Mike Simpson

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Mike Simpson

fl, ts, *1916
Musician / Arranger of Jazz

Jazz and easy listening saxophonist/flautist and arranger. Born in Texas (1916), he later became a Chicagoan a large part of his musical career. He played with Doc Ross' and Art Kassell's bands, studied with Leo Sowerby and Joseph Schillinger, and subsequently played with Gene Krupa, Jimmy McPartland, and Jack Teagarden. After serving in the Navy during World War II he was a staff musician at the CBS outlet in Chicago while arranging for Ralph Marterie, nightclub and stage show productions and jingle work.

Instruments

Flute
Tenor sax
Saxophone
Clarinet

Genres

Jazz
Pop
Latin
World
Rock

Plays With

Bobby Christian And His Orchestra

Mike Simpson And Orchestra

Dick Marx Quartet

Band Members

Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
Jungle Odyssey	Mike Simpson	1969	Album
Music For The Birds	Eddie South And Mike Simpson	1962	Album
Mainly Mister Simpson	Clyde Ray, Mike Simpson		Album
The Opposite Sides Of Mike	Mike Simpson		Album

External Links

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Acknowledgements

To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.

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