Researching Art Simmons
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The name Art means "from Latin Artorius, legendary king" and is of Welsh origin.
Records of Art Simmons on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Art Simmons and the Simmons Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Simmons Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Simmons family tree.
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Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Art Simmons. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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Art Simmons
Arthur Eugene Simmons (February 5, 1926 – April 23, 2018) was an American jazz pianist.
Simmons was born in Glen White, West Virginia in February 1926. He played in a band while serving in the U.S. military in 1946, then remained in Germany after the war, studying music, and moved to Paris in 1949. There he studied at the Paris Conservatory and the Ecole Normale de Musique, playing with Charlie Parker and Kenny Clarke at the Paris Jazz Festival; he also played with Aaron Bridgers, Don Byas, Robert Mavounzy, and Nelson Williams. Simmons led his own group at the Ringside Club in 1951. In the early 1950s he played with Dizzy Gillespie and Quincy Jones, and toured London with singers such as Bertice Reading. As resident pianist at the Mars Club, he worked with Michel Gaudry, Pierre Cullaz, and Elek Bacsik, and accompanied touring singers such as Carmen McRae and Billie Holiday (1958). In the early 1960s he played in a duo with Art Taylor.
Simmons also did arranging work for Barclay Records. In 1971 he played in Spain; following this he returned to the United States and retired. He died on April 23, 2018 at the age of 92 at his home in Beckley, West Virginia.
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