Lonnie Simmons

Not to be confused with jazz saxophonist Lonnie Simmons (who played with well-known improvisers like Fats Waller and Ella Fitzgerald), the Lonnie Simmons profiled here is a funk/soul/urban contemporary producer/manager/label owner who is best-known for his work with the Gap Band. The Los Angeles resident started making a name for himself in the R&B world in the '70s, when he operated a South ...more