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Lee Curreri

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About Me

Lee Curreri. Composer & Evolutionist. A revolutionary producer of vocalists, Lee is also known as an innovative, inspired musician and composer. Charmed with pop-culture recognition as “Bruno” from the hit movie and TV series Fame, Lee graciously acknowledges this but now prefers to affect that culture from behind the scenes. Lee studied Composition at The Mannes College of Music in NY with Charles Jones. Some credits include: producing Natalie Cole on Good to Be Back, Phil Perry ("Forever," and other tunes), Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Nicolette Larson, scoring commercials for Nike & Microsoft and scoring/composing for the TV series Chicago Hope, Dangerous Minds, Special Ops Force, and Oprah. Lee took clues from all these experiences when conceptualizing Aquabox, the first full length CD of his own original music, titled "the evolution will not be televised."

My Interests

Good Italian Espresso, People-Watching, Gadgets, Good design, Coming Up With New Sounds and Combinations of Notes, Good Restaurants, Hanging With My Kids, Good Movies, An Extremely Occasional Cuban Cigar, Good Conversation, Quality of Life

I'd like to meet:

Igor Stravinsky, George Gershwin, Nikola Tesla, FDR, Fiorello LaGuardia, Marilyn Monroe, Grace Kelly, Martin Luther King, Leonardo DaVinci, JFK, Jaco Pastorius, Henry Miller, Lenny Bruce, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jesus, Spitzer's Girl, Marty Scorsese, Wayne Shorter, Michel Gondry, Howard Stern & Robin.

Music:

Stevie Wonder, Sly and the Family Stone, Rufus and Chaka Khan, Kate Bush, John Mayer, Slum Village, Bill Evans, Gil Evans, Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner, Steely Dan, Donald Fagen, Lamb, John Martyn, Igor Stravinsky, Aaron Copland, Olivier Messian, Norman Dello Joio, Bela Bartok, Stephen Sondheim, Charlie Parker, Lennie Tristano

Movies:

Network, Putney Swope, The Hospital, The Godfather I and II, Little Murders, Casino, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, Mean Streets, Orchestra Rehearsal, Non Ci Resta Che Piangere, Il Postino, Bronx Tale, Cinema Paradiso. Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, Punch Drunk Love, The Spook Who Sat By the Door

Television:

Curb Your Enthusiasm, Dexter, The Sopranos, Big Love, The Sarah Silverman Show, The "L" Word

Books:

Darkly Dreaming Dexter, Dearly Devoted Dexter, Dexter in the Dark, The Bush Tragedy, Silence (John Cage), Tropic of Cancer, Nausea, Neon Vernacular, House of Bush House of Saud

Heroes:

See: Who I'd like to Meet