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Al Cohn Quintet (CD: Coral LPR)Al Cohn Quintet (CD: Coral LPR)
featuring Bob Brookmeyer. 


Price:  £10.99 


Al Cohn & Zoot Sims: The Sax Section (CD: Fresh Sound)
This CD contains sides made by three different groupings of reedmen and rhythm section. The usual big band section, as featured in group one, gets a fine sound and offers Al Cohn and Gene Quill a framework for some excellent soloing. John Williams is heard from, too, with his solidly swinging piano style. The second grouping, with a woodwind instrumentation lends a different coloration to the section. Peanuts Hucko is featured on clarinet, Phil Bodner plays good flute, and Boomie Richman sounds great on bass clarinet. The third set has three tenors and a baritone. A “Four Brothers” sound with Al and Zoot soloing and Hank Jones playing really lovely piano—tasty, clean, and swinging—behind them and on his own solos. As an experiment in the various shapes a sax section can be drawn in, this was a very successful project. (Absolute Distribution) 


Price:  £17.99 

Al Cohn & Zoot Sims: The Sax Section (CD: Fresh Sound)


Al Cohn & Dexter Gordon: True Blue / Silver Blue (CD: Xanadu, 2 CDs)Al Cohn & Dexter Gordon: True Blue / Silver Blue (CD: Xanadu, 2 CDs)
This 1976 session was conceived as a welcome home for Dexter Gordon after years in Europe. It documents a transformative moment both for Gordon’s career and for the jazz business – a masterclass on jam session aesthetics which produced inspired instant composition. (Discovery Records) 


Price:  £22.99 


Al Cohn: In Concert At East Stroudsberg University (CD: IAJRC- US Import)
Tenor saxophonist Al Cohn recorded live in April 1986, joined by Harry Leahey, Steve Gilmore & Bill Goodwin. 


Price:  £14.99 

Al Cohn: In Concert At East Stroudsberg University (CD: IAJRC- US Import)


Zoot Sims: Four Classic Albums (CD: Avid, 2 CDs)Zoot Sims: Four Classic Albums (CD: Avid, 2 CDs)
AVID Jazz here presents four classic Zoot Sims albums, including original LP liner notes on a finely re-mastered and low priced double CD.

"The Four Brothers – Together Again!", "From A to Z", " Zoot" and " Whooeeee". Taking their name from their saxophone stylings in the 1940’s as part of the Woody Herman band the "Four Brothers" consisted at the time of recording "Together Again" in 1957 of Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, Herbie Steward and Serge Chaloff. Take a listen to the album and you will soon witness the Brothers refute the accusation that they all sounded alike! "From A to Z" finds Zoot again joined by Al Cohn alongside Ossie Johnson on drums, Milt Hinton on bass, Hank Jones on piano and Dick Sherman on trumpet recorded a year earlier in 1956 . To spot the difference between Zoot and Al, Zoot’s style is "rather light and hard" whereas Al’s "somewhat heavier and softer". "Zoot" recorded in the same year 1956 finds Zoot in a Quartet with Johnny Williams on piano, Gus Johnson on drums and Knobby Totah on bass. Here we can fully concentrate on and appreciate Zoot’s playing as he is the sole sax man on the set! Our final album, with the wonderful title " Whooeee" finds Zoot joined by legendary trombonist Bob Brookmeyer, Hank Jones at the piano, Bill Crow on bass and Jo Jones on drums, again recorded in 1956, what a busy year that was! The music here in "uncomplicated, always in the best of taste and always swinging"

All four albums have been digitally re-mastered for probably the finest sound quality ever! (AVID Entertainment) 


Price:  £8.99 


Zoot Sims: Swing King (CD: Proper, 2 CDs)
While he may not have been an innovator per se, Zoot Sims was one of the hardest swinging yet most lyrical players on tenor sax. As a member of Woody Herman's legendary "Four Brothers" band, Sims was in company with other players who followed in the wake of (and took their inspiration from) Lester Young, and his playing as his career went on followed this path more and more. This 2CD set presents some of the finest moments from the start of his career, drawing on recordings made with the Herman band, Stan Kenton and with small ensembles. Throughout one is struck by the taste and poise of his playing, but above all by its swing. (Proper Records) 


Price:  £9.99 

Zoot Sims: Swing King (CD: Proper, 2 CDs)


