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Moving from Category:21st-century double-bassists to Category:21st-century British double-bassists using Cat-a-lot

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{{Infobox musical artist 
| name = Simon Little
| image =
| caption = Simon Little
| image_size =
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1980|09|30}}
| origin = [[London]], England
| instrument = [[Bass guitar]], [[double bass]]
| genre = [[Jazz]], [[alternative rock]], [[folk rock]]
| occupation = [[Bassist]]
| years_active = 1998-present
| associated_acts = [[The Divine Comedy (band)|The Divine Comedy]] [[The Duckworth Lewis Method]] [[Clare Teal]] [[Maggie Reilly]] [[Lea Delaria]] [[A Girl Called Eddy]]
| website = {{URL|simonlittlebass.com}}
}}

'''Simon Little''' (born 30 September 1980) is an English [[bassist]], most notable for his work with [[The Divine Comedy (band)|The Divine Comedy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clareteal.co.uk/band.html|title=Clare Teal|publisher=Clareteal.co.uk|accessdate=21 September 2014}}</ref>

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]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dlmethod.co.uk/|title=Duckworth Lewis Method|publisher=Dlmethod.co.uk|accessdate=21 September 2014}}</ref> [[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]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=39916#.UyHZeyj75Gg|title=Take Five with Simon Little|work=All About Jazz|date=6 July 2011 |accessdate=21 September 2014}}</ref> and [[Ben Folds]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://simonlittlebass.com|title=Simonlittlebass.com|work=Simon Little|accessdate=21 September 2014}}</ref>

Little released a solo bass album ''Mandala'' in 2010,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2010/10/19/review-simon-littles-mandala/|title=Review: Simon Little's "Mandala"|work=No Treble|date=19 October 2010|accessdate=21 September 2014}}</ref> where he uses live looping to create ambient soundscapes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://music.simonlittlebass.com|title=Music.simonlittlebass.com|date=10 December 2012|work=Simon Little|accessdate=21 September 2014}}</ref> 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 "[un]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==
*''[[Office Politics (album)|Office Politics]]'' (2019) [[The Divine Comedy (band)|The Divine Comedy]]
*''[[Foreverland]]'' (2016) [[The Divine Comedy (band)|The Divine Comedy]]
*"Foreground Music, Vol. I" (2012) Jez Carr, Simon Little & Mike Haughton
*"Sticky Wickets" (2013) [[The Duckworth Lewis Method]]
*"The Jazz Cookbook" (2013) Frankie Lewis
*"Greatest Video Game Music 2" (2012) the London Philharmonic Orchestra
*"Dirk Gently: Original Television Soundtrack" (2012) Daniel Pemberton
*"Jing, Jing-A-Ling" (2013) Clare Teal
*"[un]plugged" (2012)
*"Oh Pioneer" (2012) Duke Special
*"The Knowledge of Things To Come" (2011)
*"Rejectamenta EP" (2011)
*"Hey Ho" (2011) Clare Teal
*''Mandala'' (2010)
*''Mother Courage & Her Children'' (2010) Duke Special
*''Be a Santa'' (2010) Lea DeLaria
*''[[Bang Goes the Knighthood]]'' (2010) [[The Divine Comedy (band)|The Divine Comedy]]
*''Clare Teal Live at Ebenezer Chapel'' (2009) Clare Teal
*''What A Woman Shouldn't Do'' (2008) Julie McKee
*''Get Happy'' (2008) Clare Teal
*''[[The Last Temptation of Chris]]'' (2008) Chris Difford
*''Paradisi Carousel'' (2007) Clare Teal
*''[[Victory for the Comic Muse]]'' (2006) [[The Divine Comedy (band)|The Divine Comedy]]
*''Drawn To All Things'' (2006) Ian Shaw
*''[[Rowan (Maggie Reilly album)|Rowan]]'' (2006) [[Maggie Reilly]]
*''South East Side Story'' (2006) Chris Difford
*''Breakfast with the Blues'' (2006) Symeon Cosburn
*''Whatever It Takes'' (2006) Jai Cavill
*''[[Absent Friends (album)|Absent Friends]]'' (2004) [[The Divine Comedy (band)|The Divine Comedy]]
*''Live at the London Palladium'' (DVD 2004) [[The Divine Comedy (band)|The Divine Comedy]]
*''Vollmilch 2004 - Das war Haldern'' (2004) with [[The Divine Comedy (band)|The Divine Comedy]]
*''Just In Time'' (2004) Esther Bennett

==References==
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==External links==
*{{official website|http://simonlittlebass.com/}}
*[http://www.thedivinecomedy.com/ The Divine Comedy official website]
*[http://www.clareteal.co.uk/ Clare Teal official website]
*[http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=40345 All About Jazz review]

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