Birth name Richard Ten Ryk Role Musician Name Richard Tee | Labels Warner Bros. Records Years active 1967–1993 | |
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Born November 24, 1943Brooklyn, New York, U.S. ( 1943-11-24 ) Occupation(s) Musician, singer-songwriter Instruments Piano, Fender Rhodes electric Piano, Hammond organ, clavinet, synthesizer, keyboards, vocals Associated acts Paul Simon, Hank Crawford, George Benson, Grover Washington, Jr., Cornell Dupree, Stuff, Steve Gadd, Jackie DeShannon, Hall & Oates, Billy Joel, Bob Marley, Quincy Jones, Roberta Flack, Peter Gabriel, Aretha Franklin, Wilbert Longmire, Mariah Carey, Tom Scott Albums Natural Ingredients, More Stuff, Live at Montreux 1976, Live Stuff | ||
Richard tee interview new york may 1990
Richard Tee (November 24, 1943 – July 21, 1993) was a prolific American pianist, studio musician, singer and arranger who had several hundred studio credits and played on such notable hits as; In Your Eyes, Slip Slidin' Away, Just the Two of Us, the #1 Tell Her About It, and many others.
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- Richard tee interview new york may 1990
- Richard tee eric gale ralph mcdonald sadao watanabe maraval
- Biography
- Equipment
- Richard Tee solo
- with Hank Crawford
- with George Benson
- with Grover Washington Jr
- with Cornell Dupree
- with Stuff
- with Steve Gadd the Gadd Gang
- with various artists
- References
Richard tee eric gale ralph mcdonald sadao watanabe maraval
Biography
Tee was born in Brooklyn, New York, where he spent most of his life and lived with his mother in a brownstone apartment building.
Tee graduated from The High School of Music & Art in New York City and attended the Manhattan School of Music. Though better known as a studio and session musician, Tee led a jazz ensemble, the Richard Tee Committee, and was a founding member of the band Stuff. In 1981 he played the piano and Fender Rhodes for Simon and Garfunkel's Concert In Central Park.
Tee played with a diverse range of artists during his career, such as Paul Simon, Carly Simon, The Bee Gees, Barbra Streisand, Roberta Flack, Aretha Franklin, Donny Hathaway, Peter Allen, George Harrison, Diana Ross, Duane Allman, Quincy Jones, Bill Withers, Art Garfunkel, Nina Simone, Juice Newton, Billy Joel, Etta James, Grover Washington Jr., Eric Clapton, Kenny Loggins, Patti Austin, David Ruffin, Lou Rawls, Ron Carter, Peter Gabriel, George Benson, Joe Cocker, Chuck Mangione, Tim Finn, Peabo Bryson, Mariah Carey, Chaka Khan, Phoebe Snow, Doc Severinsen, Leo Sayer, Herbie Mann and countless others. He also contributed to numerous gold and platinum albums during his long career and joined the band Stuff led by bassist Gordon Edwards. Other members of the band included guitarist Cornell Dupree, drummer Chris Parker and later adding guitarist Eric Gale and drummer Steve Gadd to the line up.
After a 16-year relationship with Eleana Steinberg Tee of Greenwich, Connecticut, the couple was married in Woodstock, New York, by New York State Supreme Court Justice Bruce Wright. The couple moved to the Chelsea Hotel in 1988, and later to Cold Spring, New York.
Tee died of prostate cancer on July 21, 1993 in Cold Spring, New York at the age of 49. He is buried in the Artist Cemetery in Woodstock, New York.
Equipment
Tee used a diverse range of keyboards during his recording and touring career, notably the Hammond organ, piano, Hohner clavinet and synthesizers. His trademark sound, however, was his unique method of playing a Fender Rhodes electric piano and feeding the signal through a phase shifter.