Ernesto Simpson

Ernesto Simpson (born March 10, 1964) is a Cuban (Camagüey, Cuba) drummer of World, Jazz, Afro Caribbean, Afro Cuban, Latin and Funk.

== Career == Simpson is a Grammy-nominated and internationally acclaimed drummer, with over thirty years of performing, recording, touring, teaching and session musician experience alongside some the greatest names in the industry. He has collaborated with Dizzy Gillespie, Michel Legrand, Carmen McRae, Paquito D' Rivera, Arturo Sandoval, Ray Barretto, Mark Murphy, Chucho Valdés, Michael Brecker, Herbie Hancock, Mike Stern, Richard Bona, Rodrigues Brothers, Brian Lynch, Manuel Valera, Gonzalo Rubalcalba, Hugh Masakela, Kyle Eastwood and Omar Sosa, among many others.

He has performed on original motion picture scores such as Random Hearts (1999) with Harrison Ford and For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2007) with Andy Garcia, where he also made a cameo appearance.

Ernesto has lived and worked in Havana, Cuba; Bogota, Colombia; Miami, USA; and New York, USA; A family man and always passionate about music he now splits his time between London, UK and Athens, Greece with his wife and manager Kate Bellia-Simpson.

== Discography ==
 * Omar Sosa and the NDR Big Band: Omar Sosa "Essensual" (working title) (Drums, percussion)
 * Femi Tomowo "Music is the Feeling" (Drums)
 * Omar Sosa "Ile" (Drums, percussion,vocals)
 * Kyle Eastwood "Time Pieces" (Drums and arrangements)
 * Gonzalo Rubalcalba "Suite Caminos" (Drums)
 * Ramon Valle "Take Off" (Drums)
 * Phil Robson "Immeasurable code" (Drums)
 * Richard Bona "Bona Makes You Sweat"-Live in Hungary (Drums)
 * Richard Bona "Tiki" (Drums)
 * Paquito D"Rivera "Jazz Clazz" (Drums and Timbale)
 * Arturo Sandoval"For Love Or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story"OMPST (Drums,Percussion and arrangements)
 * Arturo Sandoval "Trumpet Evolution" (Drums)
 * Arturo Sandoval "My Passion for the Piano" (Drums)
 * Arturo Sandoval "Americana"(Drums)
 * Dave Grusin "Random Hearts" OMPST (Drums and Percussion)
 * Brian Lynch "Con Clave" (Drums)
 * Helio Alves "Its Clear" (Drums)
 * Edy Martinez "Midnight Jazz Affair" (Drums)
 * Edy Martinez "Privilegio" (Drums)
 * Perspectiva Group "Tiembla Tierra" (Drums and Timbale)
 * Manuel Valera "Vientos" (Drums)
 * Manuel Valera "Currents" (Drums)
 * Roberto Occhipinti "Yemaya" (Drums)
 * Samuel Torres "Skin Tones" (Drums and Percussion)
 * Samuel Torres "Yaounde" (Drums)
 * Candy Dulfer "What Does It Take?" (Timbale)
 * Thalia "Thalia" (Drums)
 * Galy Galiano "Sin Fronteras" (Timbales)
 * John Di Martino "Romantic Jazz Trio: Jazz Mozart" (Drums)
 * Charlie Zaa "El Mas Grande Sentimiento" (Drums and Synthesizer Drums)
 * Pablo Mayor "Perro Amor" TV Soap Opera/Colombia (Drums)
 * Ricardo Eddy Martinez"Bolero Jazz: Misty" (Drums)
 * Olga Guillot "Faltaba Yo" (Drums and Percussion)
 * Minione (Jopek / Rubacalba) having gone gold and now platinum

== Accomplishments ==
 * 2010 Grammy nomination for performing on Paquito D'Rivera 'Jazz Clazz' (2009)
 * 2016 Grammy nomination for performing on Gonzalo Rubalcaba's 'Suite Caminos' (2015)