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George Shearing
George Shearing
British-American jazz pianist
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The Three Sounds
The Three Sounds
American jazz piano trio
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George Duvivier
George Duvivier
American musician
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Mickey Roker
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
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Sam Jones
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
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Barney Kessel
Barney Kessel
American jazz guitarist
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Roy Haynes
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
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Bennie Green
Bennie Green
American musician
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Pierre Michelot
Pierre Michelot
French jazz double bassist
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Barry Galbraith
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
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Stéphane Grappelli
Stéphane Grappelli
French jazz violinist
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Al Grey
Al Grey
American jazz musician
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Georges Arvanitas
Georges Arvanitas
Jazz pianist
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Zoot Sims
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
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Phil Woods
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
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Harry Edison
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
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George Mraz
George Mraz
Czech jazz bassist
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Jimmy Gourley
Jimmy Gourley
American jazz guitarist
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Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
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Marty Paich
Marty Paich
American pianist, composer, arranger, record producer, music director and bandleader (1925-1995)
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Jerome Richardson
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
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Mundell Lowe
Mundell Lowe
American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)
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Armando Peraza
Armando Peraza
Cuban percussionist
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Cedar Walton
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
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Ed Thigpen
Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
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Daniel Humair
Daniel Humair
Swiss drummer and painter
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Martial Solal
Martial Solal
French-Algerian jazz pianist
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Gary Burton
Gary Burton
American vibraphonist
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Al McKibbon
Al McKibbon
American musician
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Toots Thielemans
Toots Thielemans
Belgian jazz musician
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Frank Rosolino
Frank Rosolino
American jazz trombonist
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Gene Ammons
Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Cal Tjader
Cal Tjader
American Latin jazz musician, recording artist
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Louie Bellson
Louie Bellson
American jazz drummer, a composer, arranger, bandleader, and jazz educator
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Red Mitchell
Red Mitchell
American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet
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Steve Swallow
Steve Swallow
jazz bassist and composer
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Jimmy Hamilton
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
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Kai Winding
Kai Winding
Danish-born American jazz musician and trombonist
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Bill Dowdy
Bill Dowdy
American musician
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Jimmy Cobb
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
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Jimmy Rowles
Jimmy Rowles
American jazz pianist
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Hugh Lawson
Hugh Lawson
American pianist
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Jay Berliner
Jay Berliner
American musician
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Percy Heath
Percy Heath
American musician
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Louis Hayes
Louis Hayes
American drummer
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Milt Jackson
Milt Jackson
American musician
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Leroy Vinnegar
Leroy Vinnegar
American bassist
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Oliver Jackson
Oliver Jackson
American drummer
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Jack Wilson
Jack Wilson
American pianist (1936-2007)
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Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
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Stanley Turrentine
Stanley Turrentine
American musician
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Clark Terry
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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Philip Catherine
Philip Catherine
musician
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Britt Woodman
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
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Carmen McRae
Carmen McRae
American jazz musician and actress
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Barney Wilen
Barney Wilen
French saxophonist
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Jimmy Forrest
Jimmy Forrest
African American jazz musician
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Frank Foster
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
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Julius Watkins
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
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Joe Newman
Joe Newman
American musician
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Israel Crosby
Israel Crosby
American musician
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Jimmy Garrison
Jimmy Garrison
American double bassist
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Johnny Griffin
Johnny Griffin
American musician
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Gene Cherico
Gene Cherico
American musician
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Emil Richards
Emil Richards
American musician
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Rob Wasserman
Rob Wasserman
American musician
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Billy Higgins
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
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Bob Cranshaw
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
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Roland Hanna
Roland Hanna
American pianist
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Jimmy Cleveland
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
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Ray Barretto
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
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René Urtreger
René Urtreger
French musician
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Bernie Glow
Bernie Glow
American musician
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Willie Bobo
Willie Bobo
American musician
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Curtis Fuller
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
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Nat Adderley
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
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Pete Rugolo
Pete Rugolo
American jazz composer, arranger, and record producer (1915-2011)
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Charlie Persip
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
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Milt Bernhart
Milt Bernhart
American musician
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James Moody
James Moody
American jazz musician
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Gene Harris
Gene Harris
American pianist
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Albert Heath
Albert Heath
American drummer
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Larry Ridley
Larry Ridley
American musician
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Jimmy Rowser
Jimmy Rowser
American bassist
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Wendell Marshall
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
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Joe Benjamin
Joe Benjamin
American musician
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Kenny Dorham
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
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Booker Ervin
Booker Ervin
American saxophonist
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Brian Torff
Brian Torff
American musician
Andy Simpkins
American bassist

Andy Simpkins

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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.