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John Haley " Zoot" Sims (October 29, 1925 – March 23, 1985)

(1992). 9780851129396, Guinness Publishing.
was an American saxophonist, playing mainly tenor but also alto (and, later, soprano) saxophone. He first gained attention in the "Four Brothers" sax section of 's big band, afterward enjoying a long solo career, often in partnership with fellow saxmen and .

Biography
Sims was born in 1925 in Inglewood, California, United States, to performers Kate Haley and John Sims.[1] His father was a vaudeville hoofer, and Sims prided himself on remembering many of the steps his father taught him. Growing up in a performing family, he learned to play drums and clarinet at an early age. His brother was the trombonist .Levinson, Peter J. (2005). September in the Rain: The Life of Nelson Riddle. Taylor Trade Publishing. p. 140.

Sims began on tenor saxophone at the age of 13.

(1992). 9780851125800, Guinness Publishing.
He initially modelled his playing on the work of , , and . By his late teens, having dropped out of high school, he was playing in big bands, starting with those of Kenny Baker and . He joined 's band for the first time in 1943 (he was to rejoin in 1946, and continued to perform with Goodman on occasion through the late 1970s). Sims replaced Ben Webster in 's Quartet of 1944. In May 1944, Sims made his recording debut for Commodore Records in a sextet led by pianist , who two months earlier had recorded for the same label as part of Lester Young's Kansas City Six.

Sims served as a corporal in the United States Army Air Force from 1944 to 1946, then returned to music in the bands of , , and . He was one of 's "Four Brothers". From 1954–1956 he toured with his friend 's sextet, and in the early 1960s, with Mulligan's Concert Jazz Band. Sims played on some of 's recordings. From the late 1950s to the end of his life, Sims was primarily a freelancer, though he worked frequently in the 1960s and early 1970s with a group co–led with . In the 1970s and 1980s, he also played and recorded regularly with a handful of other musical partners including , , and . In 1975, he began recording for Norman Granz's label. Sims appeared on more than 20 Pablo albums, mostly as a featured solo artist, but also as a backing musician for artists including , , and . Between 1974 and 1983, Sims recorded six studio albums with pianist Jimmy Rowles in a quartet setting that critic Scott Yanow wrote feature Sims at his best.

Sims acquired the nickname "Zoot" early in his career while he was in the Kenny Baker band in . "When he joined Kenny Baker's band as a fifteen-year-old tenor saxophonist, each of the music stands was embellished with a nonsense word. The one he sat behind said 'Zoot.' That became his name." English musician and the Muppets character Zoot were both named after Zoot Sims.

Sims played a 30-second solo on the song "", written by singer on her debut eponymous album in 1974. He also played on 's "Lonely Women", on her album Eli and the Thirteenth Confession.

Sims' last studio recording was a November, 1984 trio session featuring bassist , recorded in Sweden and released in 1985 by . He died of lung cancer on March 23, 1985, in New York City,Folkart, Burt A. "Saxophonist John Haley (Zoot) Sims Dies at 59". Los Angeles Times, March 24, 1985. Retrieved February 1, 2013. and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, in Nyack, New York.

