Andy Bey

Artist Description

"Brilliant and precious"
- Aretha Franklin

"One of the most distinctive singers in Jazz"
- The New York Times



As one of the great unsung heroes of jazz singing for many years, Andy Bey is now considered among our greatest living male vocalists, recognized as a commanding interpreter of lyrics who has a wide vocal range and a big, rich, full voice. The Grammy-nominated Newark, New Jersey native was a genuine child prodigy as a pianist and singer, garnering appearances at the famed Apollo Theater and on television's "Spotlight On Harlem" and "The Star Time Kids," sharing stages with the likes of Louis Jordan, Sarah Vaughan and Dinah Washington, before he turned 18. He then formed a vocal trio alongside his sisters Salome and Geraldine and embarked for Europe; Andy & The Bey Sisters were celebrated regulars at The Blue Note in Paris and other venues in Europe from the late 1950s into the early 1960s, when they returned to the U.S. and continued to perform and record (for RCA and Prestige) until the trio disbanded in 1966. For the two decades thereafter, Bey recorded and performed with such notables as McCoy Tyner, Lonnie Liston Smith, Thad Jones / Mel Lewis, Eddie Harris, Gary Bartz and others. Tonight, Bey will celebrates the New York debut of his new live album "Ain't Necessarily So." (12th Street Records), to be released officially on October 30th.