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| Soprano Sax (AKA: Plays Soprano) |
| Zoot Sims |
első megjelenés éve: 1976
47 perc |
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| (1996)
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| 3.228 Ft
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| 1. | Someday, Sweetheart
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| 2. | Moonlight in Vermont
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| 3. | Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams
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| 4. | Blues for Louise
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| 5. | Willow Weep for Me
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| 6. | Wrap Up
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| 7. | (I Don't Stand) A Ghost of a Chance With You
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| 8. | Baubles, Bangles and Beads
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Jazz / Bop; Cool
Recorded: Jan 8-9, 1976
Zoot Sims - soprano saxophone
Ray Bryant, George Mraz, Grady Tate
After Sidney Bechet, few jazz players specialized in the soprano saxophone. That changed in 1960 when John Coltrane recorded "My Favorite Things" on soprano. Legions of jazz saxophonists, inspired by Coltrane, took up the instrument. Suddenly, the landscape was alive with Coltrane soprano clones. A few saxophonists whose individuality was firmly in place also adopted the maverick instrument. Zoot Sims simply applied to the soprano the same qualities that had made his tenor playing one of the joys of modern jazz: perfect intonation, purity of melodic invention, and his nonpareil ability to swing from a flat-footed start. In this 1976 album with a rhythm section that shared his values, Sims addresses six standard songs and two originals in ways to make you forget that anyone else ever played the soprano sax.
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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