Ranee Lee, CM (born October 26, 1942 in Brooklyn, New York City) is a
Canadian jazz vocalist and musician who resides in Montreal, Quebec.
She is also an actor, author, educator and television host.Born in
Brooklyn, Lee moved to Montreal at the age of 28 in 1970. She toured
North America in the 1970s as a jazz drummer and tenor saxophonist.
She subsequently landed a starring role playing Billie Holiday in Lady
Day, and won a Dora Mavor Moore Award for her performance. She
subsequently began recording as a vocalist, releasing her first album
Live at the Bijou in 1984.She wrote and starred in Dark Divas, The
Musical, a tribute to the lives and careers of seven of the most
popular female jazz singers of the 20th century: Josephine Baker,
Billie Holiday, Pearl Bailey, Lena Horne, Dinah Washington, Ella
Fitzgerald, and Sarah Vaughan.
Canadian jazz vocalist and musician who resides in Montreal, Quebec.
She is also an actor, author, educator and television host.Born in
Brooklyn, Lee moved to Montreal at the age of 28 in 1970. She toured
North America in the 1970s as a jazz drummer and tenor saxophonist.
She subsequently landed a starring role playing Billie Holiday in Lady
Day, and won a Dora Mavor Moore Award for her performance. She
subsequently began recording as a vocalist, releasing her first album
Live at the Bijou in 1984.She wrote and starred in Dark Divas, The
Musical, a tribute to the lives and careers of seven of the most
popular female jazz singers of the 20th century: Josephine Baker,
Billie Holiday, Pearl Bailey, Lena Horne, Dinah Washington, Ella
Fitzgerald, and Sarah Vaughan.
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