Zoot Sims

The story

American jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist (born 29 October 29 1925 in Inglewood, California, USA; died 23 March 1985 in New York City, New York, USA (age 59). Father of .

"Zoot" Sims is one of the greatest high register saxophone players of his generation, especially on tenor, though he also adopted alto and much later soprano. Regularly recorded for Norman Granz labels, and is well known for his playing on the recordings of beatnik writer and painter Jack Kerouac.

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Records

• Untitled · 1975
• Zoot Sims' Party · 1974
• Zoot Sims Goes To Town · 1973
• First Recordings! · 1970
• 2x4 Jazz Duets in the Round: Music Minus One Tenor Sax · 1968
• Cookin'! · 1965
• Good Old Zoot · 1963
• Zoot At Ronnie Scott's · 1962
• Doggin' Around / There'll Be Some Changes Made · 1962
• Zoot Sims In Paris · 1962
• Solo For Zoot · 1962
• Jive At Five · 1960 · Single
• Zoot Sims Plays Four Altos · 1957
• Zoot Sims Goes To Jazzville · 1957
• Plays Alto, Tenor And Baritone · 1957
• The Modern Art Of Jazz · 1956
• Quartets · 1956
• "Zoot" Sims (2. Folge) · 1956 · EP
• "The Brothers" (3) · 1955 · EP
• Zoot Simms In Hollywood · 1954
• Goes To Town: Jazz Time In Paris Vol. 14 · 1954
• Zoot · 1954 · EP
• There I’ve Said It Again / Jaguar · 1953
• Zoot Goes To Town: Jazz Time Paris, Vol. 8 · 1953
• With Organ Accompaniment · 1953 · EP
• Tenor Sax Favorites · 1951
• Swingin' With Zoot Sims · 1951
• You Go To My Head / The Scene Is Clean · 1950

Records from Discogs, completed with the release lists of Deezer. Sleeves from the Cover Art Archive and the same lists.

Bands and projects

• Quincy Jones And His Orchestra
• Clarke-Boland Big Band
• Woody Herman And His Orchestra
• Zoot Sims & Friends
• Elliot Lawrence And His Orchestra
• Woody Herman & The New Thundering Herd
• Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
• Zoot Sims Sextet
• Zoot Sims Quartet
• Shorty Rogers And His Orchestra
• Tony Scott And His Orchestra
• Bob Brookmeyer Quintet
• The Ernie Wilkins Orchestra
• Al Cohn - Zoot Sims Quintet
• Woody Herman Sextet
• Manny Albam And His Jazz Greats
• Stan Getz Tenor Sax Stars
• Woody Herman's Big New Herd
• Al Cohn Quintet
• The Gary McFarland Orchestra
• Pepper Adams Octet
• Gerry Mulligan And His Sextet
• Billy Byers And His Orchestra
• Gerry Mulligan Quintet

The bands Zoot Sims played in, each with its own records. From MusicBrainz and Discogs.

Also plays on

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