ts, 1925-1985 US, Inglewood, California
Musician / Composer of Jazz
A.k.a. John Haley Sims
John Haley "Zoot" Sims (October 29, 1925 - March 23, 1985) was an American jazz saxophonist, playing mainly tenor and soprano. He first gained attention in the "Four Brothers" sax section of Woody Herman's big band, then went on to a long solo career often in partnership with fellow saxman Al Cohn or trombonist Bob Brookmeyer.
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Brother In Swing | Zoot Sims | 2017 | Album |
12 Classic Albums: 1956-1962 | Zoot Sims | 2015 | Compil. |
At Ronnie Scott's 1961 | Zoot Sims | 2014 | Album |
Zoot Sims And The Gershwin Brothers | Zoot Sims | 2013 | Album |
Seven Classic Albums | Zoot Sims | 2013 | Album |
Zoot Sims In Paris | Zoot Sims | 2013 | Album |
At Birdland | Zoot Sims | 2013 | Album |
Compatability | Zoot Sims | 2013 | Compil. |
Baden-Baden – June 23, 1958 | Zoot Sims | 2012 | Album |
Star Eyes: Live in Amsterdam 1958 | Lee Konitz, Zoot Sims, Phineas Newborn Jr., Red Garland, Oscar Pettiford | 2012 | Compil. |
Live In Yamagata Vol. 1 | Zoot Sims | 2011 | Album |
Plays Alto, Tenor And Baritone | Zoot Sims | 2011 | Single |
Live In Yamagata Vol. 2 | Zoot Sims | 2011 | Album |
Down Home | Zoot Sims | 2010 | Album |
Rare And Unissued 1955-56 Broadcasts | Gerry Mulligan And His Sextet / Gerry Mulligan Quartet With Bob Brookmeyer & Zoot Sims | 2010 | Compil. |
Los Angeles 1959 | Zoot Sims Meets Lambert, Hendricks & Ross | 2010 | Compil. |
Greetings | Louis Bellson Quintet, Charlie Shavers, Zoot Sims, Seldon Powell, George Duvivier | 2009 | Compil. |
Live In Japan 1977 Vol. 2 | Zoot Sims | 2009 | Album |
Zoot Sims With Lighthouse Allstars 1954 | Zoot Sims With Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars | 2009 | Album |
Complete Recordings | Bobby Hackett & Zoot Sims | 2009 | Compil. |
Four Classic Albums | Zoot Sims | 2009 | Compil. |
The Scene - Live In New York | Jimmy Rushing, Zoot Sims & Al Cohn | 2009 | Album |
Live In Japan 1977 Vol. 1 | Zoot Sims | 2009 | Album |
5658 | Zoot Sims | 2008 | Album |
Sonny Stitt & Zoot Sims Complete Recordings | Sonny Stitt, Zoot Sims | 2008 | Compil. |
In Copenhagen | Zoot Sims | 2007 | Album |
Folk Jazz U.S.A. and Alabama Concerto | John Benson Brooks Featuring Cannonball Adderley, Zoot Sims, Al Cohn & Art Farmer | 2007 | Compil. |
Complete Original Quintet / Sextet Studio Recordings | Al Cohn / Zoot Sims | 2007 | Compil. |
Kansas City Sounds | Bob Brookmeyer Septet And Bob Brookmeyer Octet Featuring Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, Harry Edison, Paul Quinichette, Hank Jones, Jim Hall, Freddie Green, Nat Pierce | 2007 | Compil. |
Zoot Suite | Zoot Sims | 2007 | Album |
Love For Sale Live In Dublin 1978 | Zoot Sims | 2007 | Album |
2x4 Jazz Duets in the Round: Music Minus One Tenor Sax | Zoot Sims | 2006 | Album |
Live At The Half Note Again! | Zoot Sims | 2006 | Album |
In Florida | Zoot Sims | 2006 | Album |
