Zoot Sims
Throughout his career, Zoot Sims was famous for epitomizing the swinging musician, never playing an inappropriate phrase. He always sounded inspired, and although his style did not change much after the early 1950s, Zoot's enthusiasm and creativity never wavered.
Zoot's family was involved in vaudeville, and he played drums and clarinet as a youth. His older brother, Ray Sims, developed into a fine trombonist who sounded like Bill Harris. At age 13, Sims switched permanently to the tenor, and his initial inspiration was Lester Young, although he soon developed his own cool-toned sound. Sims was a professional by the age of 15, landing his first important job with Bobby Sherwood's Orchestra, and he joined Benny Goodman's big band for the first time in 1943; he would be one of BG's favorite tenormen for the next 30 years. He recorded with Joe Bushkin in 1944, and even at that early stage, his style was largely set.
After a period in the Army, Sims was with Goodman from 1946-1947. He gained his initial fame as one of Woody Herman's "Four Brothers" during his time with the Second Herd (1947-1949). Zoot had brief stints with Buddy Rich's short-lived big band, Artie Shaw, Goodman (1950), Chubby Jackson, and Elliot Lawrence. He toured and recorded with Stan Kenton (1953) and Gerry Mulligan (1954-1956). Sims was also a star soloist with Mulligan's Concert Jazz Band of the early '60s and visited the Soviet Union with Benny Goodman in 1962. A freelancer throughout most of his career, Sims often led his own combos or co-led bands with his friend Al Cohn; the two tenors had very similar sounds and styles. Zoot started doubling on soprano quite effectively in the '70s. Through the years, he appeared in countless situations, and always seemed to come out ahead. Fortunately, Zoot Sims recorded frequently, leading sessions for Prestige, Metronome, Vogue, Dawn, Storyville, Argo, ABC-Paramount, Riverside, United Artists, Pacific Jazz, Bethlehem, Colpix, Impulse, Groove Merchant, Famous Door, Choice, Sonet, and a wonderful series for Pablo.
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The Sweetest Sounds
Jazz - Paru chez Universal Music AB le 1 janv. 1979
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Live At Falcon Lair (Live)
Jazz - Paru chez Fantasy Records le 1 janv. 2004
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Elegiac
Jazz contemporain - Paru chez Storyville Records le 20 févr. 1996
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Passion Flower - Zoot Sims Plays Duke Ellington
Jazz - Paru chez Fantasy Records le 1 janv. 1979
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Saxes Inc.
Coleman Hawkins, Zoot Sims, Phil Woods
Jazz - Paru chez Lone Hill Jazz le 1 janv. 2007
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Cookin'! (Live At Ronnie Scott's Club, London / 1961)
Jazz - Paru chez Verve Reissues le 1 janv. 1961
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Tenor Conclave
Hank Mobley, Al Cohn, John Coltrane, Zoot Sims
Jazz - Paru chez Prestige le 29 oct. 2022
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Hawthorne Nights (Album Version)
Jazz - Paru chez Fantasy, Inc. le 1 janv. 1976
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The All Star Small Groups
Jazz - Paru chez LRC Ltd. - Groove Merchant Records le 1 janv. 2001
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Jutta Hipp with Zoot Sims
Be Bop - Paru chez Music Manager le 20 juil. 2016
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Modern Mainstream Jazz, Zoot Sims
Jazz - Paru chez SendDigital le 18 nov. 1999
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George Wein Presents...Tonite's Music Today
Jazz - Paru chez Fresh Sound Records le 11 nov. 2011
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Tonite's Music Today (Zoot Sims & Bob Brookmeyer)
Jazz - Paru chez 1201 MUSIC le 31 mars 1984
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Zoot Sims Plays Tenor & 4 Altos
Jazz - Paru chez Fresh Sound Records le 11 nov. 2011
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Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band. Santa Monica 1960.
Gerry Mulligan, Concert Jazz Band
Jazz - Paru chez Fresh Sound Records le 14 août 2012
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Sessions And More
Jazz - Paru chez Lone Hill Jazz le 1 janv. 2004
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Live In Philly (Live / Philadelphia, PA / 1980)
Jazz - Paru chez Savoy le 7 avr. 1998
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Zoot Sims at Ronnie Scott's 1961 - The Complete Recordings
Jazz - Paru chez ACROBAT le 13 mai 2014
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