Bill Lee

William James Edwards Lee July 23 1928 May 24 2023 was an American musician He was the father of Spike Lee and Joie Lee He composed original music for many of his sons films including Shes Gotta Have It 1986 School Daze 1988 Do the Right Thing 1989 and Mo Better Blues 1990 Lee was involved in many releases from the StrataEast jazz record label including directing the 1980 album The New York Bass Violin Choir Lee played the bass for many artists including Chris Anderson Cat Stevens Harry Belafonte Chad Mitchell Trio Gordon Lightfoot Aretha Franklin Odetta Simon and Garfunkel Ian Sylvia Tom Rush Burt Bacharach Peter Paul and Mary Arlo Guthrie Tom Paxton Carolyn Hester John Lee Hooker Josh White Duke Ellington Malvina Reynolds Eric Bibb The Clancy Brothers and Bob Dylan On the original release of Dylans classic song Its All Over Now Baby Blue Lee on bass guitar is the only musician performing other than Dylan himself On Gordon Lightfoots song Oh Linda recorded 1964 Lee is also the only musician other than Lightfoots voice Description above from the Wikipedia article Bill Lee musician licensed under CC BYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia