Norman Simmons
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Norman Simmons
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Pianist Norman Simmons is a superior arranger and good accompanist most famous for providing the hit arrangement of "Wade in the Water" for the Ramsey Lewis group. Simmons worked in the '50s and '60s for several vocalists, among them Dakota Staton, Ernestine Anderson, and Carmen McRae. He worked in 1960 with the Johnny Griffin-Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis group. In 1979 Simmons became a regular pianist for Joe Williams, performing with the acclaimed vocalist through the 1990s. Following Williams' death in 1999, Simmons led his first session in quite some time, resulting in the 2000 Savant release Art of Norman Simmons. In 2002 he issued Synthesis, his second effort for Savant. In Private, a Savant date also featuring bassist Lisle Atkinson and drummer Paul Humphrey, arrived in 2004. ~ Ron Wynn, RoviWikipedia on Answers.com:
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Norman Simmons
For other people named Norman Simmons, see Norman Simmons (disambiguation).
Norman Simmons (1915–2004) was a Nobel Prize nominee and DNA research pioneer. [1]
Simmons was nominated in 1972 for a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work with Dr. Elkan Bout on proteins and polypeptides and was also recognized for isolating a structurally pure form of DNA. This was, in fact, the DNA which Rosalind Franklin used in her x-ray diffraction studies that rewarded Maurice Wilkins, James Watson and Francis Crick with the Nobel Prize for the double helix model of DNA. Wilkins stated at that time' "I wish to thank Norman Simmons for having refined techniques of isolating DNA, and thereby helping a great many workers including ourselves."
References
- ^ "Obituaries." Fall 2004-Winter 2005. Harvard Dental Bulletin 10(4): 28.
External links
- In Memoriam: Norman Simmons on University of California website
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Mentioned in
The People's Groove
(1972 Album by Harold Ousley)
In Private
(2004 Album by Norman Simmons)
The Viking
(1988 Album by Harold Ashby)
Dakota at Storyville
(1961 Album by Dakota Staton)
That Holiday Feeling
(1990 Album by Joe Williams)
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