Alone Together: Music Minus One Tenor Sax | Zoot Sims | 2006 | Album |
Live At The Half Note | Zoot Sims | 2006 | Album |
That Old Feeling | Zoot Sims | 2005 | Compil. |
What's New | Zoot Sims | 2005 | Compil. |
Live At Falcon Lair | Zoot Sims With The Joe Castro Trio | 2004 | Album |
Swing King! | Zoot Sims | 2004 | Compil. |
Jazz Ballads 17: Tenor Giants | Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray, Sonny Stitt, Illinois Jacquet, Al Cohn, Zoot Sims and Flip Phillips | 2004 | Compil. |
The Complete 1944-1954 Small Group Sessions | Zoot Sims | 2001 | Compil. |
Tenorly | Zoot Sims | 2001 | Album |
The Tenor Giants | Zoot Sims, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis | 2001 | Album |
Zoot Sims Et Henri Renaud | Zoot Sims Et Henri Renaud | 2000 | Compil. |
Easy As Pie: "Live" At The Left Bank | Al Cohn & Zoot Sims | 2000 | Album |
It Had To Be You | Zoot Sims With Special Guest Scott Hamilton | 2000 | Album |
Zürich 1960 | Gerry Mulligan & The Concert Jazz Band Featuring Zoot Sims | 1999 | Album |
Only A Rose | Zoot Sims, Metropole Orchestra | 1999 | Album |
Only A Rose | Zoot Sims, Metropole Orchestra | 1999 | Compil. |
The Bossa Nova Sessions | Zoot Sims, Jim Hall | 1998 | Compil. |
"Live" In Philly | Zoot Sims | 1998 | Album |
Quartet & Sextet | Zoot Sims | 1997 | Album |
Getting Sentimental | Zoot Sims | 1997 | Album |
Zoot Sims Quartet - That Old Feeling | Zoot Sims | 1996 | Album |
I Like It Like That | Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, Cecil Collier | 1996 | Single |
Elegaic | Zoot Sims - Bucky Pizzarelli | 1996 | Album |
Somebody Loves Me | Zoot Sims | 1996 | Compil. |
In A Mellow Tone | Zoot Sims | 1996 | Album |
The Complete 1944-1954 Small Group Sessions Vol.3 - 1952-1953 | Zoot Sims | 1995 | Compil. |
Art 'N' Zoot | Art Pepper & Zoot Sims | 1995 | Album |
Zoot Sims In Copenhagen | Zoot Sims With The Kenny Drew Trio | 1995 | Album |
On The Korner | Zoot Sims | 1994 | Album |
Stan Getz & The Rare Dawn Sessions | Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, Wardell Gray, Paul Quinichette | 1994 | Compil. |
The Rare Dawn Sessions | Zoot Sims | 1994 | Compil. |
Bohemia After Dark | Zoot Sims | 1994 | Compil. |
Dave McKenna Quartet Featuring Zoot Sims | Dave McKenna Quartet Featuring Zoot Sims | 1994 | Album |
Somebody Loves Me | Zoot Sims Featuring Buddy Rich | 1993 | Album |
Plays Johnny Mandel - Quietly There | Zoot Sims | 1993 | Album |
The Legendary Years Vol. 6 | Stan Getz, James Moody, Zoot Sims | 1993 | Compil. |
The Master Saxes - Club Convert Vol.1 : 48/61 | Barney Wilen / Charlie Parker / Lucky Thompson / Lee Konitz / Cecil Payne / Zoot Sims / Budd Johnson Meet Bud Powell | 1993 | Album |
Olympia - November 19, 1960 | Gerry Mulligan & The Concert Jazz Band Featuring Zoot Sims | 1992 | Album |
The Four Brothers .... Together Again ! | Herb Steward, Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, Serge Chaloff | 1992 | Album |
