Lee Abe
Lee moved to the United States to pursue his passion in arranging and jazz music. He graduated from Berklee College of Music in 2002, with a diploma in Jazz Composition.
Lee’s name is widely known in the vocal jazz world as an arranger in the US and Japan. Many of his works, are published by University of Northern Colorado (UNC) Jazz Press.
In 2005, he released his solo debut album “Shakunage no Hana no Saku Koro. Since its release, his songwriting skill has been recognized as one of the most unique songwriters of this time by magazines such as “CD Journal.” His compositions, lyrics and arrangements are recorded by various artists around the globe and released from Japanese, Korean and American record companies.
Lee is the primary arranger/composer and bandleader of the group Syncopation, and has performed and worked with Luciana Souza, Cheryl Bentyne, Phil Wilson, Tiger Ohkoshi, Carlos Kanno, Hiroyuki Noritake, Satoru ‘SALT’ Shionoya among other greats.
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