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BENJI LEE

About Me

I'VE BEEN BLESSED TO PLAY WITH, LEARN FROM, AND BEFRIEND MANY MUSICIANS, FROM ALL WALKS OF MUSICAL LIFE. I LOVE LISTENING TO AND PLAYING MANY TYPES OF MUSIC AND HAVE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO DO SO FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER. I USE YAMAHA DRUMS AND ISTANBUL AGOP CYMBALS EXCLUSIVELY AND I THINK DANIEL DAY LEWIS IS A BADASS.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 01/03/2008
Band Members: GROUPS I HAVE PLAYED WITH: I NINE, JAY CLIFFORD, SLOW RUNNER, WINSTON AUDIO, OWEN BEVERLY, CHARLIE LEE, LEE BARBOUR, MICKEY BAKER PROJECT, THE NEW FRESH, JOE BECK, BRAZIL, TOMMY GILL, NATHAN ANGELO, JUMP, LITTLE CHILDREN (PERCUSSION), JOSEPH PEAKS, THE UNFORGETTABLE BIG DADDY SWEETFOOT, CARY ANNE HEARST, MICHAEL TRENT, STEVEN FIORE, TERAS KOVYL, QUIANA PARLER, AND NUMEROUS JAZZ AND R@B GROUPS.
Influences: MOM, CHARLIE LEE, LORRAINE PARIS, SCOTT RUSH, THE WAD SQUAD, JOSEPH PEAKS, JOHN BOHNAM, ELVIN JONES, MATT CHAMBERLAIN, BRIAN BLADE, STEVE GADD, CHRIS LEE, LEE BARBOUR, , EVAN BIVINS, GEOFF TURNER, RON WILTROUT, JIM HALL, MATT CAMERON, QUENTIN BAXTER, TERAS KOVAYL, MICHAEL FLYNN, OWEN BEVERLY, JONATHAN GRAY, OLIVER ROBERTS, PAUL QUATTLEBAUM, DANIEL DEWITT, NATHANIEL KUNKLE, JAY CLIFFORD, KEVIN HAMILTON, JACK BURG, VINNIE COLAIUTA, MAX ROACH, ADAM BLAKE, STANTON MOORE, STEVEN SANDIFER, RUSS KUNKLE, BILL STEWART, JOSH KALER, JOSH FREESE, DAVE GROHL, DENNIS CHAMBERS.
Sounds Like: MEWITH JOE BECK AND I NINE.
Record Label: INDEPENDENT

My Blog

The passing of Taras Kovayl

I am not much of a writer but I felt compelled to write about my friend, Taras Kovayl. Taras was an amazing pianist/teacher/composer based in Charleston, S.C. When I lived there he decided to give me ...
Posted by on Sun, 03 Aug 2008 07:07:00 GMT