Zoot Sims Catalog - album index

1947 (The age of 22)

• Woody Herman - The Thundering Herds  (Columbia SOPB 55011 3)

1948

• Al Haig Meets The Master Saxes, Vol. 2  (Spotlite [E] SPJ 140)
• Woody Herman - The Great Big Band  (Capitol 20809)

1949

• Stan Getz/Zoot Sims/Al Cohn - The Brothers  (Prestige PRLP 7022)
• Stan Getz/Zoot Sims/Al Cohn - The Brothers  (Fantasy OJCCD 008-2)
• V.A. - Brothers And Other Mothers  (Savoy SJL 2210)
• V.A. - Lestorian Mode  (Savoy MG 12105)

1950 (The age of 25)

• Zoot Sims - Good Old Zoot  (New Jazz NJLP 8280)
• V.A. - Conception  (Prestige PRLP 7013)
• Chubby Jackson Sextet And Big Band  (Prestige PR 7641)
• Gene Roland Band Featuring Charlie Parker - The Band That Never Was  (Spotlite [E] SPJ 141)
• Charlie Parker - Bird's Eyes, Vol. 15  (Philology [It] W 845-2)
• Zoot Sims - First Recordings!  (Prestige PR 7817)
• Roy Eldridge/Zoot Sims - Roy And Zoot  (Discovery DL 2009)
• Zoot Sims Quartet Recorded In France  (Discovery DL 3015)
• Zoot Sims Quartets  (Prestige PRLP 7026)
• Zoot Sims Quartets  (Fantasy OJCCD 242-2)

1952

• Johnny Smith Quintet (no details)  (Roulette 1037)
• Johnny Smith/Stan Getz - Moonlight In Vermont  (Roost RLP 2211)
• Charlie Parker - More Unissued, Vol. 1  (Royal Jazz [D] RJD 505)

1953

• Zoot Sims With Organ Atomosphere  (Prestige PREP 1306)
• Miles Davis And Horns  (Prestige PRLP 7025)
• The Guitar And Quintet Of Chuck Wayne  (Savoy MG 12077)
• Charlie Parker - Yardbird-DC-53  (VGM 0009)
• Zoot Sims Quartet (no details)  (Karusell [Swd] K 34)
• Zoot Sims Goes To Town  (Vogue [F] LD 170)
• Chet Baker And Strings  (Columbia CL 549)
• Chet Baker And Strings  (Columbia/Legacy CK 46174)

1954

• Louis Bellson And His Drums  (Norgran MGN 1011)
• Clifford Brown/Bob Gordon - Arranged By Montrose  (Pacific Jazz PJ 1214)
• V.A. - Jazz West Coast  (Pacific Jazz JWC 500)
• Clifford Brown Ensemble Featuring Zoot Sims  (Pacific Jazz PJLP 19)
• Westcoasting With Conte Candoli And Stan Levey  (Bethlehem BCP 9)
• Gerry Mulligan - California Concerts  (Pacific Jazz PJ 1201)
• V.A. - Jazz West Coast, Vol. 3  (World Pacific JWC 507)
• Gerry Mulligan - California Concerts, Vol. 2  (Pacific Jazz B21K 46864)
• Gerry Mulligan - California Concerts, Vol. 2  (Pacific Jazz CDP 7 46864-2)
• Zoot Sims - Choice  (Pacific Jazz PJ 20)

1955 (The age of 30)

• Oscar Pettiford/Red Mitchell - Jazz Mainstream  (Bethlehem BCP 2)
• Zoot Sims/Dick Nash - Nash-Ville  (Zim ZM 1008)
• Miles Davis - Miscellaneous Davis 1955-1957  (Jazz Unlimited [Swd] JUCD 2050)
• Jack Sheldon - The Quartet And The Quintet  (Jazz West JWLP 6)
• V.A. - Lullaby Of Birdland  (RCA Victor LPM 1146)
• Presenting The Gerry Mulligan Sextet  (EmArcy MG 36056)
• Gerry Mulligan - Mainstream Of Jazz, Vol. 2  (EmArcy [J] 195J 35)
• A Profile Of Gerry Mulligan  (Mercury MG 20453)
• V.A. - The Greatest Stars Of Jazz Under One Roof  (EmArcy MG 36088)
• Gerry Mulligan - Mainstream Of Jazz  (EmArcy MG 36101)
• Gerry Mulligan - Mainstream Of Jazz, Vol. 3  (EmArcy [J] 195J 36)