Suddenly It's Spring | Zoot Sims | 1992 | Album |
Double Exposure | Stan Getz / Zoot Sims | 1992 | Compil. |
Zoot Case | Zoot Sims & Al Cohn | 1991 | Album |
For Lady Day | Zoot Sims | 1991 | Album |
Pinky & Zoot | Pinky Winters, Zoot Sims | 1991 | Album |
Live in Demark | Zoot Sims, The Kenny Drew Trio | 1990 | Album |
Vic Vogel Le Big Band | Vic Vogel Le Big Band Featuring Zoot Sims | 1990 | Album |
Tonite's music today | Zoot Sims | 1990 | Album |
1961-1962 | Charlie Byrd, Zoot Sims, Les McCann | 1990 | Compil. |
Morning Fun | Bob Brookmeyer, Zoot Sims | 1989 | Album |
The Big Stampede | Zoot Sims | 1989 | Album |
Down Home | Zoot Sims | 1987 | Album |
Zoot Sims in Paris | Zoot Sims | 1987 | Album |
Tenor Contrasts Volume 2 | Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, James Moody | 1986 | Album |
Zoot Sims / Frank Rosolino | Zoot Sims / Frank Rosolino | 1986 | Compil. |
In A Sentimental Mood | Zoot Sims | 1985 | Album |
Zoot Sims Plays Johnny Mandel Quietly There | Zoot Sims | 1984 | Album |
Blues For 2 | Zoot Sims Plus Joe Pass | 1983 | Album |
Suddenly It's Spring | Zoot Sims | 1983 | Album |
Blues For 2 | Zoot Sims Plus Joe Pass | 1983 | Album |
Jazz Masters Presents Basie & Friends on Pablo | Count Basie Orchestra, Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Zoot Sims And Joe Pass | 1983 | Album |
4 Four Sax | Lee Konitz - Zoot Sims - Frank Foster - Bobby Jaspar | 1982 | Compil. |
Newport Jazz Festival 1972 Volume I | B.B. King Special Guest Artists Kenny Burrell, Roy Haynes, Joe Newman, Zoot Sims, Jimmy Smith, Clark Terry | 1982 | Compil. |
Europa Jazz | Howard McGhee, James Moody, Zoot Sims | 1982 | Album |
The "Interplay" Sessions | Bill Evans With Freddie Hubbard And Zoot Sims | 1982 | Album |
The Swinger | Zoot Sims | 1981 | Album |
I Wish I Were Twins | Zoot Sims | 1981 | Album |
Mother------! Mother -----------!! A Jazz Symphony | Clark Terry And Zoot Sims | 1980 | Album |
A Celebration Of Duke | Zoot Sims, Sarah Vaughan, Clark Terry, Quadrant | 1980 | Album |
Passion Flower | Zoot Sims Plays Duke Ellington | 1980 | Album |
Eastern Flight | Zoot Sims Featuring Buddy Rich | 1980 | Album |
The Best Of | Zoot Sims | 1980 | Compil. |
Just Friends | Zoot Sims, Harry Edison | 1980 | Album |
The Sweetest Sounds | Rune Gustafsson / Zoot Sims | 1979 | Album |
Warm Tenor | Zoot Sims And Jimmy Rowles | 1979 | Album |
Suitably Zoot | Zoot Sims With Al Cohn-Richie Kamuca Sextet, Bob Brookmeyer Quintet | 1979 | Album |
Brother In Swing | Zoot Sims | 1979 | Album |
On The Trail | Zoot Sims - Flip Phillips - Urbie Green - Clark Terry - Harry Edison - Victor Feldman | 1978 | Album |
Air Mail Special | Zoot Sims / Buddy Rich | 1978 | Compil. |
Hawthorne Nights | Zoot Sims | 1977 | Album |
If I'm Lucky | Zoot Sims Meets Jimmy Rowles | 1977 | Album |
Basie & Zoot | Count Basie & Zoot Sims | 1976 | Album |
Joe & Zoot | Joe Venuti And Zoot Sims | 1976 | Compil. |
