ABOUT JOHN LEE
Jazz bassist best known for his collaborations with artists like Dizzy Gillespie and Max Roach . He has also been a producer on more than fifty albums.
He studied at the Philadelphia Musical Academy from 1970 to 1972.
He became the director of the Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Stars in 1996 at the behest of Gillespie's wife.
His father was an African Methodist Episcopal minister.
He and guitarist Chuck Loeb were both members of The Fantasy Band.
