Bio
Lee Gabe was born and raised in Miami from a musically talented family and continues to make South Florida his home base for his musical journey. Lee is an extremely high demand first call musician who can be found performing in many various acts, bands, ensembles, and solo events. Lee's primary instrumental focus is the saxophone but also doubles on Flute, Piccolo, Clarinet, and EWI (Electronic Wind Instrument). Lee's favorite music to perform is modern jazz fusion but performs all styles of music from classical, jazz, blues, R&B, pop, rock, and top 40 hits.
Lee picked up the saxophone at age 10 and credits his instrument of choice thanks to the influence of his older brother who played keyboards and was listening to the popular jazz music of the 80's from Spyro Gyra, Dave Sanborn, Pat Metheny, Michael Brecker, along with many more artists. These artists framed a strong musical foundation for Lee to continue on and study music through high school and college.
Lee is a graduate of the prestigious Interlochen Arts Academy and received his bachelors in music performance from Florida International University where he studied under Gary Campbell. Lee also studied saxophone , flute, and clarinet privately with Billy Ross.
Today, you can see Lee perform for many different events and shows and when in town will frequently perform Saturday Jazz Brunch at Farmers Table Boca Raton with the Royale Majestic Jazz Quartet and Thursday evenings at The Opal -Jupiter Beach and Resort and Spa. Lee had performed regularly at the Versace Mansion in South Beach for several years and at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach for the members including several performances for President Trump. Lee can perform solo acts along with tracks or he can arrange different groups from duets, trios, quartets, DJ's, corporate bands, and tribute shows. Lee is also available for wedding ceremonies, receptions, after parties, cocktail parties, corporate events, restaurants, and much more. Lee has his passport ready and is available to travel and perform over-seas.