Zoot Sims: East Of The Apple (CD: Jasmine)Zoot Sims: East Of The Apple (CD: Jasmine)
Tenor saxophonist ZOOT SIMS was one of the best loved of all Jazz musicians working with big names such as Benny Goodman, Stan Kenton and Gerry Mulligan but this Jasmine CD presents some of his finest early work as a leader in his own right originally released on several different labels as 78s and LPs. The disc contains 5 seperate recording dates, all in his beloved quartet format, from the early 1950s, including his on-record debut as a leader made in Sweden in 1950. Some of Sims' most important early work is here such as the lengthy "East Of The Sun" and "Zoot Swings the Blues", two of the first jazz sides ever cut for release on Long Playing records. •Zoot's accompanists include the pianists DICK HYMAN, GERRY WIGGINS and JOHN LEWIS and the drummers ART BLAKEY, KENNY CLARKE and DON LAMOND. CD Includes 20 tracks and a full booklet essay by Simon Spillett. (Proper Music) 


Price:  £11.99 


Zoot Sims: The Modern Art Of Jazz (CD: Dawn)
 


Price:  £12.99 

Zoot Sims: The Modern Art Of Jazz (CD: Dawn)


Zoot Sims Quintet feat. Bob Brookmeyer: Buried Gold - The Complete 1956 Quintet Recordings (CD: Acrobat, 2 CDs)Zoot Sims Quintet feat. Bob Brookmeyer: Buried Gold - The Complete 1956 Quintet Recordings (CD: Acrobat, 2 CDs)
Tenor saxophonist Zoot Sims and valve-trombonist Bob Brookmeyer were musicians made for each other. Weaned on the classic sound of the late-1930s Count Basie band, they nevertheless cut their jazz teeth in the heady days of Bebop, emerging with a novel jazz language, one informally marrying the best of both old and new: mainstream. Although they were to share the stage in bands led by many celebrated leaders, the music these two players made on a series of studio recorded quintet sessions during 1956 represented the epitome of their synergistic, swing-to-bop approach. Released on several different labels, this music has never previously been compiled in one collection. Not only does this new Acrobat release contain the contents of the three original quintet albums – The Modern Art of Jazz, Tonite’s Music Today and Whooeee – it features two rare bonus tracks taken from obscure, long-deleted, anthologies. The album also comes complete with period photographs and an extensive booklet essay by saxophonist and author Simon Spillett, telling the fascinating story of the men who made this timeless music. (Acrobat Music) 


Price:  £12.99 


Zoot Sims: Zoot! (CD: Riverside- US Import)
 


Price:  £15.49 

Zoot Sims: Zoot! (CD: Riverside- US Import)


Zoot Sims: Zoot-O-Rama (CD: Ocium)Zoot Sims: Zoot-O-Rama (CD: Ocium)
 


Price:  £11.99 


Zoot Sims: Cookin'! (Vinyl LP: Wax Time)
Live performance from Zoot Sims (tenor sax) with British jazz stars recorded in London at Ronnie Scott’s club in 1961. With Stan Tracey, piano; Kenny Napper, bass & Jackie Dougan, drums. Jimmy Deuchar (trumpet) and Ronnie Scott (tenor sax) appear on one number.

Limited edition high-definition 180 g vinyl LP. Includes free MP3 download. (Discovery Records) 


Price:  £22.99 

Zoot Sims: Cookin'! (Vinyl LP: Wax Time)


Zoot Sims: At Ronnie Scott's 1961 - The Complete Recordings (CD: Acrobat)Zoot Sims: At Ronnie Scott's 1961 - The Complete Recordings (CD: Acrobat)
The first American guest artist to grace the tiny stage of the original Ronnie Scott’s club in London’s Soho in the autumn of 1961, tenor saxophonist Zoot Sims was among the most consistently inventive jazzmen of his generation. The sudden arrival of this font of jazz creativity prompted Fontana Records to tape three evenings worth of live performances at the venue, documenting not only Sims’ graceful yet muscular playing, but the work of supporting bands led by Ronnie Scott himself and West Indian multi-instrumentalist Harold McNair, featuring British jazz legends Jimmy Deuchar, Phil Seamen and Stan Tracey and others. The two original albums – ‘Zoot at Ronnie Scott’s’ and ‘Solo For Zoot’ – have not previously been released in their entirety on CD, but this new Acrobat issue contains all their contents, including a rare unedited version of Love For Sale, unavailable for over forty years. Featuring comprehensive sleeve notes by award-winning saxophonist Simon Spillett, rare photographs and press clippings, this new album is the definitive document of a pivotal moment of Anglo-American jazz history. (Acrobat Music) 


Price:  £11.99 

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