Maurice James Simon
Maurice James Simon (born March 26, 1929,[1] Houston, TX - died August 6, 2019) was a jazz saxophonist.
A high school classmate of Eric Dolphy (1945-6)[2] Simon appears on an early 1945 Los Angeles recording in a band led by Russell Jacquet and which also included Teddy Edwards, Charles Mingus, Bill Davis and Chico Hamilton.[3]
In 1948, again with Jacquet as leader, Simon was in an all-star band recording in Detroit, which included Sonny Stitt, Leo Parker, Sir Charles Thompson, Al Lucas and Shadow Wilson.[4]
He went on to join the Gerald Wilson Orchestra which also included Snooky Young, Red Kelly and Melba Liston.[5]
In 1950 he recorded for Savoy Records backing Helen Humes in a big band with Dexter Gordon, Ernie Freeman, Red Callender and J.C. Heard.[6]
In the 1970s he was a member of the Duke Ellington orchestra.
He also played with Fats Domino, Papa John Creach, Big Maybelle, Faye Adams, Bumble Bee Slim, Percy Mayfield[7] and B. B. King.
Discography[]
As sideman[]
- With B.B. King
- 1956: Singin' the Blues (Crown)
References[]
- ^ allmusic
- ^ Porter, Roy and Keller, David There and back David Keller Continuum International Publishing Group, 1990 ISBN 1-871478-30-8 ISBN 978-1-871478-30-3 at Google Books
- ^ Charles Mingus Catalog at JazzDisc.org
- ^ [1]
- ^ Jazz.com
- ^ Helen Humes at JazzDisc.org
- ^ Discogs
- American jazz tenor saxophonists
- American male saxophonists
- West Coast jazz saxophonists
- 1929 births
- Living people
- Musicians from Houston
- 21st-century saxophonists
- Jazz musicians from Texas
- 21st-century American male musicians
- American male jazz musicians
- American jazz saxophonist stubs