George E. Lee
Script error: No such module "Other people". George Ewing Lee (April 28, 1896–October 2, 1958) was an American jazz bandleader.
Born in Boonville, Missouri, Lee was the older brother of pianist/singer Julia Lee. He played in a band while serving in the Army in 1917; following this, he sang in a vocal quartet, and in 1920, he formed an ensemble of his own. With his sister as one of the group's members, he was a regular player at Lyric Hall in Kansas City through much of the 1920s. In 1927, they recorded as an octet, with Jesse Stone on piano, for Meritt Records; among the tunes was "Down Home Syncopated Blues," the earliest recording of Julia Lee's voice. They recorded six tunes for Brunswick in 1929.[1]
In 1933, Lee's group was absorbed into the Bennie Moten Orchestra. In 1935, he struck out on his own again; he moved to Jackson, Michigan, in 1940, retired from music in 1941, and began managing a nightclub in Detroit in 1942. Later in the 1940s, he moved to San Diego, where he died on October 2, 1958.[2]
See also
References
- Footnotes
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- General references
- Scott Yanow, [[[:Template:Allmusic]] George E. Lee] at AllMusic
- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".