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Biography
1967
born in Salzburg, Austria, where his parents were living at the time.
returned to London for 4 years and lived in Tom McGuiness's house
(Manfred Mann's guitarist
.
grew up surrounded by music stars: John Mayall (uncle), Alexis Korner,
Eric Clapton, Manfred Mann, Spencer Davis, John McVie, Mick Taylor,
Steve Winwood, Marianne Faithfull and many more.
was regularly taken to John Mayall, Fats Domino and Alexis Korner concerts....
1972
moved to Germany with his parents when he was five.
went to Kindergarten, where he started learning to speak German.
1973
started playing recorder
went to primary school
1976
went to Grammar school
took clarinet lessons (mostly classical music and first jazz pieces)
1978
started playing tenor sax (later in various big bands)
1984
formed the band MAJAZZTIC with local musician friends and won a
major young talent music competition with them. (15 other bands competing)
meanwhile parents moved to Greece but Lee stayed on in Germany (Heidenheim)
1985
started playing with various other well- known bands including his uncle
JOHN MAYALL's BLUESBREAKERS (sessions and concerts), BIG BOOGIECHARGE etc..
1990
played a European tour with John Mayall covering the whole of Germany,
Austria and Switzerland
1991
formed a sax duet called SEXY SAXY and played not only in
Germany and England but worked in several sound studios all over Germany
1993
formed the succsessful group LEE MAYALL'S SAX MACHINE and toured
all over the world and supported different bands in Germany, England,
Greece, USA, Mexico, France, Italy, Egypt, Tunesia, Canary Islands,
Spain, Switzerland, Austria.....
met up with many famous German and international artists including
Peter Maffay, Hartmut Engler (from the band PUR),
Wolfgang Niedecken (BAP), Thomas Gottschalk (TV moderator), Guildo Horn,
Xavier Naidoo, Sabrina Setlur, Cassandra Steen, Sidney Youngblood, Nena,
Udo Jürgens, Klaus Doldinger, Fool's Garden, Weather Girls, Eric Burdon,
James Brown to name a few.
he also toured with other bands like JOHN MAYALL, SWEETY GLITTER,
BLUESPOWER, Partygang, Speedy Gonzales, Partytour, Joe Whitney's STREETLIFE,
Jason Wright 's " The Wright Thing ", Crazy in blue but especially with
his own band "LEE MAYALL'S SAX MACHINE".
2000
bought studio equipment and started working on his own songs,
arrangements and producing for various CDs.
.
2001
formed his funk & soul band LEE MAYALL'S UNITY which was launched in
various music clubs and festivals
he also renamed his band SAX MACHINE - LEE MAYALL "the saxmachine"
2002
he bought a house with 8 flats or apartments and set up a professional
sound studio calling it "LEE MAYALL'S BRONX TONSTUDIO".
Since then he's been recording, producing & composing various CDs
for his many projects and other artists
his latest live band formation is a trio with SUE C and father
CLAUS WENGENMAYR "THREE IN TIME" (sax - vocals - piano)
Versatile as he is on his saxophones, Lee plays many styles of music
including pop, funk, soul, jazz, blues, rock'n roll, gospel, film & meditation.
2005
Lee & Sue's son Luca - Jay Mayall was born on the 30th of august
2006
Lee and Sue got married
2006 - 2010 continued touring all over the world with all his different projects,
making new connections with all kinds of artists in the business
2007
is invited to play with the Pink Floyd Tribute Band Echoes from Aschaffenburg
featuring Oliver Hartmann (guitar & vocals).
Many appearances followed over Germany, Holland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg,
Austria, Belgium and Italy
2010
Lee was offered to play concerts with the great funk/ soul/pop band called
"GROOVING AFFAIRS” (Melanie Thornton and Sarah Conner Band).
2011
Lee was offered an endorsement for a major saxophone company called ANTIGUA.
Lee signed a contract with the major firm for musical instruments called MEINL
2012
formed another funk, pop, rock & soulband called GROOVELINE powered
by a radio station called DONAU 3 FM in Ulm.
Lee started giving rock'n roll workshops all over Germany
Lee & band play unplugged ( without amplification) on the highest
church tower in the world called the ULMER MÜNSTER
the whole event was filmed by a local TV station called REGIO TV & DONAU 3 FM
Lee was flown to China to play at the big music exhibition in Shanghai
he was invited to visit the big saxophone factory of his brand ANTIGUA north of Shanghai
played with John Mayall & his new band in Munich (Muffathalle)
2013
Lee introduced his own compositions and original material for the first time on his website
.....more to come........,in the future....!
