Zoot!
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.[1]
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| 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 | |||
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Reception
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Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars with Scott Yanow calling it "a typically hard-swinging and melodic Zoot Sims date".[2]
Track listing
All compositions by George 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
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References
- Riverside Records discography accessed August 30, 2012
- Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed August 30, 2012
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