and lastly mentioned Lee as the "man has been with us on bass since the first night we were on Late Night, Will Lee."


Awards and honors



Basses


Lee uses the Sadowsky Will Lee model, 4 and 5-string Fender Jazz-style basses with a narrower nut width of 1.45" [37mm] instead of the usual 1.5" [38mm], 22 frets and a Hipshot D-tuner. This is the only instrument offered by Sadowsky that has a midrange control, an on-off toggle switch selectable between 500hz and 800hz. The bass was built for him by Roger Sadowsky and has now become a production model within the line of Sadowsky basses.[6]


Discography



As sideman


With Ace Frehley

With Patti Austin

With Carly Simon

With Leo Sayer

With Joe Beck

With Steely Dan

With Melissa Manchester

With Diana Ross

With Delbert McClinton

With Nicole Renée

With Joan Armatrading

With Major Harris

With Neil Sedaka

With Glenn Medeiros

With Frankie Valli

With Barbra Streisand

With Steve Goodman

With George Benson

With Meco (Domenico Monardo)

With Bonnie Tyler

With Janis Ian

With Al Green

With Sheena Easton

With Major Harris

With Janis Siegel

With Dan Brenner

With Melanie

With Michael Bolton

With Irene Cara

With Peabo Bryson

With Christopher Cross

With Dionne Warwick

With Roberta Flack

With Michael Franks

With Diane Schuur

With Liza Minnelli

With Phoebe Snow

With Steve Lukather

With Carole Bayer Sager

With Cher

With The Brecker Brothers

With Beth Nielsen Chapman

With Peter Allen

With Laura Nyro

With James Brown

With Hiram Bullock

With Cissy Houston

With Gary Burton

With Ringo Starr

With Mariah Carey

With Linda Clifford

With Bette Midler

With D'Angelo

With Dusty Springfield

With Chaka Khan

With Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway

With Donald Fagen

With Cat Stevens

With Art Farmer

With Yusef Lateef

With Randy Crawford

With Herbie Mann

With Lalo Schifrin

With Don Sebesky

With Barry Manilow

With Lawrence Gowan

With Spyro Gyra

With Mike Stern

With David Sanborn

With Fred Lipsius


References


  1. Bonacich, Drago. "Biography: Will Lee". Allmusic. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
  2. Kahn, Ashley (2008-01-24). "Rebuilding The Beatles, Note by Note". NPR. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
  3. Corrigan, John (2013-10-08). "Fab Faux don't look like the Beatles, but they do sound like them". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
  4. Orr, John (2010-02-18). "Will Lee: Happy just to play for you". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
  5. Paulson, Dave (2014-01-28). "Musicians Hall of Fame welcomes new inductees with concert, ceremony". The Tennessean. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
  6. "Sadowsky Guitars | Will Lee Model". Sadowsky.com. Archived from the original on 2014-03-13. Retrieved 2013-06-28.
  7. Fordham, John (2006-07-27). "Will Lee, Bird House". The Guardian. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
  8. Fricke, David (2013-11-01). "Will Lee 'Love, Gratitude and Other Distractions' Review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
  9. Allmusic
  10. Jazz Times



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Will Lee es un bajista, vocalista, compositor y productor musical estadounidense, ganador de un premio Grammy y uno de los músicos de sesión de mayor éxito del mundo.[1]


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