Jazz
Richard Tee
Active Decades: '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s Born: Nov 24, 1943 in New York, NY Died: Jul 21, 1993 in New York, NY [The Bronx] Genre: Jazz Styles: Soul, Jazz-Funk
Highly regarded R&B and funk session keyboardist, who's worked on hundreds of sessions by every major name in the rock, soul and R&B worlds. His own recordings, plus his work with studio ensembles like Stuff have tended to be dry and predictable. He functions best when operating in prescribed, precisely structured role. A toprate keyboardist in studio. Richard Tee died in 1993 after an extensive and impressive career as a keyboardist. ---Ron Wynn, All Music Guide |