Zoot!
Album by Zoot Sims
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::summary Album by Zoot Sims ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox album"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Zoot! |
| type | Studio |
| artist | Zoot Sims |
| cover | Zoot! (Zoot Sims album - cover art).jpg |
| released | 1957 |
| recorded | December 13 & 18, 1956 |
| Reeves Sound Studios, New York City | |
| genre | Jazz |
| length | 40:14 |
| label | Riverside |
| RLP 12-228 | |
| producer | Orrin Keepnews |
| chronology | Zoot Sims |
| prev_title | Zoot Sims Plays Alto, Tenor and Baritone |
| prev_year | 1956 |
| next_title | Zoot Sims Plays 4 Altos |
| next_year | 1957 |
| :: |
| name = Zoot! | type = Studio | artist = Zoot Sims | cover = Zoot! (Zoot Sims album - cover art).jpg | alt = | released = 1957 | recorded = December 13 & 18, 1956 Reeves Sound Studios, New York City | venue = | studio = | genre = Jazz | length = 40:14 | label = Riverside RLP 12-228 | producer = Orrin Keepnews | chronology = Zoot Sims | prev_title = Zoot Sims Plays Alto, Tenor and Baritone | prev_year = 1956 | next_title = Zoot Sims Plays 4 Altos | next_year = 1957
Zoot! (also released as Zoot Sims Quintet) is an album by American jazz saxophonist Zoot Sims featuring tracks recorded in 1956 for the Riverside label.
Reception
| rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars with Scott Yanow calling it "a typically hard-swinging and melodic Zoot Sims date".
Track listing
All compositions by Florence Handy except as indicated
- "Why Cry?" - 5:54
- "Echoes of You" - 7:12
- "Swim, Jim" - 7:07
- "Here and Now" - 4:55
- "Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)" (Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer) - 4:30
- "Osmosis" (Osie Johnson) - 4:44
- "Taking a Chance on Love" (Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John La Touche) - 6:01
Personnel
- Zoot Sims - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Nick Travis - trumpet
- George Handy - piano, arranger
- Wilbur Ware - bass
- Osie Johnson - drums
References
References
- [http://www.jazzdisco.org/riverside-records/catalog-200-series/#rlp-12-228 Riverside Records discography] accessed August 30, 2012
- Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/zoot%21-mw0000674754 Allmusic Review] accessed August 30, 2012
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