Welcome.........
To website of Chicago Bassist Dexter Sims!!! Thank you for your visit. Please take a moment to look around, learn a little about this world class musician and listen to some of the his music.
Make no mistake about it, Dexter has paid his dues. He has for many years, and he has lived the life --- a life of grueling schedules, woefully bad food, and relative small wages, in towns whose names are now easily forgotten. Such was the price paid for the chance to scale the next musical mountain, to deliver the next all-absorbing solo, and to hit the next chord that would propel him and his art down the path toward a deeper musical fulfillment.
Biography The structural inspiration for his music began after his move to Boston from Chicago. Dexter attended Berklee College of Music in Boston where he majored in music theory, composition, and arranging. While studing at Berklee he also studied and was associated with the Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts, also in Boston. The inspiration for his first musical improvisations beyond academia came after joining a band formed of Berklee graduates which began touring the East Coast. Dexter's early musical experimentations in Jazz, R&B, Funk, Gospel, and Reggae were obvious outgrowths of the many local "jam sessions" played throughout Boston, New York, and New Jersey during this period. Most revealing was his ability to stay musically "tuned-in" --- particularly to members of the jazz community --- for innovations in music improvisation. Constantly in a state of readiness, he studied and performed with greats such as Randy Weston, Ernie Wilkens, Rich Appleman,John Neves, and others --- whenever, wherever, and as often as he could.
Dexter will be performing:
With Maggie Brown
Prairie State College 03/04/2011
With Daveed
Carribean Cove 8020 S. King Dr. 03/05/2011
With Jacqui Horton
Drake Hotel 03/18/2011
Dexters ever-deepening musical and spiritual journey eventually led him to cross paths with some of Gospel Musics pioneers. Dexter has shared in music Ministry with Rev. Maceo Woods and the Christian Tabernacle Church and with trumpeter/Music Minister Phil Driscoll. He is currently the bassist with the Wooten Choral Ensemble. The Ensemble is a Community Choir founded in 1949 by Dr. Robert E, Wooten Sr. and is dedicated to Blessing Souls and uplifting the human spirit.
"I believe that the ability to play an instrument is a gift..A Blessing. I also think that because I have been given a gift I now owe something in return"
Because of this belief, Dexter has a number of students that he teaches privately and he is an instructor on staff at the Dorolyn Academy of Music.
Dexter has accumulated a lengthy volume of credits-- from live performances at ETA and Black Ensemble Theaters, to studio recordings, accompaniments, CD recordings, and other free-lance projects. He founded his own record company (Nile Music) and his own publishing company (D.I.S.). And when you look at Sims' performance credentials, some of the great names are there -- Jean Carne, Alex Bugnon, Howard Hewett, Robert Irving III, Oscar Brown Jr.
"Thank you, again for your visit to Dexter Sims.com. I hope you enjoy the music. Much love to all and Peace!!"
Listen to tracks from the CD
Peace of Mind.
Just play the IPOD below
Dexter Plays
Lakland Basses
and
Thunderfunk Amps
