Andy Bey January 9, 2008

One of the great unsung heroes of jazz singing, Andy Bey is a commanding interpreter of lyrics who has a wide vocal range and a big, rich, full voice. Bey enjoys a small following that swears by him; nonetheless, he isn't nearly as well known as he should be. Bey has recorded and performed with such notables as McCoy Tyner, Lonnie Liston Smith, Thad Jones / Mel Lewis and others. He was featured vocalist on Gary Bartz’ acclaimed Harlem Bush Music projects and for an extended period with Horace Silver, including Silver’s The United States of Mind album sequence. Andy's latest album, Ain't Necessarily So captures Bey's first headlining engagement ever at a major New York nightclub—May 13 through 15, 1997, at Birdland—sandwiched on the club’s calendar between Kurt Elling and Jimmy Scott and presents eight selections from that gig, on which Bey was supported by bassist Peter Washington and drummer Kenny Washington. Don’t miss his one-night-only performance of Andy Bey solo at Yoshi’s Oakland.

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