Lee Feldman is an American

United States

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 singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 and musician

Musician

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. Feldman grew up in New York City

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. He studied classical piano

Piano

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 from an early age, attending the Manhattan School of Music (Precollege Division)

Manhattan School of Music Precollege Division

The Precollege Division at the prestigious Manhattan School of Music is designed for gifted young students of age 5-18. It takes place on Saturdays and the students have access to world class faculty and newly renovated facilities.-Academics:...

. In the mid-1970s he studied jazz at Berklee

Berklee College of Music

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 and studied privately with Roland Hanna

Roland Hanna

Roland Hanna was an American Jazz pianist.Hanna studied classical piano as a boy, but was strongly interested in jazz. This increased after his time in military service.He studied at Eastman School of Music and Juilliard School...

. Feldman earned a degree in composition from Indiana University

Indiana University

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's Jacobs School of Music

Jacobs School of Music

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 in 1981 and returned to New York.

Feldman's musical style has been compared to Randy Newman

Randy Newman

Randall Stuart "Randy" Newman is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is known for his mordant pop songs and for film scores....

 and Loudon Wainwright III

Loudon Wainwright III

Loudon Snowden Wainwright III is a Grammy Award-winning American songwriter, folk singer, humorist, and actor. He is the father of musicians Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright and Lucy Wainwright Roche, brother of Sloan Wainwright, and the former husband of the late folk singer Kate McGarrigle.To...

. In 1995, He released his debut album

Album

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, the critically acclaimed Living It All Wrong (Allmusic ). His next two efforts, The Man in the Jupiter Hat (2000) (Allmusic) and I've Forgotten Everything (2006) also won high praise. He has also created the animated musical "Starboy". In addition to creating and performing music, Feldman teaches music at the Third Street Music School Settlement

Third Street Music School Settlement

Founded in 1894, Third Street Music School is the oldest community school of the arts in the United States and traces its roots to the late 19th century settlement house movement...

 in Manhattan

Manhattan

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.

Feldman has lived in Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...

since 1987.

Discography

• Living It All Wrong (1995)
• The Man in the Jupiter Hat (2000)
• I've Forgotten Everything (2006)

External links

• Official website
• "Lee Feldman, Lee Feldman" (documentary)
• Starboy
• [ Lee Feldman on allmusic]
• Art Dudley on Lee Feldman