Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1942-12-31
- Works
- 13
Top works
- Police Lineup
- Mitigation in the Law of Damages
- Rocket Science
- Exercise Log
- Andy Summers
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, England, UK
Andy Summers is an English guitarist. He is best known as a former member of the band The Police as well as a solo artist and composer of numerous film scores.
Known for
- Sting and the Police at the BBC — Self2024
- Under the Volcano — Self2021
- Sting: Beyond The Police — Self - Musician (archive footage)2017
- Biggest Band Break Ups and Make Ups — Self2015
- John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly — Self2014
- Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving The Police — Self2012
- The Police: Certifiable — Self - Guitar2008
- The Police: Live In Concert Tokyo — Self2008
- The Police: Better Than Therapy — Self2008
- Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out — Self - The Police Member (archive footage)2007
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 29,192
- Total plays
- 330,264
Tags
jazzguitarFusioninstrumentaljazz fusion
Andy Summers is an English guitarist and composer, best known as the guitarist for The Police. Born in 1942, Andy started as a jazz guitarist. He was a member of Zoot Money, The Animals, and Soft Machine, but he became famous as the guitarist of The Police. In the 80's he collaborated with King Crimson mastermind Robert Fripp and made some ambient/new age-oriented albums on his own as well. From the 90's on he turned back to jazz and fusion. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Andy+Summers">Read
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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· 2022 · cited 12,959x
- A view of cloud computing
· 2010 · cited 6,737x
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Key dates
- Born
- 31 December 1942
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Poulton-le-Fylde
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- rock music
- Instrument
- guitar
- Record label
- A&M Records
Gallery (2)
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1942 birthsA&M Records artistsCalifornia State University, Northridge alumniChevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des LettresEnglish expatriate musicians in the United StatesEnglish jazz guitaristsEnglish lead guitaristsEnglish male guitaristsEnglish male jazz musiciansEnglish rock guitaristsLiving peoplePeople from Chipping Barnet