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| Zoot Sims Plays Johnny Mandel - Quietly There |
| Zoot Sims |
első megjelenés éve: 1984
43 perc |
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| (1993)
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| 3.228 Ft
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| 1. | Cinnamon and Cloves
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| 2. | A Time for Love
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| 3. | Zoot
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| 4. | Quietly There
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| 5. | Emily
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| 6. | Low Life
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Jazz / Bop; Cool
Recorded: Mar 20-21, 1984
Zoot Simms - tenor saxophone
Mike Wafford - piano
Chuck Berghofer - bass
Nick Ceroli - drums
Victor Feldman - percussion
Zoot Sims and Johnny Mandel came out of the same milieu of bebop and the big bands. In the early 1950s, Mandel put down his brass instruments to concentrate on composing and arranging. Sims wore a few more coats of varnish off his old Selmer and added increasing luster to his talent, becoming one of the most admired tenor saxophonists of his generation. Thirty years after his fateful decision, Mandel was acclaimed for his scores and had produced beloved songs like "A Time for Love", "Emily", and "The Shadow of Your Smile". When his music and Sims were brought together by producer Norman Granz for this album, it was a convergence of paths that seemed inevitable. Zoot caresses some of Mandel's best known songs. He plays one Mandel named for him and revisits "Low Life", a classic Mandel jazz composition from the Fifties.
Zoot Sims
Active Decades: '40s, '50s, '60s, '70s and '80s
Born: Oct 29, 1925 in Inglewood, CA
Died: Mar 23, 1985 in New York, NY
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Bop, Cool, Hard Bop, Mainstream Jazz
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 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 1946-47. He gained his initial fame as one of Woody Herman's "Four Brothers" during his time with the Second Herd (1947-49). 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 (1954-56). Sims was also a star soloist with Mulligan's Concert Jazz Band of the early 1960s 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 1970s. 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.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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