Artist

American jazz saxophonist (tenor and soprano).

Born: 29 October 29 1925 in Inglewood, California, USA.
Died: 23 March 1985 in New York City, New York, USA (age 59).

"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.

Tracks

1 Summerset

2 Honeysuckle Rose

3 A Summer Thing

4 Somebody Loves Me

5 Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You

6 Nirvana

7 Indiana

8 Memories Of You

9 Come Rain Or Come Shine

10 Up A Lazy River

11 Send In The Clowns

Releases

Formats

Vinyl, Cassette, CD

Labels

Not On Label, Solid Records , LaserLight Digital, Columbia Special Products, America Records, Pilz, Denon, Groove Merchant, Sarpe, Curcio, Europa Jazz, MCR , Lester Recording Catalog, 51 West Records & Tapes

Countries

Canada, France, Italy, Japan, Russian Federation, Spain, United States of America, Europe

years

1974, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 2003, 2018

Members