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Archie Alleyne, Billie Holiday, DL Media, Female Vocalist, Justin Time Records, Oliver Jones, Ranee Lee, Richard Beaudet, Richard Ring
“Lee isn’t afraid musically of plumbing the deep blue moods Holiday could never really escape.” –Peter Goddard, The Toronto Star
Streaming Tracks From Deep Song
Ranee Lee is a true Renaissance woman. In addition to a career as a jazz singer that has taken her to stages in front of her fans around the globe, Lee is also a songwriter, award-winning actress, children’s book author, and jazz educator. Despite that resume, Lee actually got her start as a dancer. In an interview with Peter Kerr of The Montrealer, she said, “I was dancing with an Afro-Cuban touring dance troupe. We were in a small town in Ontario, and had to extend the length of our performance to fill the time allotted for the show. I was chosen to sing some songs with the band to fill that time, and the audience loved it! Continue reading