Art Simmons
Piano, Musical Artist
1926 –
Who is Art Simmons?
Arthur Eugene Simmons is an American jazz pianist.
Simmons played in a band while serving in the U.S. military in 1946. He remained in Germany after the war, studying music, and moved to Paris in 1949. There he studied at the Paris Conservatory and the Ecole Normale de Musique, playing with Charlie Parker and Kenny Clarke at the Paris Jazz Festival; he also played with Aaron Bridgers, Don Byas, Robert Mavounzy, and Nelson Williams. He led his own group at the Ringside Club in 1951. In the early 1950s he played with Dizzy Gillespie and Quincy Jones, and toured London with singers such as Bertice Reading. As resident pianist at the Mars Club, he worked with Michel Gaudry, Pierre Cullaz, and Elek Bacsik, and accompanied touring singers such as Carmen McRae and Billie Holiday. In the early 1960s he played in a duo with Art Taylor.
Simmons also did arranging work for Barclay Records. In 1971 he played in Spain; following this he returned to the United States and retired.
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