Consuela Lee Moorehead | |
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Born | Consuela Lee November 1, 1926 Tallahassee, Florida |
Died | December 26, 2009 Atlanta, Georgia | (aged 83)
Nationality | American |
Known for | Jazz musician |
Spouse(s) | Isaac Thomas Moorehead, ending in divorce[1] |
Consuela Lee Moorehead (November 1, 1926 – December 26, 2009[1]) was an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, music theory professor, and the founder of the Springtree/Snow Hill Institute for the Performing Arts. She fought to establish an arts school in rural Alabama,[2] Moribund Academy. She is sometimes known as Consuela Lee or Consuela Lee Morehead.