Very fine pianist, Art Simmons was born Arthur Eugene Simmons on February 5th, 1926 in Glen White, West Virginia.
He went to France while in the Army, and later stayed in Germany, coming back to France around 1949.
ART SIMMONS GROUP
This was the Art Simmons Trio in 1951:
This was another edition of Art Simmons Trio:
This was a different lineup of Art Simmons Trio:
This was the Art Simmons Trio with Elec Bacsik on guitar:
This was the Art Simmons Trio now with Pierre Cavalli on guitar:
And this was the Art Simmons Trio now with Pierre Cullaz on guitar:
ART SIMMONS GROUP #? |
1951 |
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Art Simmons † piano | Jean Bonal guitar | Pierre Michelot † bass |
This was another edition of Art Simmons Trio:
ART SIMMONS GROUP #? |
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Art Simmons † piano | Stuart Da Silva † piano | Gilbert Rovere bass |
This was a different lineup of Art Simmons Trio:
ART SIMMONS GROUP #? |
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Art Simmons † piano | Luigi Trussardi † bass | Charles Bellonzi drums |
This was the Art Simmons Trio with Elec Bacsik on guitar:
ART SIMMONS GROUP #? |
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Art Simmons † piano | Elek Bacsik † guitar | Michel Gaudry bass |
This was the Art Simmons Trio now with Pierre Cavalli on guitar:
ART SIMMONS GROUP #? |
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Art Simmons † piano | Pierre Cavalli guitar | Michel Gaudry bass |
And this was the Art Simmons Trio now with Pierre Cullaz on guitar:
ART SIMMONS GROUP #? |
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Art Simmons † piano | Pierre Cullaz † guitar | Michel Gaudry bass |
Other info on members of Art Simmons Group (I know up to 12 members) | |
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To be covered (3): | Elek Bacsik, Pierre Michelot, Gilbert Rovere |
Not enough info (8): | Charles Bellonzi, Jean Bonal, Pierre Cavalli, Pierre Cullaz, Stuart Da Silva, Michel Gaudry, Rene Nan, Luigi Trussardi |
AL ´FATS´ EDWARDS GROUP
Art Simmons also backed singer Al ´Fats´ Edwards for some time:
AL ´FATS´ EDWARDS GROUP #? |
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Al ´Fats´ Edwards † vocals | Art Simmons † piano | + others unknown to me. Help! |
Other info on members of Al ´Fats´ Edwards Group (I know up to 2 members) | |
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Not enough info (1): | Al ´Fats´ Edwards |
BERTICE READING GROUP
Art Simmons toured with Bertice Reading Group, but don´t know other details:
BERTICE READING GROUP #? |
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Bertice Reading † vocals | Art Simmons † piano | + others unknown to me. Help! |
Other info on members of Bertice Reading Group (I know up to 2 members) | |
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Not enough info (1): | Bertice Reading |
ART TAYLOR GROUP
For a while Art Taylor and Art Simmons played as a duo:
Art Simmons passed away on April 23rd, 2018 in Beckley, West Virginia. He was 92.
   4 BANDS (WITH 6 SELECTED RECORDINGS):
   14 SESSIONS (FOR 10 ARTISTS):
ART TAYLOR GROUP #? |
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Art Taylor † piano | Art Simmons † piano |
Other info on members of Art Taylor Group (I know up to 3 members) | |
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To be covered (1): | Art Taylor |
Not enough info (1): | John Thomas |
Art Simmons passed away on April 23rd, 2018 in Beckley, West Virginia. He was 92.
   4 BANDS (WITH 6 SELECTED RECORDINGS):
BAND / ARTIST | . | RECORDINGS | ||||||
Al ´Fats´ Edwards Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Bertice Reading Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Art Simmons Group |   | 4 RECORDINGS:
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Art Taylor Group |   |  
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   14 SESSIONS (FOR 10 ARTISTS):
BAND / ARTIST | . | RECORDINGS | ||||||||
Eddie Barclay Orchestra |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Art Blakey Group |   | 1 COMPILATIONS:
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Don Byas Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Les Double Six |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra |   | 3 RECORDINGS:
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James Moody Group |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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Lou Reizner Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Clark Terry Group |   | 1 COMPILATIONS:
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Kitty White Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Nelson Williams Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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RELATED MUSICIANS:
Art Simmons mostly worked with these musicians: (name + number of credits)
Don Byas (6)
Kenny Clarke (5)
Michel Gaudry (4)
James Moody (4)
Yngve Akerberg (3)
Joe Benjamin (3)
Art Blakey (3)
Nelson Boyd (3)
Anders Burman (3)
Dave Burns (3)
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