Zoot!

Zoot!
Studio album by Zoot Sims
Released	1957
Recorded	December 13 & 18, 1956 Reeves Sound Studios, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	40:14
Label	Riverside RLP 12-228
Producer	Orrin Keepnews
Zoot Sims chronology
Zoot Sims Plays Alto, Tenor and Baritone (1956) Zoot! (1956) Zoot Sims Plays 4 Altos (1957)

Zoot! (also released as Zoot Sims Quintet) is an album by American jazz saxophonist Zoot Sims featuring tracks recorded in 1956 for the Riverside label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars with Scott Yanow calling it "a typically hard-swinging and melodic Zoot Sims date".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by George Handy except as indicated

1. "Why Cry?" - 5:54
2. "Echoes of You" - 7:12
3. "Swim, Jim" - 7:07
4. "Here and Now" - 4:55
5. "Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)" (Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer) - 4:30
6. "Osmosis" (Osie Johnson) - 4:44
7. "Taking a Chance on Love" (Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John La Touche) - 6:01

Personnel

• Zoot Sims - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Nick Travis - trumpet
• George Handy - piano, arranger
• Wilbur Ware - bass
• Osie Johnson - drums

References