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Later he had an album named Experience And Judgment, which had Indian influences. After that period he returned to hard bop and also recorded covers of music by non-jazz musicians such as Nick Drake Other albums include Andy Bey and The Bey Sisters, Ballads, Blues \u0026amp; Bey (1996), American Song (2004), Tuesdays In Chinatown, and Ain't Necessarily So (2007).\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1994, openly gay, Bey was diagnosed HIV-positive, but as of 2010[update] it has not interrupted his career. Colleague Herb Jordan assisted Bey with a resurgence of his recording career. Their recording Ballads, Blues, \u0026amp; Bey in 1996 returned Bey to prominence.\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Andy+Bey","playStationPath":"/stations/113588241/play","stationId":113588241,"bioPath":"/music/Andy+Bey/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Viktoria+Tolstoy","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/df5/df5de5f16e6ff9c4ce53bed8495b72f2_md.jpg","artistName":"Viktoria Tolstoy","artistId":1591,"station_id":113613943},{"musicPath":"/music/Terez+Montcalm","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/fa5/fa536f85b3decbb17b94b03bc4b0877c_md.jpg","artistName":"Terez Montcalm","artistId":137726,"station_id":286730501},{"musicPath":"/music/Ella+Fitzgerald+Louis+Armstrong","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/423/42321066aa44b9ecacb7d0aacaeb2694_md.jpg","artistName":"Ella Fitzgerald \u0026 Louis Armstrong","artistId":56156,"station_id":259811437},{"musicPath":"/music/Chet+Baker","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/8b5/8b5cc3b1e768aad9a98667802b223024_md.jpg","artistName":"Chet Baker","artistId":260,"station_id":113290289},{"musicPath":"/music/Joe+Armon+Jones","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/a6b/a6baab6aad45298fb25bf8f9d1843440_md.jpg","artistName":"Joe Armon-Jones","artistId":425571,"station_id":400336101},{"musicPath":"/music/Art+Tatum","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/88c/88ceb30580a64a8271fa2f2114c0e7bf_md.jpg","artistName":"Art Tatum","artistId":11854,"station_id":113388069},{"musicPath":"/music/Dinah+Washington","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/4cf/4cf53f4da7747b70bf8323da081265d1_md.jpg","artistName":"Dinah Washington","artistId":326,"station_id":113295548},{"musicPath":"/music/Tierney+Sutton","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/40c/40c18771b8eb184acb784617cfa9951f_md.jpg","artistName":"Tierney Sutton","artistId":81102,"station_id":268082299},{"musicPath":"/music/Ella+Fitzgerald","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/8bb/8bbe8f9dce9239ef214efc91574bfd75_md.jpg","artistName":"Ella Fitzgerald","artistId":363,"station_id":113269344},{"musicPath":"/music/Erroll+Garner","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/abc/abc407628b04c46f43883c510a17cc02_md.jpg","artistName":"Erroll Garner","artistId":13284,"station_id":113770966},{"musicPath":"/music/Julie+London","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/506/506d21da37f25219df5e53ef245a7e98_md.jpg","artistName":"Julie London","artistId":7189,"station_id":113297236},{"musicPath":"/music/Brad+Mehldau","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/051/051a50f0767c2b928ff9adfd9324e887_md.jpg","artistName":"Brad Mehldau","artistId":13558,"station_id":114634793},{"musicPath":"/music/Ramsey+Lewis","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/032/0324a7905a94fc515e46328416e36c75_md.jpg","artistName":"Ramsey Lewis","artistId":7723,"station_id":113262291},{"musicPath":"/music/Sophie+Milman","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/1f2/1f28a9e77bbec2227095e27e7fa1c740_md.jpg","artistName":"Sophie Milman","artistId":11069,"station_id":113560366},{"musicPath":"/music/Billie+Holiday","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/ce7/ce715dfc0cfbc38647f53c5c540341d3_md.jpg","artistName":"Billie Holiday","artistId":167,"station_id":113271644},{"musicPath":"/music/Joe+Williams","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/fef/fefa6b7969991c501e5e38fcd93caaea_md.jpg","artistName":"Joe Williams","artistId":7472,"station_id":113541444},{"musicPath":"/music/Lizz+Wright","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/f83/f83d982c88525ae5c9e0d76ca253249f_md.jpg","artistName":"Lizz Wright","artistId":10702,"station_id":113264661},{"musicPath":"/music/Fred+Hersch","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/9d8/9d83f0049e4754c8b9516a74c02ec6ce_md.jpg","artistName":"Fred Hersch","artistId":58083,"station_id":261038941}]}