| There is no one in the pop
world quite like LEE OSKAR. His unique role as founding member for the pioneer Funk/Jazz
group WAR, won him international renown and 37 Gold & Platinum records. Lee's
signature harp solos help define the WAR sound from the band's beginning in 1969, adding
dashes of color to their R&B/Jazz/Rock/Funk & Latin influences. Upon leaving WAR,
Lee want on to create the Lee Oskar Harmonica Company. Now, with an immensely successful
company, Lee has turned his focus back to his solo career & reintroduces the world to
his crossover sound. Born in
Copenhagen, Denmark, Lee grew up listening to Danish radio. A family friend gave him his
first harmonica at the age of 6. He sites Ray Charles as his biggest influence at that
time. As far as his take on himself today Lee say's " My playing has become more
aggressive over the years. In the beginning my role was playing horn lines. Today it's
evolved to the point where I'm playing the lead instrument."
This return to a solo career & the
debut Oskar release for Zebra So Much In Love was recorded at Chick
Coreas' Mad Hatter Studios and Headstrong Studios in L.A. Oskars' six-piece group on this
disc consists of equally talented players on sax, keyboards, guitar, bass, drums and
percussion. The superb collective personality of the group results in layers and
layers of rhythm and textures, weaving a very unusual, colorful and unforgettable musical
tapestry. The harp/sax horn section (pioneered by Oskar during his years with WAR,
and which became the trademark sound heard on many of War's hits), creates an exciting
fusion-sometimes harmonizing in tight cohesion, sometimes bouncing off each other, but
always complimentary and original. |
