Laurie+Lee

Laurie Lee - International School of Beijing

Voice, piano I am a member of the school's jazz combo (also the school's most obscure music ensemble...) Music: Mostly jazz... favorites in vocal: Carmen Mcrae, Betty Carter, Jon Hendricks, Nina, Billie, Bobby Darrin & Mcferrin, Ella, Al Jarreau. Carmen Mcrae and Betty Carter above all. today's jazz vocalists as well (Jamie Cullum, Jane Monheit, Karrin Allyson, Julia Dollison, Lily Dior, Annie Sellick) Outside of vocal: Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Dave Brubeck, Thelonious Monk, and my two favorite pianists/composers Martial Solal and Oscar Peterson

Outside of jazz... Frank Zappa, the velvet underground, the doors, Ali and Vieux Farka Toure, Corey Harris, Jimi Hendrix, George Harrison, and Ravi/Anoushka Shankar.

That is the basic run-down of my musical interests.

//Thanks, Laurie! Have a couple of your favourites on your iPod so we can all hear them. RH//