Interaction | Sonny Stitt And Zoot Sims | 1976 | Compil. |
Soprano Sax | Zoot Sims | 1976 | Album |
Zoot Sims With Bucky Pizzarelli | Zoot Sims / Bucky Pizzarelli | 1976 | Album |
Locking Horns | Joe Newman, Zoot Sims, Ray Draper, John Coltrane | 1976 | Compil. |
Zootcase | Zoot Sims | 1975 | Compil. |
Zoot Sims And The Gershwin Brothers | Zoot Sims | 1975 | Album |
Untitled | Zoot Sims | 1975 | Album |
Joe Venuti And Zoot Sims | Joe Venuti And Zoot Sims | 1975 | Album |
Strike Up The Band | Bobby Hackett, Zoot Sims, Bucky Pizzarelli, Richard Davis, Mel Lewis & Hank Jones | 1975 | Album |
Motoring Along | Al Cohn & Zoot Sims | 1975 | Album |
Swing Today Volume One | Buddy Tate Septet, Eddie Barefield Septet, Red Richards Quintet, Herman Autrey Quintet, Zoot Sims, Bucky Pizzarelli, Budd Johnson Quartet | 1974 | Compil. |
Vic Dickenson | Vic Dickenson, Joe Thomas, Scoville Brown, Red Richards, Bill Pemberton, Oliver Jackson, Bucky Pizzarelli, Zoot Sims, Doc Cheatham | 1974 | Album |
Body And Soul | Al Cohn & Zoot Sims | 1974 | Album |
Joe & Zoot | Joe Venuti and Zoot Sims | 1974 | Album |
Nirvana | Zoot Sims, Bucky Pizzarelli Special Guest Buddy Rich | 1974 | Album |
Zoot Sims' Party | Zoot Sims | 1974 | Album |
Zoot Sims | Zoot Sims | 1973 | Album |
First Recordings! | Zoot Sims | 1972 | Compil. |
Stella By Starlight / Over The Rainbow | Zoot Sims With The Gary McFarland Orchestra | 1967 | Single |
Al & Zoot In London | Al Cohn & Zoot Sims | 1967 | Album |
Inter-Action | Sonny Stitt & Zoot Sims | 1966 | Album |
Waiting Game | Zoot Sims | 1966 | Album |
Cookin'! | Zoot Sims | 1965 | Album |
Down Home | Zoot Sims | 1963 | Single |
Good Old Zoot | Zoot Sims | 1963 | Compil. |
Gerry Mulligan And The Concert Jazz Band On Tour | Gerry Mulligan & The Concert Jazz Band Guest Soloist: Zoot Sims | 1962 | Album |
Solo For Zoot | Zoot Sims | 1962 | Album |
Zoot At Ronnie Scott's | Zoot Sims | 1962 | Album |
Zoot Sims In Paris | Zoot Sims | 1962 | Album |
Jazz Mission To Moscow (Featuring Top Jazz Artists On Their Return From Tour Of Soviet Union 1962) | Zoot Sims, Phil Woods, Bill Crow, Willie Dennis, Mel Lewis | 1962 | Album |
Choice | Zoot Sims | 1961 | Album |
South American Cookin' | Curtis Fuller's Quintet Featuring Zoot Sims | 1961 | Album |
Either Way | Zoot Sims And Al Cohn With Cecil Collier | 1961 | Album |
Topsy | Jimmy Giuffre, Conte Candoli, Zoot Sims | 1961 | Single |
Airmail Special / Flying Home | T. Charles Brookmeyer, Zoot Sims | 1960 | Single |
Down Home | Zoot Sims | 1960 | Album |
Jazz Immortal | Clifford Brown featuring Zoot Sims | 1960 | Album |
I Was Doin' Alright / Everything I've Got Belongs To You | Annie Ross With Zoot Sims | 1960 | Single |
The Swingers! | Lambert, Hendricks & Ross With Zoot Sims | 1960 | Single |
Jive At Five | Zoot Sims | 1960 | Single |
The Swingers! | Lambert, Hendricks & Ross With Zoot Sims | 1959 | Album |
