JENNIFER LEE

One of the premier jazz and Brazilian music vocalists in the San Francisco Bay area, Jennifer Lee has plied her trade regionally while building credits and a discography with local players and industry heavyweights. Born August 6, 1964, in Redwood City, CA, Lee began learning music starting at age four on a piano given to the family by her grandfather. Her mother was very supportive in her music education as Lee practiced piano and guitar while attending Ladera Elementary, La Entrada Junior High, and Woodside and Menlo Atherton High Schools, graduating in 1982. Her piano teacher as a teenager was Glen Spencer; she enrolled at Foothill J.C. and was instructed by Terry Summa and Nile Norton; and she also communed with acclaimed jazz vocalist Kitty Margolis. She then headed for the University of Massachusetts, which she attended up to 1989, playing keyboards in her college jazz bands and later read more...