Simon Little
Simon Little is an English bassist, most notable for his work with The Divine Comedy.
A graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, Little joined The Divine Comedy in 2002 and is still a regular member of the band. He has since toured and recorded with The Duckworth Lewis Method, Clare Teal, Duke Special, Maggie Reilly, A Girl Called Eddy and Chris Difford. As a jazz bass player he plays regularly with Ian Shaw, Lea DeLaria, Symeon Cosburn, and Nina Ferro. Little has also played with Nick Cave and Ben Folds.
Little released a solo bass album Mandala in 2010, where he uses live looping to create ambient soundscapes. He released a second solo album called "The Knowledge of Things To Come" in 2011, following the "Rejectamenta EP" which featured five additional tracks from the Knowledge sessions, and an acoustic album "plugged" in 2012. An improvised trio album "Foreground Music, Vol. I" was released in 2012 with pianist Jez Carr and Iona saxophonist Mike Haughton.Discography
- Foreverland The Divine Comedy
- "Foreground Music, Vol. I" Jez Carr, Simon Little & Mike Haughton
- "Sticky Wickets" The Duckworth Lewis Method
- "The Jazz Cookbook" Frankie Lewis
- "Greatest Video Game Music 2" the London Philharmonic Orchestra
- "Dirk Gently: Original Television Soundtrack" Daniel Pemberton
- "Jing, Jing-A-Ling" Clare Teal
- "plugged"
- "Oh Pioneer" Duke Special
- "The Knowledge of Things To Come"
- "Rejectamenta EP"
- "Hey Ho" Clare Teal
- Mandala
- Mother Courage & Her Children Duke Special
- Be a Santa Lea DeLaria
- Bang Goes the Knighthood The Divine Comedy
- Clare Teal Live at Ebenezer Chapel Clare Teal
- What A Woman Shouldn't Do Julie McKee
- Get Happy Clare Teal
- The Last Temptation of Chris Chris Difford
- Paradisi Carousel Clare Teal
- Victory for the Comic Muse The Divine Comedy
- Drawn To All Things Ian Shaw
- Rowan Maggie Reilly
- South East Side Story Chris Difford
- Breakfast with the Blues Symeon Cosburn
- Whatever It Takes Jai Cavill
- Absent Friends The Divine Comedy
- Live at the London Palladium The Divine Comedy
- Vollmilch 2004 - Das war Haldern with The Divine Comedy
- Just In Time Esther Bennett