Zoot Sims

The Complete 1944-1954 Small Group Sessions, Vol.1 (1944-1950)

Blue Moon

Personnel:
Zoot Sims (ts), Ernie Figueroa, Roy Eldridge, Sixten Eriksson (tp), Bill Harris (tb), Lars Gullin (bs), Joe Bushkin, Al Haig, Jimmy Woode, Dick Hyman (p), Jimmy Raney (g), Sid Weiss, Tommy Potter, Simon Brehm, Charlie Short, Pierre Michelot (b), Specs Powell, Roy Haynes, Jack Norén, Ed Shaughnessy (d), Toots Thielemans (hmca), Harry Belafonte, Anita Love (vcl)

Reference: BMCD 1038

Bar code: 8427328010382

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Blue Moon, in its Masters Series, issued in chronological order the recordings of an important period in the musical career of certain outstanding artists. The CDs contains only the master takes of the originally issued records, and therefore all alternate takes have not been included in order to offer the collector those that were considered to be the definitive performances.

Tracklist

01. Pickin' At The Pick (Bill Harris) 2:43
02. Fade Out (Bill Harris) 3:12
03. Oh Lady Be Good (G. & I. Gershwin) 3:28
04. Georgia On My Mind (Carmichael-Gorrell) 2:51
05. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (Harbach-Kern) 2:53
06. Night Has A Thousand Eyes (Dernier-Barinin) 2:47
07. All The Things You Are (Jerome Kern) 3:06
08. The Scene Is Clean (Tadd Dameron) 3:00
09. Tickletoe (Lester Young) 3:04
10. Yellow Duck (Almstedt-Gullin) 2:37
11. Boot It Zoot (Ad Lib) 3:12
12. King David (Roy Eldridge) 2:59
13. It Don't Mean A Thing (Ellington-Mills) 2:59
14. Undecided (Robbin-Shavers) 3:23
15. Ain't No Flies On Me (Ad Lib) 3:15
16. The Man I Love (G. & I. Gershwin) 3:17

Album details

Total time: 49:25 min.

Personnel:

Tracks #1-4: Joe Bushkin Sextet
Ernie Figueroa (tp), Bill Harris (tb), Zoot Sims (ts), Joe Bushkin (p), Sid Weiss (b), Specs Powell (d).
Recorded in New York City, May 24, 1944

Tracks #5-6: Harry Belafonte
Zoot Sims (ts), Al Haig (p), Jimmy Raney (g), Tommy Potter (b), Roy Haynes (d), Harry Belafonte (vcl).
Recorded in New York City, 1949

Tracks #7-9: Zoot Sims Quartet/Quintet
Zoot Sims (ts), Toots Thielemans (hmca), Jimmy Woode (p), Simon Brehm (b), Jack Norén (d).
Recorded in Stockholm, April 23, 1950

Tracks #10-11: Zoot Sims And His Five/Three Brothers
Zoot Sims (ts), Sixten Eriksson (tp), Lars Gullin (bs), Dick Hyman (p), Charlie Short (b), Ed Shaughnessy (d).
Recorded in Stockholm, April 24, 1950

Tracks #12-16: King David And his Little Jazz
Roy Eldridge (tp, vcl), Zoot Sims (ts), Dick Hyman (p), Pierre Michelot (b), Ed Shaughnessy (d), Anita Love (vcl).
Recorded in Paris, June 9, 1950

This compilation produced for CD release by Jordi Pujol & J.G. Calvados
Liner notes translation: Mike Baillie
© 1995 by Blue Moon

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