Andy Bey
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| Birth name | Andrew W. Bey |
| Born | October 28, 1939 Newark, New Jersey, United States |
| Genre(s) | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Piano, Vocals |
| Associated acts | Louis Jordan |
Andrew W. Bey (born October 28, 1939 in Newark, New Jersey) is a jazz singer and pianist. He worked on a television show, Startime, with Connie Francis and sang for Louis Jordan.He went on to form a trio with sisters Salome Bey and Geraldine Bey (de Haas) called "Andy and The Bey Sisters". They recorded various sides and had 2 albums on Prestige and 1 on RCA. The group parted in 1965. He also did notable work with Horace Silver and Gary Bartz. Later he had an album named Experience And Judgment, which had Indian influences. [1] After that period he returned to hard bop and also did covers of music by non-jazz musicians like Nick Drake[2]. Other albums: Andy Bey and The Bey Sisters, Ballads, Blues & Bey, American Song (2004), Tuesdays In Chinatown, Ain't Necessarily So (2007).
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