ABC-Paramount ABC 198
Riverside RLP-228
Zoot Sims

Plays Tenor & 4 Altos Feat. George Handy (2 LPs on 1 CD)

Fresh Sound Records

Personnel:
Zoot Sims (as, ts), Nick Travis (tp), George Handy (p), Wilbur Ware, Knobby Totah (b), Osie Johnson, Nick Stabulas (d)

Reference: FSRCD 447

Bar code: 8427328604475

This CD is another wholly swinging and moving recital by Zoot Sims on tenor and alto sax. All the charts feature attractive harmonic patterns and inventive melodic lines by George Handy, who is also part of the rhythm section for both sessions. But what, among other things, makes these sides really essential, is the impressive blowing of Zoot. His conception is wonderfully mature, and, despite the artificiality of the multirecording sides (#8-14), he always plays with penetrating feeling and drive, without sacrificing his unique approach. Once again he emerges here as one of the most genuinely productive reedmen of his time.

Tracklisting:
01. Why Cry?
02. Echoes Of You
03. Swim, Jim
04. Here And Now
05. Fools Rush In
06. Osmosis
07. Taking A Chance On Love
08. Quicker Blues
09. Slower Blues
10. Lets Not Waltz Tonight
11. The Last Day Of Fall
12. Jespère Enfin
13. See, A Key Of C
14. I Await Thee, Love

Recorded New York City, 1956-1957