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Stan Getz/Bob Brookmeyer, Al Cohn/Zoot Sims: Recorded Fall 1961, You
by David Adler
These two early 60s quintet dates are marvelous, a mother lode of timeless horn artistry. They’re both straight reissues — no alternate takes or unreleased tracks of any sort. The first, originally produced by Creed Taylor, pairs Stan Getz and Bob Brookmeyer, with Steve Kuhn, John Neves, and Roy Haynes in the rhythm section. Three of ...
Easy As Pie
By Al Cohn
Label: Label M
Released: 2001
Track listing: Tickle Toe, Mr. George, These Foolish Things/Willow Weep For Me, John's Bunch, Blue Hodge, Expense Account, Come Rain Or Come Shine, Recado Bossa Nova.
The Tenor Giants with Oscar Peterson
By Zoot Sims
Label: Fantasy Jazz
Released: 2001
Track listing: The Man I Love; My old Flame; Don't Worry
The Tenor Giants
By Zoot Sims
Label: Fantasy Jazz
Released: 2001
Track listing: The Man I Love/ My Old Flame/ Don
Zoot Sims & Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis: The Tenor Giants
by Derek Taylor
In the traits of tone and phrasing tenor icons Zoot and Jaws were hardly doppelgangers. Jaws of the clipped rasp and pinched carving wail and Zoot with the more effusive, easygoing sound- the two together made for instant and compelling contrast in terms of both philosophy and execution. The common ground the pair shared was in ...
Zoot Sims/Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis: The Tenor Giants with Oscar Peterson
by Dave Nathan
If nothing else, this album is reaffirmation that Zoot Sims could play any style of music, with any type of jazz artist and play it like he has been doing it forever. At first blush the teaming of Lester Young derived Sims with the hard driving, tough tenor Coleman Hawkins-influenced Eddie “Lockjaw" Davis seems out of ...
Al Cohn & Zoot Sims: Easy As Pie
by AAJ Staff
Once again, Label M mines the vast resources of jazz performances that Baltimore's Left Bank Jazz Society sagaciously recorded, knowing that they were hearing unparalleled music in their midst but not knowing that it would entertain jazz listeners thirty-plus years hence. It seems that the Left Bank group was at its best when it recorded horns, ...
Zoot Sims Quartet: Zoot At Ease
by Mike Neely
When Zoot Sims was “on” there were few saxophonists who could equal his seemingly effortless solos. He played with a rich bluesy tone that epitomized graceful, modern swing. Recorded in 1973, Zoot At Ease caught Zoot Sims at his best. But that’s not all: add a consistently inspired Hank Jones on piano, Milt Hinton on bass, ...
