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Album · 2012

Four Classic Albums (Stretching Out / Starring Zoot Sims / Down Home / The Jazz Soul of Porgy and Bess)

by Zoot Sims

Released
3 June 2012
Label
Avid Entertainment
Tracklist
34 tracks
Length
2:39:46

“Four Classic Albums (Stretching Out / Starring Zoot Sims / Down Home / The Jazz Soul of Porgy and Bess)” is an album by Zoot Sims, released in 2012 on Avid Entertainment. The original release has 34 tracks with a running time of 2:39:46. Jazz standards on the record include “Ain't Misbehavin'”, “Avalon”, “Bess You Is My Woman” and “Everything I Love”. The line-up features Zoot Sims (tenor saxophone), Dannie Richmond (drums (drum set)), Dave McKenna (piano), George Tucker (double bass) and Al Cohn (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone).

Who played on Four Classic Albums (Stretching Out / Starring Zoot Sims / Down Home / The Jazz Soul of Porgy and Bess)

Tracklist

  1. 1 Stretching Out 6:10
  2. 2 Now Will You Be Good 5:30
  3. 3 Pennies From Heaven standard — Arthur Johnston 6:17
  4. 4 King Porter — Jelly Roll Morton 4:41
  5. 5 Ain’t Misbehavin’ standard — Harry Brooks, Fats Waller 6:56
  6. 6 Bee Kay 6:42
  7. 7 Captain Jetter 5:03
  8. 8 Nuzzolese Blues 7:23
  9. 9 Everything I Love standard 4:19
  10. 10 Evening in Paris 3:22
  11. 11 On the Alamo 5:36
  12. 12 My Old Flame standard 3:24
  13. 13 Little Jon “Special” 4:57
  14. 14 Bill Bailey 5:17
  15. 15 Goodnight, Sweetheart — Ray Noble 4:21
  16. 16 Jive at Five — Count Basie, Harry “Sweets” Edison 5:20
  17. 17 Doggin’ Around — Herschel Evans 4:40
  18. 18 Avalon standard 4:29
  19. 19 I Cried for You standard — Gus Arnheim, Abe Lyman 6:52
  20. 20 There’ll Be Some Changes Made standard — W. Benton Overstreet 5:23
  21. 21 I’ve Heard That Blues Before 5:28
  22. 22 Summertime standard 3:09
  23. 23 A Woman Is a Sometimes Thing 2:23
  24. 24 My Man’s Gone Now standard 4:11
  25. 25 It Takes a Long Pull to Get There 2:45
  26. 26 I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’ 3:26
  27. 27 Bess, You Is My Woman standard 5:18
  28. 28 It Ain’t Necessarily So standard 3:17
  29. 29 Medley Minor Themes: Prayer / Strawberries / Honey Man and Crab Man 5:15
  30. 30 I Loves You Porgy standard 3:04
  31. 31 Clara, Clara 3:15
  32. 32 There’s a Boat Dat’s Leavin’ Soon for New York 3:26
  33. 33 Oh Bess, Oh Where’s My Bess 4:42
  34. 34 Oh Lawd, I’m on My Way 3:26

Production

More albums by Zoot Sims

Baden-Baden Lost Tapes 1958 · Live · SWR Music Zoot! 1956 · Riverside The Modern Art of Jazz 1956 · Dawn Plays Alto, Tenor and Baritone 1957 · ABC-Paramount Al and Zoot 1957 · Coral Records Zoot Sims Goes to Jazzville 1957 · Dawn Zoot Sims Plays Four Altos 1958 · La voce del padrone Either Way 1961 · Fred Miles Jazz Mission to Moscow 1962 · Colpix Cantando Bossa Nova Means Singing the Bossa Nova 1962 · Colpix "New Beat Bossa Nova" means the Samba Swings Vol 2 1962 · Colpix Zoot at Ronnie Scott’s 1962 · Live · Fontana

Frequently asked questions

Who played on Four Classic Albums (Stretching Out / Starring Zoot Sims / Down Home / The Jazz Soul of Porgy and Bess)?

The line-up of Four Classic Albums (Stretching Out / Starring Zoot Sims / Down Home / The Jazz Soul of Porgy and Bess) includes Zoot Sims (tenor saxophone), Dannie Richmond (drums (drum set)), Dave McKenna (piano), George Tucker (double bass), Al Cohn (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone), Bob Brookmeyer (arranger, valve trombone), Charlie Persip (drums (drum set)) and Eddie Jones (bass).

Which label released Four Classic Albums (Stretching Out / Starring Zoot Sims / Down Home / The Jazz Soul of Porgy and Bess)?

Four Classic Albums (Stretching Out / Starring Zoot Sims / Down Home / The Jazz Soul of Porgy and Bess) was released in 2012 on Avid Entertainment.

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