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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 ...
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 lauded Jazz composer behind his son Spike Lee's first four films, died on Wednesday. He was 94. Continue to Variety SKIP AD. You will be redirected back to your article in seconds ...
Bill Lee, a jazz bassist who appeared on more than 250 recorded albums and Spike Lee's father, died Wednesday at his home in Brooklyn. He was 94.
Bill Lee, the father of Spike Lee and a musician who composed the soundtrack to his son’s earliest classic films, has died. He was 94. Spike Lee confirmed his father’s transition on his ...
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Bill Byrge, an actor who appeared in many of the “Ernest” comedy films as “Bobby,” died on Thursday at the age of 92 in Nashville, Tenn. Byrge’s cousin, Sharon Chapman, confirmed his ...
Bill Mercer dies at age 99. North Texas sportscasting legacies don’t get bigger than Mercer’s, which included serving as the voice of the Dallas Cowboys, doing color commentary for the annual ...
Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (D., Texas) died on Friday at the age of 74, ... Jackson Lee was the author and lead sponsor of the 2021 bill to establish Juneteenth as a federal holiday.
Bill Lee, a jazz bassist and composer who scored the early films of his son Spike Lee, wrote folk-jazz operas, led an acclaimed ensemble of bassists and was a prolific sideman for Bob Dylan ...
Bill Lee, the jazz bassist who recorded with the likes of Bob Dylan and Aretha Franklin and is the father of Spike Lee, has died at the age of 94.
Bill Lee, the jazz composer ... Spike Lee, died at his Brooklyn home this morning (May 24), ... He was 94 years old. Lee began his career as a double bassist in Atlanta and Chicago.