Andy Simpkins – Biography, Discography & Instruments

Biography

Andy Simpkins was a jazz musician who played double bass. Andy Simpkins was born on 29 April 1932 in Richmond and died on 2 June 1999 in Culver City. The music is usually filed under jazz.

Andrew Simpkins (April 29, 1932 – June 2, 1999) was an American jazz bassist. Born in Richmond, Indiana, he first became known as a member of the group The Three Sounds, with which he performed from 1956 to 1968. 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. 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. He also played acoustic bass on the 1997 covers album In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy by artist Pat Boone. Simpkins died of stomach cancer in Los Angeles.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Happying 1977

Also plays on

Albums where Andy Simpkins is credited as a sideman

1958	Branching Out — Nat Adderley with Johnny Griffin & The Three Sounds	bass
1959	LD + 3 — Lou Donaldson with The Three Sounds	bass
1960	Blue Hour — Stanley Turrentine with The Three Sounds	bass
1962	Anita O'Day & The Three Sounds — Anita O’Day & The Three Sounds	bass, double bass
1974	The Way We Are — George Shearing, The Quintet and Amigos	bass
1978	The Reunion — George Shearing Trio And Stephane Grappelli	bass
1978	Cobilimbo — Monty Alexander	bass
1978	Jamento — Monty Alexander	bass
1980	Heritage — Kenny Burrell	bass
1981	Back to Birdland — Freddie Hubbard	bass
1982	“Crazy and Mixed Up” — Sarah Vaughan	double bass
1982	Ins and Outs — Lalo Schifrin	bass
1983	Gershwin Live! — Sarah Vaughan	bass
1989	My Kind of Trouble — Benny Carter / Joe Pass / Art Hillery / Andy Simpkins / Ronnie Bedford	double bass
1989	Prime Time — Jimmy Smith	double bass
1989	One for My Baby — Joe Pass	bass
1989	Merry Olde Soul — Victor Feldman	double bass
1991	Unforgettable: With Love — Natalie Cole	bass
1993	Sum Serious Blues — Jimmy Smith	double bass
1997	Passion Flower: Zoot Sims Plays Duke Ellington — Zoot Sims	double bass
1998	Send in the Clowns — Sarah Vaughan & The Count Basie Orchestra	double bass
2000	Blue Hour: The Complete Sessions — Stanley Turrentine with The Three Sounds	bass, double bass
2006	Sarah Vaughan Sings for Lovers — Sarah Vaughan	double bass
2008	The Man Who Loved Women — Henry Mancini	bass
2013	Blue Hour The Complete Sessions - Master Takes — Stanley Turrentine with The Three Sounds	bass, double bass