Zoot Sims

Zoot Sims Quartet "Live at E.J.'s, Atlanta Georgia"
Personnel: Zoot Sims (ts, ss), Yancey Korosi (p), Dewey Simpson (b) & James Martin (d) plus Rick Bell (ts on 3 tracks).

Tracks: 1. That Old Devil Called Love, 2. Jitterbug Waltz, 3. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise, 4. Over The Rainbow, 5. In A Mellowtone, 6. I Got It Bad, 7. Caravan, 8. Groovin' High, 9. Take The A Train, 10. Lester Leaps In.

Recorded: August 9, 1981 at E.J.'s in Atlanta, Georgia.

Total Time: 69 mins (approx.)

The music on this CD has never been released before. It features Zoot Sims with a top local rhythm section and Sims plays in an easy-swinging, mainstream jazz style, heavily influenced by Lester Young. The repertoire consists of tasty and tasteful standards, including tunes by Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller and Harold Arlen.