Simpson is a Grammy-nominated and internationally acclaimed drummer, with over thirty years of performing, recording, touring, teaching and session musician experience alongside some the greatest names in the industry. He has collaborated with Dizzy Gillespie, Michel Legrand, Carmen McRae, Paquito D' Rivera, Arturo Sandoval, Ray Barretto, Mark Murphy, Chucho Valdés, Michael Brecker, Herbie Hancock, Mike Stern, Richard Bona, Rodrigues Brothers, Brian Lynch, Manuel Valera, Michel Camilo, Gonzalo Rubalcalba, Hugh Masakela, Kyle Eastwood, Jason Rebello, Tim Garland and Omar Sosa, amongst many others.
Ernesto is also a guest drummer of the NDR Bigband and The Metropole Orkest.
He has performed on original motion picture scores such as Random Hearts (1999) with Harrison Ford and For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2007) with Andy Garcia, where he also made a cameo appearance.
Ernesto has lived and worked in Havana, Cuba; Bogota, Colombia; Miami, USA; and New York, USA; A family man and always passionate about music he now splits his time between London, UK and Athens, Greece with his wife and manager Kate Bellia-Simpson.
