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Sam Simmons

Jazz tenor saxophonist, clarinetist, piano and organ player, born c. 1915 in Charleston, South Carolina. Worked with [a=Fats Waller] and [a=Hot Lips Page] before joining [a=Al Cooper And His Savoy Sultans] in 1939. With [a=Ella Fitzgerald]'s orchestra 1940-1941, formed own band in Hawaii in 1945, then own band at Pershing Lounge in Chicago from 1946. Ran own restaurant in Chicago during 1960s, playing piano and organ,