Bill Lee Wife: Meet Susan Kaplan

Bill Lee was married to Susan Kaplan. She was his second wife. With his second wife, Susan, he had one son, Arnold Lee, who plays the alto saxophone.

There isn’t much information about Susan Kaplan on the internet.

Lee was involved in many releases from the Strata-East jazz record label, including directing the 1980 album, The New York Bass Violin Choir.

Lee played the bass for artists including Chris Anderson, Cat Stevens, John Lee Hooker and many others.

On the original release of Dylan’s classic song, “It’s Over Now, Baby Blue”, Lee, on the bass guitar, is the only musician performing other than Dylan himself.

Lee was arrested on October 25, 1991, in Fort Greene for carrying a small bag of heroin during a police drug sweep of a park near his home. Lee would later say of his arrest, “I’m glad I was arrested, It woke me up.”