Sonny Simmons

alto saxophone, cor anglais · 1933–2021 · Sicily Island (Louisiane)

Huey "Sonny" Simmons is an alto saxophonist and English horn player, mainly active in the avant-garde and free jazz. Pushed out of the scene after personal setbacks, he returned in the early 1990s and played at European festivals.

Styles

• Free jazz

Landmark tracks

• Metamorphosis (1966)
• A Distant Voice (1966)
• City of David (1966)
• Interplanetary Travelers (1966)

Sources

• Source

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