Riverside Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Zoot!
| Recorded | Dec 13-18, 1956 |
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| Label | Riverside Records |
| Released | 1956 |
| Personnel | 5 credited players |
| Discogs | master 435445 |
The record
Switching to alto under George Handy's sharp charts, with Wilbur Ware's supple bass anchoring things, this late-1956 date shows the Basie-schooled tenor man stepping briefly outside his own idiom.
Session personnel
- Zoot Sims — alto saxophone
- Wilbur Ware — bass
- Osie Johnson — drums
- George Handy — piano, arranged by
- Nick Travis — trumpet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 17 pressings on file.
| 1957 | Riverside Records · RLP 12-228 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · deep groove |
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| 1958 | Riverside Records · RLP 12-228 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono · deep groove |
| 1958 | London Records · LTZ-U15135 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · laminated sleeve |
| 1958 | London Records · LTZ-U15135 — Vinyl, LP, Single Sided, Album, Test Pressing |
| 1975 | Riverside Records · SMJ-6103M — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1975 | Riverside Records · SMJ-6103M — Vinyl, LP, Promo, Reissue, Mono |
| 1984 | Riverside Records · VIJ-146 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1986 | Original Jazz Classics |
| 1986 | Original Jazz Classics · OJC 5228 — Cassette, Album, Reissue |
| 1986 | Original Jazz Classics · OJC-228 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Tip-on Jacket |
| 1991 | Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-228-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| 1992 | Riverside Records · VICJ-23790 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono |
| 1992 | Riverside Records · VICJ-23790 — CD, Album, Promo, Reissue, Remastered, Mono |
| 2007 | Riverside Records · UCCO-9117 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Mono |
Follow the players
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