Trained as a jazz vocalist at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts and the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Brenda Lee – Elegance Of Jazz has traveled and performed in Sydney, Kuala Lumpur, New York and Canada with a diverse range of established jazz artists around the globe.
Brenda Lee is an Australian Eurasian of Portuguese, Dutch, Chinese, and Irish descent.
Born in Kuala Lumpur, Brenda grew up in historical Malacca before relocating to Perth, Australia in her early teens. Her diverse heritage of eastern and western influence adds colour and depth to this performing artist’s radiance.
Music was instilled by her late singer-guitarist father, Basil Lee. Brenda played piano, sang and danced at social and community events from the time she was four and continued as a professional dancer and choreographer with the Elevation Dance Troupe, performing at many communities, fashion and entertainment events in Perth, including Government House and the Hilton Hotel. Brenda’s musical career began, playing keyboards and vocals in various top forty, pop and funk bands.
Trained as a jazz vocalist at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts and the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Brenda has traveled and performed in Sydney, Kuala Lumpur, New York and Canada with a diverse range of established jazz artists around the globe.
Performing at corporate events, high-end venues, festivals and VIP celebrations, recent clients include IBM, the Black Swan Theatre Company, The Marquay, Samson’s Paddock and Kate Lamont’s Bishop’s House.
Brenda has also performed at the No Black Tie Jazz Club in Kuala Lumpur and has held long term residencies in Perth’s established jazz and entertainment venues – Benny’s in Fremantle and The Universal Jazz Bar, with regular jazz performances at the Burswood Intercontinental Hotel Resort and Casino (VIP and Atrium Cocktail Lounges), The Rose and Crown, Sittella Winery and The King’s Ambassador Hotel.
In March 2010, Brenda launched her classic jazz standards album at The Ellington Jazz Club in Perth.
Brenda Lee’s vocal character is deep with sultry tones, exuding an unquestionable trueness of essence in jazz improvisation. Her musical influences include Shirley Home, Stan Getz, Joao Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Wes Montgomery, George Benson, Erykah Badu, Me’shell Ndegeocello, Tania Maria, Chet Baker and Miles Davies.
Singing from her heart, this artist exudes a quiet sophistication which transforms any space wherein she performs.
All Blues
All The Way
All of Me
All I Know
Almost Like Being in Love
April in Paris
Aquarela do Brasil (Portuguese)
Arrivederci Roma
Avalon
Bamboleo
Bésame Mucho (Spanish)
Billy’s Bounce
Blue in Green
Black Coffee
Black Nile
Black Orpheus
Blue Moon
Body and Soul
Bye Bye Blackbird
C’est Si Bon (French)
Certainly
Cheek to Cheek
Come with Me (Tania Maria)
Collibri (Incognito)
Crazy He Calls Me
Cry Me a River
Days of Wine and Roses
Deep Waters
Desafinado
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
East of the Sun
Embraceable You
Estate
Everything Must Change
Fever
Flor De Lis (Portuguese)
For the Love of You
Fragile
Georgia On My Mind
Girl from Ipanema
God Bless the Child
Green Dolphin Street
Guantanamera
Have You Met Ol Jones
How Insensitive
How High the Moon
I Feel Like Making Love To You
I Fall in Love too Easily
It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t
Got that Swing)
It Had to Be You
Just Friends
La Mer (French)
La Vie En Rose (French)
Les Feuilles Morts /Autumn Leaves
Let’s Stay Together
L.O.V.E.
Love For Sale
Mas Que Nada
Misty
Midnight at the Oasis
Moanin
Moody’s Mood for Love
Moonlight in Vermont
Morning (Una Maniana)
My Foolish Heart
My Funny Valentine
Night and Day
No More Blues
On Broadway
Orange Coloured Sky
Oye Como Va
Paper Moon
Peel Me a Grape
Pure Imagination
Quando Quando Quando
Que Reste – t – il (French)
Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars
Rock with You
Route 66
‘S’ Wonderful
Samba de Mon Coeur Qui Bat
(French)
Samba Noir (Portuguese)
Since I Fell For You
So Danco Samba (Portuguese)
Somewhere Over the Rainbox
Spain
Straighten Up and Fly Right
Summer Samba (So Nice)
So Many Stars
Soul with a Capital S
Summertime
Sunny
Sway
Quizas Quizas Quizas (Perhaps,
perhaps, perhaps)
Take the ‘A’ Train
The Closer I Get to You
The Shadow of Your Smile
There will Never Be Another You
This Can’t Be Love
Triste (Portuguese)
Tyrone
Under My Skin (I’ve got you)
Yatrata (Tania Maria)
You Go to My Head
Volare
Wave
Willow Weep for Me
Why Don’t You Do Right?
What a Wonderful World
