Lauren Lee
vocalist/improviser/composer
"Lauren Lee is one of the new breed of singer-songwriter. She has all the bonafides of a traditional jazz singer, but she needs to do things her own way. As a singer and composer, she gives her own imprimatur to cross-cultural experimentation, off-the beaten-track forms of vocal expression never straying far from the post-bop mothership"
- Suzanne Lorge, New York City Jazz Record

“Lauren Lee's music is a distinctive blend of elements which she fits together with surprising ease. Her voice stretches effortlessly over angular, zigzagging melodies, assembled in the context of breezy original jazz songs. Her sound is fresh and distinctive”
- Jerome Wilson, All About Jazz
“She distinguishes herself with a clear uncluttered soprano as well as her cynical, spot-on sense of humor, unusually strong lyrical sensibility and acerbic chops"
- New York Music Daily
"She approaches her voice like a saxophonist or trumpeter—singing complex, bebop-inspired lines. Left to her own devices, Lee creates a swirling dream-space of interlocking, layered vocal melodies supported by adventurous, forward-thinking harmony on The Queen of Cups. With ease and authenticity, she turns the typical vocal jazz record on its head, while subtly highlighting how the typical view of women jazz vocalists—that they’re just “eye candy” and that they don’t really understand the intricacies of jazz music—is preposterous”
- Alexa Peters, Audiofemme
for private lessons and performance opportunities
