Andy Simpkins

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.

Discography

With The Three Sounds 1958: Introducing the 3 Sounds 1958: Branching Out with Nat Adderley 1959: Bottoms Up! 1959: LD + 3 with Lou Donaldson 1959: Good Deal 1960: Moods 1960: Feelin' Good 1960: Here We Come 1960: It Just Got to Be 1960: Blue Hour with Stanley Turrentine 1961: Hey There 1961: Babe's Blues 1962: Out of This World 1962: Black Orchid 1962: Blue Genes 1962: Anita O'Day & the Three Sounds with Anita O'Day 1963: The Three Sounds Play Jazz on Broadway 1963: Some Like It Modern 1964: Live at the Living Room 1964: Three Moods 1965: Beautiful Friendship 1966: Today's Sounds 1966: Vibrations 1967: Live at the Lighthouse 1968: Coldwater Flat 1968: Elegant Soul 1998: Standards With Pat Boone In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy (Hip-O, 1997) With Kenny Burrell Up the Street, 'Round the Corner, Down the Block (Fantasy, 1974) Heritage (AudioSource, 1980) With Benny Carter My Kind of Trouble (Pablo, 1989) With Natalie Cole Unforgettable... with Love (Elektra, 1991) With Teddy Edwards Blue Saxophone (Verve, 1993) With Victor Feldman Merry Olde Soul (Riverside, 1961) With Barbara Morrison Visit Me (Chartmaker, 1999) With Robert Palmer Ridin' High (EMI, 1992) With Lalo Schifrin Ins and Outs (Palo Alto, 1982) With George Shearing and Stéphane Grappelli The Reunion (MPS, 1976) With Mary Stallings Spectrum (Concord, 1996) With The Temptations For Lovers Only (Motown, 1995) With Toni Tennille 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! (Columbia, 1982) With Joe Williams and George Shearing The Heart and Soul of Joe Williams and George Shearing (Sheba, 1971)