Andrew Simpkins (April 29, 1932 – June 2, 1999) was an American

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. Born in

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, he first became known as a member of the group

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, with which he performed from 1956 to 1968.

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'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

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and

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, instrumentalists

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, and

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, 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

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. Simpkins died of stomach cancer in Los Angeles."Last Post: Andy Simpkins". (Web site ''Jazz House'')
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Discography

With

*1958: '' Introducing the 3 Sounds'' *1958: '' Branching Out'' with

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*1959: '' Bottoms Up!'' *1959: '' LD + 3'' with

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*1959: '' Good Deal'' *1960: ''

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'' *1960: '' Feelin' Good'' *1960: '' Here We Come'' *1960: '' It Just Got to Be'' *1960: ''

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'' with

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*1961: ''

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'' *1961: '' Babe's Blues'' *1962: '' Out of This World'' *1962: '' Black Orchid'' *1959/62: ''

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'' released 1998 *1962: ''

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'' *1962: '' Anita O'Day & the Three Sounds'' with

*1963: '' The Three Sounds Play Jazz on Broadway'' *1963: ''

Some Like It Modern ''Some Like It Modern'' is an album by The Three Sounds which was recorded in New York in 1963 and released on the Mercury label.

'' *1964: ''

Live at the Living Room ''Live at the Living Room'' is a live album by The Three Sounds which was recorded in Cincinnati in 1964 and released on the Mercury label.Three Moods ''Three Moods'' is an album by The Three Sounds which was recorded in Los Angeles in 1965 and released on the Limelight label.

'' *1965: '' Beautiful Friendship'' *1966: ''

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'' *1967: '' Live at the Lighthouse'' *1968: '' Coldwater Flat'' *1968: '' Elegant Soul'' With

*'' In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy'' (Hip-O,1997) With

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'' (AudioSource, 1980) With

Benny Carter Bennett Lester Carter (August 8, 1907 – July 12, 2003) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. With Johnny Hodges, he was a pioneer on the alto saxophone. From the beginning of his career ...

*'' My Kind of Trouble'' (Pablo, 1989) With

Natalie Cole Natalie Maria Cole (February 6, 1950 – December 31, 2015) was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She was the daughter of American singer and jazz pianist Nat King Cole. She rose to success in the mid-1970s as an R&B singer with the ...

* '' Unforgettable... with Love'' (Elektra, 1991) With

Teddy Edwards Theodore Marcus Edwards (April 26, 1924 – April 20, 2003) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Biography Edwards was born in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. He learned to play at a very early age, first on alto saxophone and the ...

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With

Victor Feldman Victor Stanley Feldman (7 April 1934 – 12 May 1987) was an English jazz musician who played mainly piano, vibraphone, and percussion. He began performing professionally during childhood, eventually earning acclaim in the UK jazz scene as ...

*'' Merry Olde Soul'' (Riverside, 1961) With

Robert Palmer Robert Allen Palmer (19 January 1949 – 26 September 2003) was an English singer and songwriter. He was known for his powerful, soulful voice and wikt:sartorial, sartorial elegance, and his stylistic explorations, combining Soul music, so ...

* '' Ridin' High'' (EMI, 1992) With

Lalo Schifrin Boris Claudio "Lalo" Schifrin (born June 21, 1932) is an Argentine-American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor. He is best known for his large body of film and TV scores since the 1950s, incorporating jazz and Latin American musical eleme ...

*'' Ins and Outs'' (Palo Alto, 1982) With

and

*'' The Reunion'' (MPS, 1976) With

Mary Stallings Mary Stallings (born August 16, 1939) is an American jazz vocalist and mother of soul singer Adriana Evans. Biography One of eleven children, Mary Stallings was born in San Francisco, California. She grew up in the neighborhood of Laurel Hei ...

*''Spectrum'' (Concord, 1996) With

Toni Tennille Cathryn Antoinette "Toni" Tennille (born May 8, 1940) is an American singer-songwriter and keyboardist, best known as one-half of the 1970s duo Captain & Tennille with her former husband Daryl Dragon; their signature song is " Love Will Keep U ...

*''More Than You Know'' (Mirage, 1984) *''Do It Again'' (USA Music Group, 1988) With Sarah Vaughan *'' The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 1'' (Pablo, 1979) *'' Copacabana'' (Pablo, 1979) *'' Send in the Clowns'' (Pablo, 1981) *'' Crazy and Mixed Up'' (Pablo, 1982) *''

Gershwin Live! ''Gershwin Live!'' is a 1982 live album by Sarah Vaughan, of music composed by George Gershwin, accompanied by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas. The album was arranged by Marty Paich. Vaughan's performance won her ...

'' (Columbia, 1982) With Joe Williams and

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The Heart and Soul of Joe Williams and George Shearing ''The Heart and Soul of Joe Williams and George Shearing'' is a 1971 album by jazz pianist George Shearing and singer Joe Williams (jazz singer), Joe Williams. The album was released on Shearing's own record label, Sheba Records. All the songs on ...

'' (Sheba, 1971)

References

External links

Lees, Gene. "Andy Simpkins". (Web site ''all about jazz'')
* Yanow, Scott. "Andy Simpkins". (Web site ''allmusic'') American jazz double-bassists Male double-bassists 1932 births 1999 deaths Deaths from stomach cancer Musicians from Richmond, Indiana Musicians from Indiana Deaths from cancer in California 20th-century American musicians 20th-century double-bassists 20th-century American male musicians American male jazz musicians The Three Sounds members {{US-jazz-musician-stub