of some 40 years with bassist Tony Archer in the Tony Lee Trio. Lee and Archer also played together in the sextet The Best of British Jazz formed in the early 1970s with Jack Parnell (drums), Kenny Baker (trumpet), Don Lusher (trombone) and Betty Smith (tenor sax). The sextet recorded two albums - The Best of British Jazz and The Very Best of British Jazz. As with many pianists from the 1950s and 1960s Lee was influenced by Errol Garner, Oscar Peterson and Art Tatum. Personal life and death Lee died on 2 March 2004 in Esher, Surrey. He is survived by his wife Olga and one stepson. References External links English jazz pianists 1934 births 2004 deaths Deaths from cancer in England 20th-century pianists 20th-century English musicians