Jazz Alive! A Night At The Half Note | Zoot Sims / Al Cohn / Phil Woods | 1959 | Album |
A Gasser! | Annie Ross & Zoot Sims | 1959 | Album |
Blues And Haikus | Jack Kerouac Featuring Al Cohn And Zoot Sims | 1959 | Album |
More Drums On Fire! | Sonny Payne, Mel Lewis, Benny Barth, Armando Peraza, Ray Mosca With Freddie Gambrell, The Mastersounds, Zoot Sims, Russ Freeman | 1959 | Album |
Locking Horns | Zoot Sims - Joe Newman Quintet | 1958 | Single |
Tenors Anyone? | Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, Paul Quinichette, Wardell Gray | 1958 | Album |
Night session in Paris | Zoot Sims, Henri Renaud | 1957 | Album |
Zoot Sims Goes To Jazzville | Zoot Sims | 1957 | Album |
Zoot Sims Plays Four Altos | Zoot Sims | 1957 | Album |
The Four Brothers .... Together Again ! | Herb Steward, Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, Serge Chaloff | 1957 | Album |
Plays Alto, Tenor And Baritone | Zoot Sims | 1957 | Album |
Al And Zoot | Al Cohn Quintet Featuring Zoot Sims | 1957 | Album |
Locking Horns | Joe Newman And Zoot Sims | 1957 | Album |
Tenor Conclave | Hank Mobley / Al Cohn / John Coltrane / Zoot Sims | 1957 | Album |
Quartets | Zoot Sims | 1956 | Album |
Zoot-o-rama | Zoot Sims | 1956 | Compil. |
Whooeeee | Bob Brookmeyer, Zoot Sims | 1956 | Album |
Conception | Miles Davis / Stan Getz / Gerry Mulligan / Lee Konitz / Sonny Rollins / Zoot Sims | 1956 | Compil. |
Zoot Sims Avec Henri Renaud Et Son Orchestre Et Jon Eardley | Zoot Sims Avec Henri Renaud Et Son Orchestre Et Jon Eardley | 1956 | Album |
The Modern Art Of Jazz | Zoot Sims | 1956 | Album |
Tonite's Music Today | Zoot Sims & Bob Brookmeyer | 1956 | Album |
Clifford Brown Ensemble Featuring Zoot Sims | Clifford Brown Ensemble Featuring Zoot Sims | 1956 | Single |
Tonight's Music Today | Zoot Sims & Bob Brookmeyer | 1956 | Single |
The Brothers | Stan Getz, Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, Allen Eager, Brew Moore | 1956 | Compil. |
The Jazz Guitarist | Chuck Wayne Featuring Zoot Sims, Brew Moore | 1956 | Album |
Jutta Hipp With Zoot Sims | Jutta Hipp With Zoot Sims | 1956 | Album |
Jack Sheldon Quintet | Jack Sheldon Quintet With Zoot Sims | 1955 | Album |
Clifford Brown Ensemble Featuring Zoot Sims | Clifford Brown Ensemble, Zoot Sims | 1955 | Album |
"The Brothers" (3) | Zoot Sims | 1955 | Single |
Happy Minors | Red Mitchell, Bob Brookmeyer, Zoot Sims | 1955 | Album |
Goes To Town: Jazz Time in Paris vol. 14 | Zoot Sims | 1954 | Album |
Zoot Simms In Hollywood | Zoot Sims | 1954 | Album |
Roy Eldridge And Zoot Sims With The European Allstars | Roy Eldridge, Zoot Sims | 1954 | Album |
Americans In Sweden | Jimmy Raney, Lars Gullin, Lee Konitz, Zoot Sims, Bengt Hallberg, Gösta Theselius, Putte Wickman, Red Mitchell | 1954 | Single |
Jazz Studio 3 | John Graas, Conte Candoli, Charlie Mariano, Zoot Sims, Jimmy Giuffre, André Previn, Howard Roberts, Curtis Counce, Larry Bunker | 1954 | Single |
Zoot | Zoot Sims | 1954 | Single |
