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Zoot Sims
At Birdland

Album JP 2013 on Marshmallow Export label
Jazz (Big Band, Cool Jazz)

Previously unreleased live recordings by Zoot Sims from 1952 and 1960! Individually numbered limited edition - only 999 copies pressed! This Marshmallow release in its Historical Series features Zoot Sims' previously unreleased live performances from 1952 and 1960, both sourced from private recordings of radio broadcasts. The first four tunes are from 1960 and feature Sims' brother-in-tenors Al Cohn in front of a fabulous rhythm section of Mose Allison, Bill Crow and Nick Stabulas. The band swings like mad and are clearly having fun in this set. The quality of the recorded sound is also very good. The last three tracks are from 1952, and sourced from a super-rare acetate disc produced by the famous jazz archivist Boris Rose. (Marshmallow producer Mitsuo Johfu estimates there are probably only four or five copies left in the world.) As such, there is a lot of surface noise and the sound quality is poor. On these tracks, Sims--who was 27 years old at the time--joins the two-trombone group by Kai Winding and Bill Harris. Recorded from live broadcast from Birdland, New York, in 1952 (Tracks 5-7) and 1960 (Tracks 1-4). Mono. Info found at eastwindimport.com Includes Japanese insert.

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	Zoot Sims ts, 1925-1985 US tenor saxophone, album by
	Bill Crow b, *1927 US bass
	Gene Ramey b, 1913-1984 US bass
	Art Taylor dr, 1929-1995 US drums
	Nick Stabulas dr, 1929-1973 US drums
	Sam Herman g, guitar
	Don Abney p, 1923-2000 US piano
	Mose Allison p, voc, *1927 US piano
	Al Cohn ts, 1925-1988 US tenor saxophone
	Bill Harris tb, 1916-1973 US trombone
	Kai Winding tb, 1922-1983 US trombone

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