Keiko Lee, born in 1965 in Handa, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, began her musical
journey with organ lessons at the age of ten. In high school she led a band that
played the music of Chick Corea, Weather Report, and Casiopea, and by 21 she had
shifted her focus to the piano, launching her career as a jazz pianist in Nagoya
clubs where she primarily accompanied singers while singing only occasionally.
Around 1994, Grady Tate heard her voice during a chance visit to the Jazz Inn
Lovely club and offered his support for her first recording. Lee's debut album
Imagine was recorded in New Yo...