Born January 18th, 1962 Toronto, as the youngest son of arranger/big band leader Eddie Graf, Lenny Graf grew up with the sounds of Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Ella Fitzgerald. "I sometimes wish I could travel in time, back to the 40's" He is taken back by songs such as In the Mood, and included songs like Sing, Sing, Sing, T’Aint What You Do, In a Mellow Tone, Jersey Bounce, Tuxedo Junction, Take the A-Train, Embraceble You, Moonlight Serenade and, Satin Doll.
Heroes such as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, are not unfamilier in the Graf home. Lenny studied jazz saxophone and classical flute at York University, won the much coveted Grennick Award, among others.
Over the twenty years that Lenny Graf has been singing and playing big band swing, he has written a series of fast paced, “swingable” tunes which he has now recorded.
