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Ranee Lee, CM (born 1942 in Brooklyn, New York City) is a Canadian jazz vocalist and musician who resides in Montreal, Quebec. She is also an actor, author, educator and television host. ==Biography== Born in Brooklyn, Lee moved to Montreal at the age of 18 in 1970.〔("Ranee Lee", Five Bucks On By-Tor, April 19, 2009. )〕 She toured North America in the 1970s as a jazz drummer and tenor saxophonist. She subsequently landed a starring role playing Billie Holiday in ''Lady Day'', and won a Dora Mavor Moore Award for her performance. She subsequently began recording as a vocalist, releasing her first album ''Live At The Bijou'' in 1984. She wrote and starred in ''Dark Divas, The Musical'', a tribute to the lives and careers of seven of the most popular female jazz singers of the 20th century - Josephine Baker, Billie Holiday, Pearl Bailey, Lena Horne, Dinah Washington, Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan.〔(Ricardo McRae, "Ranee Lee" ), ''Who's Who In Black Canada'', March 15, 2011.〕 Her music appears in the animated short film ''Black Soul'' (2002). She is also a children's book writer (author of ''Nana, What Do You Say?''); an educator, long associated with the University of Laval in Quebec City and the Schulich School of Music of McGill University;〔("Ranee Lee" ), Justin Time Records.〕 and she hosted the television series ''The Performers''.〔(Lucas Sader, "Ranee Lee: Dark Diva" ), ''dig! Magazine'', May/June 2010.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ranee Lee」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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