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Zoot Sims
One of the leading tenor saxophonists of his time, John Haley “Zoot” Sims
belonged to nearly every crucial big band orchestra at one point or another,
epitomized the smooth sound of his instrument, and would be immortalized by a
Muppet bearing his nickname. Born in Southern California to a performing family,
Sims worked through a succession of instruments before picking up the tenor sax
(and the nickname “Zoot”, for a nonsense word once written on his music stand)
in the late 1930s. Proving wildly precocious, Sims played in both Bobby
Sherwood’s Orchestra and Benny Goodman’s big ...
The Man I LoveZoot Sims
That Old Feeling
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Dancing in the DarkZoot Sims
That Old Feeling
Almost Like Being in LoveZoot Sims and Jutta Hipp
Jutta Hipp With Zoot Sims
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I UnderstandZoot Sims
That Old Feeling
It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)Zoot Sims
That Old Feeling
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Just You, Just MeZoot Sims and Al Cohn Quintet
Al and Zoot
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