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Andy Bey

Andy Bey

born on 28/10/1939 in Newark, NJ, United States

Andy Bey

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Andy Bey

Andrew W. Bey (born October 28, 1939 in Newark, New Jersey) is a jazz singer and pianist.

Bey has a wide vocal range, with his four octave baritone voice.

He worked on a television show, Startime, with Connie Francis and sang for Louis Jordan. He was 17 when he formed a trio with his siblings Salome Bey and Geraldine Bey (de Haas), called Andy and the Bey Sisters. The group did a 16-month tour of Europe. The Chet Baker documentary Lets Get Lost shows footage of Andy Bey and his sisters delighting a crowd of Parisian partygoers. The trio recorded three albums (one for RCA Victor in 1961, two for Prestige in 1964 and 1965) before breaking up in 1967.

He also did notable work with Horace Silver and Gary Bartz.

In 1974, Bey and Dee Dee Bridgewater were the featured vocalists on Stanley Clarke's album Children of Forever. Later, Bey recorded the album Experience And Judgment, which had Indian influences.[1] After that period he returned to hard bop and also recorded covers of music by non-jazz musicians such as Nick Drake.[2]

Other albums include Andy Bey and The Bey Sisters, Ballads, Blues & Bey (1996), American Song (2004), Tuesdays In Chinatown, and Ain't Necessarily So (2007).

Andy Bey received the "2003 Jazz Vocalist of the Year" award by the Jazz Journalists Association.

The album American Song received a Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album (2005).

Bey is an openly gay jazz musician.[3][4] In 1994 he was diagnosed as HIV-positive, but has continued his career and maintained a regimen that includes yoga and a vegetarian diet.[3][4] Colleague Herb Jordan assisted Bey with a resurgence of his recording career. Their recording Ballads, Blues, & Bey in 1996 returned Bey to prominence.

John Coltrane cited Bey as his favorite vocalist. (Savoyjazz.com)

Discography

  • Now! Hear! (Prestige, 1964) with Jerome Richardson, Kenny Burrell - (with Bey Sisters)
  • Round Midnight (Prestige, 1965) with Kenny Burrell, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson - (with Bey Sisters)
  • Experience and Judgement (Atlantic, 1974)
  • As Time Goes By (live) (Jazzette, 1991)
  • Ballads, Blues and Bey (Evidence, 1996)
  • Shades of Bey (Evidence, 1998)
  • Tuesdays in Chinatown (Encoded Music, 2001)
  • Chillin' (solo, Minor Music 2003)
  • American Song (Savoy Jazz, 2004)
  • Ain't Necessarily So (12thStreet, 2007)
  • The World According to Andy Bey (Highnote, 2013)

With Max Roach

  • Members, Don't Git Weary (Atlantic, 1968)

References

  1. Bio: Andy Bey. Down Beat. Retrieved on March 29, 2011.
  2. Biography at All Music Guide
  3. 3.0 3.1 Bey, Andy. Interview with Tony Cox. "News and Notes (transcript)." NPR. February 3, 2004.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Adler, David R. (May 2004). Jazz Departments: Andy Bey. JazzTimes. Retrieved on March 29, 2011.
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