Zoot Goes To Town: Jazz Time Paris, Vol. 8 | Zoot Sims | 1953 | Album |
With Organ Accompaniment | Zoot Sims | 1953 | Single |
Tenor Sax Favorites | Zoot Sims | 1951 | Album |
Swingin' With Zoot Sims | Zoot Sims | 1951 | Album |
You Go To My Head / The Scene Is Clean | Zoot Sims | 1950 | Album |
And His Four Brothers | Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, Allen Eager, Brew Moore | 1949 | Single |
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 38 | Benny Goodman And His Orchestra, Taft Jordan, Zoot Sims, Billy Bauer | Album | |
Dave McKenna Quartet Featuring Zoot Sims | Dave McKenna Quartet Featuring Zoot Sims | Album | |
Art Pepper & Zoot Sims All Stars | Art Pepper, Zoot Sims | Album | |
Jazz West Coast: An Anthology Of California Music | Bob Gordon, Jack Montrose, Gerry Mulligan, Zoot Sims, Chet Baker, Jimmy Giuffre | Single | |
Jazz Immortal Volume Three | Clifford Brown featuring Zoot Sims | Single | |
Let's Not Waltz Tonight / How About You? / Indiana / Good Luck | Zoot Sims / Mundell Lowe / Billy Taylor / Lucky Thompson | Single | |
Zoot Sims Quintet | Zoot Sims | Single | |
Les Classiques Du Jazz Par Les Géants Du Jazz | Lionel Hampton, Django Reinhardt, Roy Eldridge, Earl Hines, Coleman Hawkins, Barney Bigard, Buck Clayton, Sir Charles Thompson, Don Byas, Johnny Hodges, Dizzy Gillespie, Claude Luter, Zoot Sims, Sidney Bechet, Bob Brookmeyer, Gerry Mulligan | Compil. | |
The King Of Swing In Sweden 1950 | Benny Goodman With Roy Eldridge, Zoot Sims, Toots Thielemans | Album | |
Doggin' Around / There'll Be Some Changes Made | Zoot Sims | Single | |
Zoot Meet Hans | Zoot Sims And Hans Koller | Single | |
Storia Della Musica (Vol. X) N. 9 | Woody Herman, Bud Powell, Zoot Sims, Erroll Garner | Single | |
I Hear A Rhapsody | Zoot Sims | Album | |
My Funny Valentine | Al Cohn Featuring Zoot Sims | Album | |
1. Folge | Zoot Sims | Single | |
Poll Winners Jazz | Zoot Sims, Bob Brookmeyer, Tony Scott | Single | |
Benny Goodman Big Band - Lionel Hampton | Benny Goodman And His Orchestra Featuring Zoot Sims - Lionel Hampton Featuring Frankie Dunlop | Compil. | |
My Very Good Friend In The Looking | Zoot Sims, Jackie Paris | Single | |
Music For The Night | Guy Lafitte, Zoot Sims, Maxim Saury, Eddie Bernard, Dany Kane, Michel De Villiers, Jean Bonal, Henri Renaud | Compil. | |
First Recordings! | Zoot Sims | Compil. | |
The Vibes Are On | Sonny Stitt, Gene Ammons, Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, Charlie Parker | Compil. | |
In Paris - 1956 | Zoot Sims | Album | |
Directly From The Half Note | Phil Woods, Jimmy Rushing, Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, Richie Kamuca, Dave Frishberg, Major Holley, Mel Lewis, Tommy Potter, Mousey Alexander | Album | |
Cavu / A Ghost Of Chance / Where of When / Jaguar | Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, Paul Quinichette Avec Johnny Smith Quartet | Single | |
2. Folge | Zoot Sims | Single |