Andy Bey

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Name = Andy Bey

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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Andrew W. Bey
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Born = birth date and age|1939|10|28
Newark, New Jersey, United States
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Instrument = Piano, Vocals
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Genre = Jazz
Occupation = Musician
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Associated_acts = Louis Jordan
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Andrew W. Bey (born October 28, 1939 in Newark, New Jersey) is a jazz singer and pianist. He worked on a television show, Startime, with Connie Francis and sang for Louis Jordan.He went on to form a trio with sisters Salome Bey and Geraldine Bey (de Haas) called "Andy and The Bey Sisters". They recorded various sides and had 2 albums on Prestige and 1 on RCA. The group parted in 1965. He also did notable work with Horace Silver and Gary Bartz. Later he had an album named Experience And Judgment, which had Indian influences. [ [http://www.downbeat.com/artists/window.asp?action=new&aid=17&aname=Andy+Bey Down Beat Artists Profile] ] After that period he returned to hard bop and also did covers of music by non-jazz musicians like Nick Drake [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:bmfozfghehak~T1 All Music] ] . Other albums: Andy Bey and The Bey Sisters, Ballads, Blues & Bey, American Song (2004), Tuesdays In Chinatown, Ain't Necessarily So (2007).

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