Zoot Sims

This may be a budget LP but the music is better than expected. Tenor-saxophonist Zoot Sims performs in a sparse but mighty quartet with guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli, bassist Milt Hinton and drummer Buddy Rich. Most of the tunes are swing standards such as "Honeysuckle Rose," "Indiana" and "Memories of You" although there is also a brief "Send in the Clowns," and a Sims original, "Nirvana." The biggest surprise of the typically swinging set (recorded live in 1974 and released by the Italian label Europa) is that both Zoot Sims and Buddy Rich sing on "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You? - SCOTT YANOW

PERSONNEL:

(1-6)
ZOOT SIMS, tenor & soprano sax
BCKY PIZZARELLI, guitar

(7-11)
ZOOT SIMS, tenor & soprano sax
BUCKY PIZZARELLI, guitar
MILT HINTON, bass
BUDDY RICH, drums

New York, April 22, 1974

TRACKS:

01. Summerset
02. Honeysuckle Rose
03. A Summer Thing
04. Somebody Love Me
05. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You
06. Nirvana
07. Indiana
08. Memories of You
09. Come Rain or Come Shine
10. Up A Lazy River
11. Send in the Clowns