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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 ...
Do Nothin' Till You Hear from MeZoot Sims and Zoot Sims Quartet
Zoot at Ease
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Dancing in the DarkZoot Sims
That Old Feeling
East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)Zoot Sims and Zoot Sims Quartet
That Old Feeling
That Old FeelingZoot Sims and Zoot Sims Quartet
That Old Feeling
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It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)Zoot Sims
That Old Feeling
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I UnderstandZoot Sims
That Old Feeling
