Artist description BAND MEMBERS VERY ACCORDING TO PROJECTS WITH ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS.SOME MEMBERS PERFORM MORE THEN ONE INSTRUMENT. ARTIE SIMMONSPERFORMS TROMBONE, ELECTRIC BASS AND DRUMS ON SOME OF HIS BAND RECORDINGS.

Music Style JAZZ ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS (FUSION, POP, LATIN,AFRO

Musical Influences JJ JOHNSON, COLTRANE, ROY HAYNES, DUKE ELLINGTON, LIONEL HAMPTON

Similar Artists ORIGINAL CREATORS OF OWN MUSIC

Artist History BAND WAS ORIGINALLY FORMED IN 1966 WITH FIVE MEMBERS. THE COMPOSITION WAS TROMBONE, TENOR SAX, PIANO, ACOUSTICBASS AND DRUMS. LATER IN THE EARLY 70'S THE HORN LINE EXPANDED TO TENOR SAX, TRUMPET, TROMBONE, PIANO, BASS AND DRUMS. IN THE EARLY 80'S, THE BAND SWITCHED BETWEEN 8 PIECESAND FIVE PIECES. THE OCTET VERSION WAS ALTO SAXOPHONE, TENOR SAXOPHONETRUMPET, TROMBONE, PIANO, BASS AND DRUMS. GUITAR WAS ADDED WITH THE OCTETFOR THE 1981 RECORDING "ARTIE SIMMONS AND THE JAZZ SAMARITANS"IN 1994 THE BAND EXPANED TO 18 MUSICIANS IN A RECORDING PROJECT. VOCALS ALONG WITH PERCUSSION WITH FIVE HORNS. THIS PROJECT WAS"ARTIE SIMMONS AND THE JAZZ SAMARITANS" DRUMS OF LIFE.THIS WAS OUR FIRST CD.

Group Members MEMBERS VARY. ON THE 1994 CD PROJECT THE MEMBERS ARE AL EVANS TRUMPET, JIMMY DUKES TENOR SAX, MICHAEL RIDLEY TRUMPET, JOHN ROBINS BASS, YUTAKA HANDA TENOR AND SOPRANO SAX, ARTIE SIMMONS,TROMBONE DRUMS,BOB ARKIN BASS, ELLA GARRETT VOCALS, JAMES SPAULDING ALTO SAX AND FLUTE,J.R.MITCHELL DRUMS, PERCUSSION,EDDIE BANKS PIANO, KIRK LYONS ELECTRIC BASS,FRED HOPKINSBASS,JOSEPHINE WEST,PERCUSSION AND VOCALS, GEORGE BRANDON,TROMBONE,PIANO,SONELIUS SMITH PIANO,MARCUS LAUPER BASS.

Instruments ARTIE SIMMONS-TROMBONE ,DRUMS, ELECTRIC BASS

Albums JAZZ SAMARITANS 1980- ARTIE SIMMONS AND THE JAZZ SAMARITANS 1981(ABABIO)

Additional Info TAPES AVAILABLE FROM PROJECT RECORDINGS-

Location NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK - USA

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