Phil Lee

English jazz guitarist

Phillip Robert Lee (born 8 April 1943, London, England)^[1] is an English jazz guitarist.

Lee studied guitar with Ike Isaacs as a teenager and was a member of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, including for their performance at the 1960 Antibes Jazz Festival.^[1] Later in the 1960s he played with John Williams^[who?] and Graham Collier^[2] and in a band that included Bob Stuckey, Dudu Pukwana, and John Marshall.

During the 1970s, he played in jazz-rock bands such as Gilgamesh and Axel with Tony Coe and with Michael Garrick, Henry Lowther, and John Stevens.^[2] He recorded Twice Upon a Time (1987) with Jeff Clyne.^[2] Later in his career he worked with Gordon Beck, Andres Boiarsky, Benny Goodman, Lena Horne, Marian Montgomery, Annie Ross, and the London Jazz Orchestra.

References

^ ^a ^b Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 1453. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
^ ^a ^b ^c Mathieson, Kenny (1999). "The British Scene". In Alexander, Charles (ed.). Masters of Jazz Guitar (1st British ed.). Balafon. p. 166. ISBN 0-87930-592-4.