Happy Birthday to Ya Andy Bey
🍾Andrew “Andy” W. Bey was born on October 28, 1939, in Newark, New Jersey. The vocalist and pianist is one of the most underrated musicians in jazz with his honey coated baritone four active range. While still a teenager he and his sisters formed the trio Andy and the Bey Sisters. The trio recorded three albums between 1961 and 1965 and also toured Europe. He later worked with Horace Silver and Gary Bartz. Bey and his sisters appear in the trumpeter Chet Baker’s documentary “Let’s Get Stoned”.
In 1973, Bey and Dee Dee Bridgewater were the featured vocalists on Stanley Clarke‘s album “Children of Forever”.
In 1976, Bey performed in a theatre production of Adrienne Kennedy‘s “A Rat’s Mass” directed by the genius avant garde pianist and composer Cecil Taylor at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in the East Village of Manhattan. He received the 2003 Jazz Vocalist of the Year award by the Jazz Journalists Association. His album “American Song” received a Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album in 2005. Live at Zinc Bar. The Art of Jazz – Andy Bey Part I (1962 – 1964). Real Jazz – Andy & The Bey Sisters – Smooth Sailing
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