Lee Musiker


Lee Musiker is an American Grammy Award-winner jazz pianist, arranger, orchestrator and conductor.

Biography

Born in New York City in 1956, Mr. Musiker studied music theory and piano at the Manhattan School of Music, the Eastman School of Music and took further training at the Juilliard School. Musiker is also responsible for recording the, now infamous, Buddy Rich Tapes. Musiker recorded Rich's angry outbursts to his band members by concealing a Walkman in his clothing while on tour with Rich on the early 1980s. The recordings had long circulated in bootleg form and can now be found on the internet.