Bill Lee
William James Edwards "Bill" Lee III (born July 23, 1928) is an American musician. He has played the bass for many artists including Cat Stevens, Harry Belafonte, Chad Mitchell Trio, Gordon Lightfoot, Aretha Franklin, Odetta, Simon and Garfunkel, and Bob Dylan. On the original release of Dylan's classic song "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue", Lee on bass guitar is the only musician performing other than Dylan himself. Lee was born in Snow Hill, Alabama, the son of Alberta Grace (Edwards), a concert pianist, and Arnold Wadsworth Lee, a musician. With his first wife, Jackie, he had five children, including film director Spike Lee (born 1957), still photographer David Lee (born 1961), actress Joie Lee (born 1962), and filmmaker Cinqué Lee (born 1966) and has composed original music for many of his son's films, including She's Gotta Have It, School Daze, Do the Right Thing and Mo' Better Blues. With his second wife, Susan, he has one son, Arnold Lee, who plays alto saxophone.
Music
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Never Met Picasso
A romantic and whimsical comedy on the mysteries of love, and art. Starring Alexis Arquette (SCREAM) and Margot Kidder (SUPERMAN). Andrew (Arquette), a thirty-year-old live-at-home artist is in the midst of a serious creative funk. A wry and sharply drawn look at contemporary...Watch Movie
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Window on Your Present
WINDOW ON YOUR PRESENT is Cinqué Lee's first feature film, written and directed in the late 1980s. The film takes place in a world where color and love do not exist. The people who live in this dreary world have nothing to live for and often end up taking their own lives....Watch Movie