Discography
As leader/co-leader
  • 1950: The Zoot Sims Quartet in Paris (Discovery, 1950)
  • 1950–51: Swinging with Zoot (, 1951)
  • 1950–51: Tenor Sax Favorites (Prestige, 1951)
  • 1949–52: The Brothers with (Prestige, 1956)
  • 1952: Contemporary Music as Zoot Sims All Stars (Prestige, 1953) – also released as Zoot Sims All Stars (Esquire)
  • 1950–54: Zoot Sims Quintet with (Prestige, 1954) – reissued as Good Old Zoot (New Jazz, 1962)LP
  • 1950–54: Zootcase (Prestige, 1975)2LP
  • 1954?: Zoot Simms In Hollywood (New Jazz, 1954)
  • 1954: Happy Minors with , (Bethlehem, 1955)
  • 1955: Playing as Hall Daniels' Septet (Jump, 1955) – reissued as Nash–Ville (Zim, 1977) with
  • 1956: The Modern Art of Jazz by Zoot Sims (, 1956)
  • 1956: From A to...Z with Al Cohn (, 1957)
  • 1956: Tonite's Music Today with Bob Brookmeyer (Storyville, 1956)
  • 1956: with Bob Brookmeyer (Storyville, 1956)
  • 1956: Zoot Sims Avec Henri Renaud Et Son Orchestre Et Jon Eardley with Et Son Orchestre and (Ducretet–Thomson, 1956)
  • 1956: Zoot (, 1957)
  • 1956: Zoot! (Riverside, 1957)
  • 1956: with , , , , and (Prestige, 1957)
  • 1956: Goes to Jazzville (Dawn, 1957)
  • 1956: Live at Falcon Lair with Joe Castro Trio (, 2004)
  • 1956: Zoot Sims Plays Alto, Tenor, and Baritone (, 1957)
  • 1956–57: Bohemia After Dark (Jazz Hour, 1994)
  • 1957: The Four Brothers... Together Again! with et al. (, 1957)
  • 1957: Zoot Sims Plays Four Altos (ABC-Paramount, 1957)
  • 1957: Al and Zoot with (, 1957)
  • 1957: with Joe Newman (Rama, 1957)
  • 1957–58: Happy Over Hoagy with Al Cohn Septet (Jass, 1987) – complete session plus 1961 live date with was released as The Hoagy Carmichael Sessions And More (Lone Hill Jazz, 2004)
  • 1958: Stretching Out with et al. (United Artists, 1959)
  • 1954–59: Choice (Pacific Jazz, 1961)
  • 1959: Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note with Al Cohn and (United Artists, 1959) – live
  • 1959?: A Gasser! with (, 1959)
  • 1959–60: Either Way with (Fred Miles, 1961)
  • 1960: You 'n' Me with Al Cohn (Mercury, 1960)
  • 1960: Down Home (Bethlehem, 1960)
  • 1961: Either Way with Al Cohn (Fred Miles Presents, 1961)
  • 1961: Zoot at Ronnie Scott's (, 1962)
  • 1961: Solo for Zoot (Fontana, 1962)
  • 1962?: New Beat Bossa Nova Means The Samba Swings (, 1962)
  • 1962?: New Beat Bossa Nova Vol. 2 (Colpix, 1962)
  • 1964: Two Jims and Zoot with and Jim Hall (Mainstream, 1964) – also released as Outra Vez
  • 1965: with (, 1965)
  • 1965: Suitably Zoot (Pumpkin, 1979)
  • 1965: Al and Zoot in London with Al Cohn (World Record Club, 1967)
  • 1965: At the Half Note Again – not officially released
  • 1966: Waiting Game (Impulse!, 1966)
  • 1967: The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World (, 1975)
  • 1968: Easy as Pie: Live at the Left Bank with Al Cohn (Label M, 2001)
  • 1973: Body and Soul with (, 1973)
  • 1973: Zoot Suite (High Note, 2007) – live audience recording
  • 1973: Joe & Zoot with (Chiaroscuro, 1974) – expanded reissue as Joe & Zoot & More (Chiaroscuro, 2002)
  • 1974: Zoot Sims' Party (Choice, 1974) – released as Getting Sentimental (Candid, 1997)CD
  • 1974: Nirvana with Bucky Pizzarelli and special guest (, 1974) – reissued as Somebody Loves Me (Lester Recording Catalog, 2003)
  • 1974: Strike Up the Band with and Bucky Pizzarelli (Flying Dutchman, 1975)
  • 1974: Dave McKenna Quartet Featuring Zoot Sims (Chiaroscuro, 1974) with – reissued in 1994 on CD with four extra tracks
  • 1974: with and (Sonet, 1975)
  • 1975: Basie & Zoot with (Pablo, 1975)
  • 1975: Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers with and (Pablo, 1975)
  • 1975 The Tenor Giants Featuring Oscar Peterson with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (Pablo, 1975)
  • 1976: Zoot Sims With Bucky Pizzarelli with (Classic Jazz, 1976) – also released as Summon
  • 1976: Soprano Sax with and (Pablo, 1976)
  • 1976: (Pablo, 1977)
  • 1977: If I'm Lucky with (Pablo, 1977)
  • 1978: For Lady Day with Jimmy Rowles (Pablo, 1991)
  • 1978: Zoot Sims in Copenhagen (Storyville, 1995)
  • 1978: Just Friends with (Pablo, 1980)
  • 1978: with Jimmy Rowles (Pablo, 1979)
  • 1978: The Sweetest Sounds with (Sonet Gramofon/Pablo Today, 1979)
  • 1979–80: The Swinger (Pablo, 1981)
  • 1979–80: Passion Flower: Zoot Sims Plays Duke Ellington (Pablo, 1980)
  • 1981: I Wish I Were Twins with (Pablo, 1981)
  • 1981: Art 'n' Zoot with (Pablo, 1995)
  • 1982: The Innocent Years as The Zoot Sims Four (Pablo, 1982)
  • 1982: Blues for Two with (Pablo, 1983)
  • 1983: On The Korner (Pablo, 1994) – the last recording at The
  • 1983: Suddenly It's Spring (Pablo, 1983)
  • 1984: Quietly There: Zoot Sims Plays Johnny Mandel (Pablo, 1984) – compositions of

