Alan Lee
Australian jazz band leader, vibraphonist, guitarist and percussionist
About Alan Lee
Lived 1936 – 2022 (aged 85–86). Alan Lee was a jazz guitarist and conductor.
Alan Lee (29 July 1936 – 7 August 2022) was an Australian bandleader, vibraphonist, guitarist, and percussionist. He was one of the first Australian jazz musicians to fuse classical music with jazz and to utilize Latin American rhythms in his music. He led several jazz bands in Melbourne and Sydney from late 1950s through the 1980s. His recorded albums include Gallery Concerts (1973, Cumquat Records 12–03), The Alan Lee Jazz Quartet (1973, Jazznote), Moomba Jazz ’76, Live from the Dallas Brooks Hall (1977, 44 Records 6357708), and Alan Lee and Friends: Jazz at the Hyde Park Hotel (1990, Request Records 1511) among others.
Lee died in Melbourne on 7 August 2022, at the age of 86.
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Who was Alan Lee?
Australian jazz band leader, vibraphonist, guitarist and percussionist
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Alan Lee was born on 29 July 1936.
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Alan Lee died in 2022.
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Alan Lee was a jazz guitarist and conductor.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Alan Lee. https://biography.guide/alan-lee-jazz-guitarist/
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