The Ultimate Jazz Archive Vol.103 – Zoot Sims [1950-1953] [2005]

01.Night And Day
02.Slingin’ Hash
03.Tenorly
04.I Understand
05.Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me
06.Crystals (Linger Awhile)
07.Zoot And Zoot
08.Trotting
09.It Had To Be You
10.Zoot Swings The Blues
11.Swingin’ The Blues
12.East Of The Sun (West Of The Moon)
13.I Wonder Who
14.Zootcase
15.Tangerine
16.The Red Door
17.Sidewalks Of Cuba
18.Prospecting
19.Tasty Pudding
20.While My Lady Sleeps

Throughout his career, Zoot Sims was famous for epitomizing the swinging musician, never playing an inappropriate phrase. He always sounded inspired, and although his style did not change much after the early 1950s, Zoot's enthusiasm and creativity never wavered.

Zoot's family was involved in vaudeville, and he played drums and clarinet as a youth. His older brother, Ray Sims, developed into a fine trombonist who sounded like Bill Harris. At age 13, Sims switched permanently to the tenor, and his initial inspiration was Lester Young, although he soon developed his own cool-toned sound. Sims was a professional by the age of 15, landing his first important job with Bobby Sherwood's Orchestra, and he joined Benny Goodman's big band for the first time in 1943; he would be one of BG's favorite tenormen for the next 30 years. He recorded with Joe Bushkin in 1944, and even at that early stage, his style was largely set.

After a period in the Army, Sims was with Goodman from 1946-1947. He gained his initial fame as one of Woody Herman's "Four Brothers" during his time with the Second Herd (1947-1949). Zoot had brief stints with Buddy Rich's short-lived big band, Artie Shaw, Goodman (1950), Chubby Jackson, and Elliot Lawrence. He toured and recorded with Stan Kenton (1953) and Gerry Mulligan (1954-1956). Sims was also a star soloist with Mulligan's Concert Jazz Band of the early '60s and visited the Soviet Union with Benny Goodman in 1962. A freelancer throughout most of his career, Sims often led his own combos or co-led bands with his friend Al Cohn; the two tenors had very similar sounds and styles. Zoot started doubling on soprano quite effectively in the '70s. Through the years, he appeared in countless situations, and always seemed to come out ahead. Fortunately, Zoot Sims recorded frequently, leading sessions for Prestige, Metronome, Vogue, Dawn, Storyville, Argo, ABC-Paramount, Riverside, United Artists, Pacific Jazz, Bethlehem, Colpix, Impulse, Groove Merchant, Famous Door, Choice, Sonet, and a wonderful series for Pablo. ---Scott Yanow, Rovi

Sims zaczął grać na klarnecie w szkole podstawowej. W 1941 r. przerzucił się na saksofon tenorowy i zaczął współpracę z piosenkarzem Kennym Bakerem. W latach 1942-43 występował z Bobbym Sherwoodem, w 1943 r. z Sonnym Durhamem, a w 1944 r. z big-bandem Benny’ego Goodmana. W tym samym roku dokonał swojego pierwszego nagrania z zespołem Joego Bushkina. Okres 1944-46 Sims spędził wojsku. Po wyjściu do cywila związał się ponownie z Goodmanem (z którym grał do 1947 r.) oraz z zespołem Gene’a Rolanda. W latach 1947-49 grał w orkiestrze Woody’ego Hermana (został muzykiem legendarnych Four Brothers, pozostali saksofoniści to: Stan Getz, Herbie Steward i Serge Chaloff). Pojawiał się w big-bandzie Buddy’ego Richa, zespołach Chubby’ego Jacksona i Elliota Lawrence’a. W latach 1949-50 grał z Artiem Shawem, później regularnie koncertował z Goodmanem w Europie (1950, 1958, 1972 i 1976), występował także ze Stanem Kentonem (1953) Gerrym Mulliganem (1954-56) i jego Mulligan’s Concert Jazz Band’ (1960). Od 1957 roku (po wczesne lata 80. prowadził (wraz z Alem Cohnem) jeden najważniejszych kwintetów nowoczesnego jazzu. Na początku lat 70. Sims włączył do swego instrumentarium saksofon sopranowy, a w drugiej połowie dekady rozpoczął wyjątkowo owocną serię nagrań dla wytwórni Pablo Records Normana Granza realizując w latach 1975-1984 kilkanaście albumów. W 1972 r. i 1978 r. wziął udział w koncertach z orkiestrą Woody’ego Hermana, koncertował także w ramach formacji Jazz At The Philharmonic. --- muzyka.onet.pl

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