Compilations

  • The Best of Zoot Sims (Pablo, 1980)
  • That Old Feeling (Chess, 1995) – double–issue CD of two 1956 albums: Zoot and Zoot Sims Plays Alto, Tenor, and Baritone

As sideman
With
  • Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (Workshop Jazz, 1964) – rec. 1963
  • Encounter! (Prestige, 1969) – rec. 1968

With

  • Chet Baker & Strings (, 1954) – rec. 1953-54
  • Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe (Riverside, 1959)

With

  • with Big Joe Turner (Pablo, 1973)
  • Count Basie Jam (Gruppo Editoriale Fabbri, 1981) – rec. 1977

With

  • The Sax Section (, 1956)
  • Son of Drum Suite (RCA Victor, 1960)
  • Jazz Mission to Moscow (Colpix, 1962)

With

  • The Thundering Herds (Columbia, 1966) - rec. 1945-1947
  • Keeper Of The Flame (The Complete Capitol Recordings Of The Four Brothers Band) (, 1992) - rec. 1948-1949
  • New Big Herd At The Monterey Jazz Festival (Atlantic, 1960) – rec. 1959

With

  • This Is How I Feel About Jazz (ABC-Paramount, 1957) – rec. 1956-1957
  • The Birth of a Band! (Mercury, 1959)
  • Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini (Mercury, 1964)
  • Quincy Plays for Pussycats (Mercury, 1965) – rec. 1959-1965

With

  • Portraits on Standards (Capitol, 1953)
  • The Kenton Era (Capitol, 1955) – rec. 1940-1954

With

  • Something to Swing About (Kapp, 1960) – rec. 1959
  • Ms. Jazz (Groove Merchant, 1974) – rec. 1973

With

  • California Concerts (Pacific Jazz, 1955) – rec. 1954
  • Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet (EmArcy, 1955)
  • Mainstream of Jazz (EmArcy, 1956)
  • A Profile of Gerry Mulligan (EmArcy, 1959) – rec. 1955-1956
  • The Arranger (1946-1957) (Columbia, 1977) – rec. 1946-1957
  • The Gerry Mulligan Songbook (World Pacific, 1958) – rec. 1957
  • The Concert Jazz Band (Verve, 1960)
  • Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band on Tour (Verve, 1962) – rec. 1960
  • Something Borrowed – Something Blue (Limelight, 1966)

With

  • Encyclopedia of Jazz (Verve, 1967) – rec. 1965-1966
  • The Sound of Feeling (Verve, 1968) – rec. 1966-1967

With

  • Vaughan and Violins (Mercury, 1959) – rec. 1958
  • The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 1 (Pablo, 1979)
  • (Pablo, 2000) – rec. 1957-1982

With Joe Williams

  • At Newport '63 (RCA Victor, 1963)
  • Having The Blues Under European Sky (Denon, 1985) – live rec. 1970s

With Others

See also

External links

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