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Tee worked as a studio musician on keyboards with Paul Simon, Aretha Franklin, Lena Horne, Carly Simon, Quincy Jones, Barbara Streisand and other well-known performers.
He also had a jazz ensemble, the Richard Tee Committee, and was
a founding member of Gordon Edwards' band Stuff. Mr. Tee composed the gospel musical "Mama, I Want To Sing." In 1981
he performed in a band led by Tom Scott at the Bottom Line.
Richard Tee played keyboards
on Roxy Music's Dance Away. He
was not credited on the Manifesto album that Dance Away came from in 1979. The first acknowladement
of his input to the song was on The Thrill Of It All box set in 1995 and The Best Of Roxy Music in 2001. |
Richard was born and lived all of his life in Brooklyn NY. Most of that time in a brownstone with his Mom. Richard LOVED Brooklyn . He kept
an office/pad in LA. He and Eleana moved to the Chelsea Hotel in 1988,
and then later to Cold Spring, NY.
Richard, Eleana, Paul Simon, Carol & Steve Gadd 2.14.1992
Richard and Eleana Tee were married after a 16 year relationship in a wedding ceremony w/ Steve and Carol Gadd and married by Chief justice"turn em lose" Bruce Wright.
He was born in Brooklyn, the son of Helen and Edward Ten Ryk, and later changed his name to Tee. He graduated from the High School of Music and Art and attended the Manhattan School of Music. In addition to his wife, he is survived by his mother, Helen Ten Ryk of Brooklyn; six sons, and two stepdaughters.
He is buried in the Artist Cemetery in Woodstock, NY. He loved Woodstock,
and many great nights were spent at Joyous Lake.
His recordings still continue to have an enormous impact on keyboardists around the world. From Aretha Franklin to Mariah Carey, Tee's parts were more than just the padding beneath the vocals on hit after hit -- they were an integral part of the arrangement. Often his intros and turnarounds became hooks themselves, the most memorable parts of the songs.
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