- Geoff Simkins
Geoff Simkins (
13 October 1948 –) is a Britishjazz musician who playsalto saxophone .Career
Geoff Simkins started playing jazz in his early teens. His first instrument was drums, but he quickly changed to the alto saxophone. He turned professional in 1977.
His early work included time with the Harry Strutters Hot Rhythm Orchestra and the Temperance Seven, but his principal stylistic influences have been the American alto player
Lee Konitz and tenor playerWarne Marsh .Geoff has played at concerts, clubs and festivals in all parts of the UK, in Europe and beyond. He often works with American musicians who are visiting the UK, and over the years has played with such luminaries as
Art Farmer ,Bobby Shew , Al Cohn,Tal Farlow ,Slide Hampton , Warren Vache,Al Grey ,Kenny Davern , Bill Berry, Al Casey,Howard Alden ,Ruby Braff , Bill Coleman andConte Candoli . He has recorded with UK tenor player Danny Moss and with US trumpeters Billy Butterfield and Yank Lawson. Since the 1980s he has worked regularly with UK guitaristDave Cliff .Geoff is also a respected teacher, and as well as running an improvisation course in Brighton, UK, he is a regular tutor at the famous, but now discontinued, Glamorgan Jazz Summer School in Wales and the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. In 1994 he was invited to be a tutor at the Czech Jazz Summer School and appeared at clubs in Prague and on Czech Television.
elected recordings
* with
Nikki Iles , piano: Don't Ask* with
Dave Cliff :: The Right Time (LP) : West Coast Blues (MC): Sipping At Bells (CD): The Music ofTadd Dameron (CD): Conversation (CD)* with
Allan Ganley and Dave Cliff:: Live at the Station* With
Howard Alden : Howard Alden's UK4 Live@Lewesources
* John Chilton, Who's Who of British Jazz, Cassell, London 1997 ISBN 0-8264-7234-6
External links
* [http://www.jazzcds.co.uk/geoffsimkins/geoffpage.htm Info about Simkins]
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