Zoot!

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.

Reception

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

Track listing

All compositions by Florence 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

1. Zoot suit
2. Zoot Suit Riots
3. Zoot
4. Just Zoot
5. Zoot Sims
6. Zoot Suit (disambiguation)
7. Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem
8. Zoot Allures
9. Zoot (band)
10. Zoot Woman
11. Zoot-Suit Murders
12. Zoot Money
13. Zoot Suit (film)
14. Zoot Horn Rollo
15. Zoot Suit (play)
16. Dave Goelz
17. The Who
18. Pachucas
19. Zoot Suit Riot (song)
20. Loxie & Zoot