Andy Simpkins

Andy Simpkins
Birth name Andrew Simpkins
Born (1932-04-29)April 29, 1932
Died June 2, 1999(1999-06-02) (aged 67)
Los Angeles
Genres jazz
Instruments bassist
Associated acts The Three Sounds, Sarah Vaughan, Pat Boone

Andy Simpkins (April 29, 1932 – June 2, 1999) was an American jazz bassist.

Born Andrew Simpkins in Richmond, Indiana, he first became known as a member of the group The Three Sounds, with which he performed from 1956 to 1968.[1] After that, until 1974, he was a member of pianist George Shearing's group, and from 1979 to 1989 toured with singer Sarah Vaughan. Throughout and after that time, during which he settled in Los Angeles, Simpkins became respected as a top-quality bassist and widely known as a solid and reliable studio musician.[1] He performed with singers Carmen McRae and Anita O'Day, instrumentalists Gerald Wiggins, Monty Alexander, Buddy DeFranco, Don Menza, and Stéphane Grappelli, and many others. He recorded three albums as a leader.[1] He also played acoustic bass on the 1997 Cover Album recording, In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy, by artist Pat Boone.

Simpkins died of stomach cancer in Los Angeles.[2]

Discography

With The Three Sounds

With Pat Boone

With Kenny Burrell

With Victor Feldman

With Lalo Schifrin

With George Shearing and Stéphane Grappelli

With Joe Williams and George Shearing

With Sarah Vaughan

References

  1. 1 2 3 allmusic biography
  2. ↑ "Last Post: Andy Simpkins". (Web site Jazz House)


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