Dave Lee

b. 12 August 1926, London, England. After winning a Melody Maker poll for his jazz piano playing while still in his mid-teens, Lee joined John Dankworth's band, later winning another poll in the same magazine. From the mid-50s and throughout the 60s, Lee was active in jazz, the musical theatre, television and films, contributing scores for several well-known films. In the early 80s Lee was sufficiently active on the jazz scene to be elected BBC Jazz Society Musician of the year, but begun to plan a ‘jazz-only' radio station which, while not unusual in the USA, was unheard of i...