John Simmons
John Simmons (June 14, 1918 – September 19, 1979) was an American jazz bassist. |
Birth and Death Data: Born June 14, 1918 (Haskell), Died September 19, 1979
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1940 - 1952
Roles Represented in DAHR: string bass, leader
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | BS-053725 | 10-in. | 12/11/1940 | Moody melody | Jimmie Noone Trio | Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | BS-053726 | 10-in. | 12/11/1940 | Then you're drunk | Jimmie Noone Trio | Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | BS-053727 | 10-in. | 12/11/1940 | I'm going home | Gideon Honore ; Jimmie Noone Trio | Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | BS-053728 | 10-in. | 12/11/1940 | They got my number now | Jimmie Noone Trio | Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Atlantic | 76 | 10-in. | 12/10/1947 | Mo'lasses | Bob Howard and his Rhythm ; Bob Howard | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Atlantic | 77 | 10-in. | 12/10/1947 | Button up your overcoat | Bob Howard and his Rhythm | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Atlantic | 826 | 10-in. | 12/18/1944 | Everything happens to me | Erroll Garner | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Atlantic | 830 | 10-in. | 12/18/1944 | Perdido | Erroll Garner | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Decca | 72512 | 10-in. | 11/10/1944 | Waltzin' Matilda | Josh White | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Decca | 72513 | 10-in. | 11/10/1944 | I gave my love a cherry | Josh White | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Decca | 72514 | 10-in. | 11/10/1944 | House of the rising sun | Josh White | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Decca | 72515 | 11/10/1944 | Strange fruit | Josh White | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 72516 | 11/10/1944 | John Henry | Josh White | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 72624 | 10-in. | 12/13/1944 | Lass with the delicate air | Josh White | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Decca | 72625 | 10-in. | 12/13/1944 | Jelly jelly | Josh White | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Decca | 72626 | 10-in. | 12/13/1944 | Evil hearted man | Josh White | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Decca | 72627 | 10-in. | 12/13/1944 | Backwater blues | Josh White | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Decca | 72628 | 10-in. | 12/13/1944 | Frankie and Johnnie | Josh White | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Decca | 72629 | 10-in. | 12/13/1944 | John Henry | Josh White | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Decca | 72660 | 10-in. | 12/28/1944 | Letter from the Russian front | Josh White | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Decca | 72661 | 10-in. | 12/28/1944 | In the dugout | Josh White | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Decca | 72662 | 10-in. | 12/28/1944 | Beloved comrade | Josh White | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Decca | 72663 | 10-in. | 12/28/1944 | Lord Randall, my son | Josh White | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Decca | 72664 | 10-in. | 12/28/1944 | Johnny has gone for a soldier | Josh White | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Decca | 73300 | 1/22/1946 | Good morning heartache-1 | Billie Holiday | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 73301 | 1/22/1946 | No good man | Billie Holiday | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 73301[a] | 1/22/1946 | Big Stuff | Billie Holiday | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 73466 | 3/26/1946 | Sometime | Josh White | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 73467 | 3/26/1946 | The lass with the delicate air | Josh White | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 73468 | 3/26/1946 | I gave my love a cherry | Josh White | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 73767 | 12/27/1946 | The blues are brewin' | Billie Holiday | instrumentalist, string bass, leader | |||
| Decca | 73768 | 12/27/1946 | Guilty | Billie Holiday | instrumentalist, string bass, leader | |||
| Decca | 73769[a] | 12/27/1946 | Careless love | Billie Holiday | instrumentalist, string bass, leader | |||
| Decca | 73902 | 5/6/1947 | Molly Malone | Josh White | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 73903 | 5/6/1947 | Dip His finger in the water | Josh White | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 73904 | 5/6/1947 | Green grass growing all around | Josh White | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 73905 | 5/6/1947 | Josh and Bill's blues-1 | Josh White | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 73906 | 5/6/1947 | Jim Crow | Josh White | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 74386 | 12/23/1947 | I've got a feeling I'm fallin' | The Day Dreamers ; Ella Fitzgerald | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 74387 | 12/23/1947 | You turned the tables on me | The Day Dreamers ; Ella Fitzgerald | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 74392 | 12/23/1947 | I cried and cried and cried | The Day Dreamers ; Ella Fitzgerald | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 74393 | 12/23/1947 | Robbins nest | The Day Dreamers ; Ella Fitzgerald | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 75523 | 11/25/1949 | The worst is yet to come | Cecil Payne Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 75524 | 11/25/1949 | Angel child | Cecil Payne Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 75525 | 11/25/1949 | Block buster boogie | Cecil Payne Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 75526 | 11/25/1949 | Ham hocks | Cecil Payne Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 82401 | 3/5/1952 | When you surrender | (Little) Jimmy Scott | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 82402 | 3/5/1952 | Alone with a memory | (Little) Jimmy Scott | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 82403 | 3/5/1952 | Something of a fool | (Little) Jimmy Scott | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | 82404 | 3/5/1952 | Do you mind if I hang around | (Little) Jimmy Scott | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Signature | SRC 845 | 10-in. | 1946 | Going back to Washington | Bill De Arango | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Signature | SRC 846 | 10-in. | 1946 | Did you ever set to thinkin' | Bill De Arango | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Signature | SRC 847 | 10-in. | 1946 | Susie Bee | Bill De Arango | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Signature | SRC 848 | 10-in. | 1946 | I ain't gonna marry | Bill De Arango | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Signature | SRC 857 | 10-in. | 5/3/1946 | The jeep is jumpin' | Bill De Arango | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Signature | SRC 858 | 10-in. | 5/3/1946 | I got it bad and that ain't good | Bill De Arango | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Signature | SRC 859 | 10-in. | 5/3/1946 | Dark corners | Bill De Arango | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Signature | SRC 860 | 10-in. | 5/3/1946 | Blues Mr. Brim | Bill De Arango | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Signature | SRC 861 | 10-in. | 5/15/1946 | Frog and mule | Ben Webster Quintet | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Signature | SRC 862 | 10-in. | 5/16/1946 | Spang | Ben Webster Quintet | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Signature | SRC 863 | 10-in. | 5/15/1946 | Doctor Keets | Ben Webster Quintet | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Signature | SRC 864 | 10-in. | 5/15/1946 | Park and Tilford blues | Ben Webster Quintet | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Decca | DLA 2974 | 10-in. | 4/17/1942 | (Get some) Cash for your trash | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Decca | DLA 2975 | 10-in. | 4/17/1942 | Among my souvenirs | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Decca | DLA 2976 | 10-in. | 4/17/1942 | Coquette | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Decca | DLA 2977 | 10-in. | 4/17/1942 | I never knew | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Signature | RHT-1 | 10-in. | 5/2/1944 | How high the moon | Eddie Heywood Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Signature | RHT-2 | 10-in. | 5/2/1944 | Sarcastic day | Eddie Heywood Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Signature | RHT-3 | 10-in. | 5/2/1944 | Them there eyes | Eddie Heywood Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Signature | RHT-4 | 10-in. | 5/2/1944 | Penthouse serenade | Eddie Heywood Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Simmons, John," accessed November 25, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/209445.
Simmons, John. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/209445.
"Simmons, John." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Simmons, John, 1918-1979 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85139930
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