Zoot!

Zoot! (also released as Zoot Sims Quintet) is an album by American jazz saxophonist Zoot Sims featuring tracks recorded in 1956 for the Riverside label.

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars with Scott Yanow calling it "a typically hard-swinging and melodic Zoot Sims date".

Track listing

All compositions by Florence Handy except as indicated

1. "Why Cry?" - 5:54
2. "Echoes of You" - 7:12
3. "Swim, Jim" - 7:07
4. "Here and Now" - 4:55
5. "Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)" (Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer) - 4:30
6. "Osmosis" (Osie Johnson) - 4:44
7. "Taking a Chance on Love" (Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John La Touche) - 6:01

Personnel

• Zoot Sims - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Nick Travis - trumpet
• George Handy - piano, arranger
• Wilbur Ware - bass
• Osie Johnson - drums

References