LEE, JULIA. Jazz pianist ( in Boonesville, Missouri; in Kansas City, Missouri). She came from a musical family: her father was violinist-leader of a string trio, and her brother, George Lee, became a professional musician. She began piano study at the age of ten. Before she was fourteen, she was playing in her brother's band, which entertained at local social events. By 1916 the Lee band had become professional; later it was called George E...