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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 ...
You Go To My HeadZoot Sims
For Lady Day
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Don't Worry About MeZoot Sims
That Old Feeling
Do Nothin' Till You Hear from MeZoot Sims and Zoot Sims Quartet
Zoot at Ease
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Autumn LeavesJazz at the Philharmonic, Roy Eldridge, Tommy Flanagan, Joe Pass, Benny Carter, Keter Betts, Clark Terry and Zoot Sims
Portraits
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That Old FeelingZoot Sims and Zoot Sims Quartet
That Old Feeling
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Dancing in the DarkZoot Sims
That Old Feeling