1956

• V.A. - Modern Jazz Festival  (Harmony HL 7196)
• Zoot Sims - The Modern Art Of Jazz, Vol. 1  (Dawn DLP 1102)
• V.A. - The Great Swing Bands  (Jazztone J 1245)
• The Jon Eardley 7  (Prestige PRLP 7033)
• Coleman Hawkins - The Hawk In Hi Fi  (RCA Victor LPM 1281)
• Al Cohn/Zoot Sims - From A To...Z  (RCA Victor LPM 1282)
• Al Cohn/Zoot Sims - From A To...Z  (RCA Bluebird 6469-2-RB)
• Elliot Lawrence Plays Tiny Kahn And Johnny Mandel Arrangements  (Fantasy LP 3219)
• Zoot Sims/Bob Brookmeyer - Tonite's Music Today  (Storyville [D] SLP 907)
• Chris Connor  (Atlantic LP 1228)
• Zoot Sims/Bob Brookmeyer - Whooeeee  (Storyville [D] SLP 914)
• Zoot Sims/Henri Renaud - Night Session In Paris  (Le Club Francais Du Disque [F] HF 95)
• Zoot Sims In Paris  (Ducretet-Thomson [F] 250V023)
• Chet Baker - Gerry Mulligan - Bud Powell - Clark Terry  (I Giganti Del Jazz [It] 8)
• Zoot Sims With The Joe Castro Trio Live At Falcon Lair  (Pablo PACD 2310-977-2)
• Metronome All Stars 1956  (Clef MGC 743)
• Al Cohn - Zoot Sims Septet (no details)  (Epic LN 3278)
• The Touch Of Tony Scott  (RCA Victor LPM 1353)
• Jutta Hipp With Zoot Sims  (Blue Note BLP 1530)
• V.A. - The Other Side Blue Note 1500 Series  (Blue Note [J] BNJ 61008/10)
• Zoot Sims Goes To Jazzville  (Dawn DLP 1115)
• V.A. - Tenors Anyone?  (Dawn DLP 1126)
• Mary Ann McCall - Easy Living  (Regent MG 6040)
• V.A. - The Girls Sing  (Regent MG 6046)
• V.A. - A West Coast Jazz Anthology  (Jazztone J 1243)
• Sonny Rollins/Thad Jones - Sonny Rollins Plays  (Period SPL 1204)
• The Prestige All Stars - Tenor Conclave  (Prestige PRLP 7074)
• Quincy Jones - This Is How I Feel About Jazz  (ABC-Paramount ABC 149)
• Zoot Sims - Zoot  (Argo LP 608)
• Trigger Alpert - Trigger Happy!  (Riverside RLP 12-225)
• John Benson Brooks - Folk Jazz U.S.A.  (Vik LX 1083)
• Zoot Sims Plays Alto, Tenor And Baritone  (ABC-Paramount ABC 155)
• The Complete Tony Scott  (RCA Victor LPM 1452)
• Zoot Sims - Zoot!  (Riverside RLP 12-228)
• Stan Getz/Shelly Manne/Zoot Sims - Live 1956 & 1957  (Jazz Band [E] EBCD 2124-2)
• Jazz All-Stars 1956 - Theme From "Three Penny Opera" c/w Lisbon Antigua  (RCA Victor 20-6418)

1957

• Zoot Sims Plays 4 Altos  (ABC-Paramount ABC 198)
• Gil Melle - Gil's Guests  (Fantasy OJCCD 1753-2)
• Zoot Sims - The Four Brothers... Together Again!  (Vik LX 1096)
• Al Cohn/Zoot Sims - Al And Zoot  (Coral CRL 57171)
• V.A. - Jazz Cornucopia  (Coral CRL 57149)
• Manny Albam - The Jazz Greats Of Our Time, Vol. 2  (Coral CRL 57173)
• Joe Newman/Zoot Sims - Locking Horns  (Rama LP 1003)
• V.A. - Jazz Goes Broadway  (Vik LX 1113)
• The Gerry Mulligan Songbook, Vol. 1  (Pacific Jazz PJ 1237)
• Gerry Mulligan/Lee Konitz - Revelation  (Blue Note BN-LA 532-H2)
• V.A. - A Taste Of The Best From World Pacific  (World Pacific DJ 2)
• V.A. - The Sound Of Big Band Jazz In Hi Fi!  (World Pacific WP 1257)
• June Christy With Woody Herman And His Orchestra (no details)  (Kings Of Jazz [It] KLJ 20030)

1958

• Toots Thielemans Nontet (no details)  (Decca DL 9204)
• Jack Kerouac - Blues And Haikus  (Hanover HM 5006)
• Jack Kerouac (no details)  (Rhino/Wordbeat R 70939)
• Manny Albam - Jazz New York  (Dot DLP 9004)
• V.A. - Radio Tapes: The Concert, 23.6.1958  (Jazzline [G] JL 20829)
• V.A. - Radio Tapes: The Concert, 23.6.1958  (Jazzline [G] 11300)
• Larry Sonn - no details  (Dot DLP 9005)
• Zoot Sims - Zoot Meets Hans  (Brunswick [G] 10814-EPB)
• Oscar Pettiford - First Bass  (IAJRC CD 1010)
• V.A. - The All Stars "Live" European Concert  (Unique Jazz UJ 025)
• Betty Blake Sings In A Tender Mood  (Bethlehem BCP 6058)
• Teddy Charles - Salute To Hamp  (Bethlehem BCP 6032)
• Zoot Sims/Bob Brookmeyer - Stretching Out  (United Artists UAL 4023)

1959

• Bill Potts - The Jazz Soul Of Porgy And Bess  (United Artists UAL 4032)
• Zoot Sims/Al Cohn/Phil Woods - Jazz Alive! A Night At The Half Note  (United Artists UAL 4040)
• Annie Ross - A Gasser!  (World Pacific WP 1285)
• Big Miller - Did You Ever Hear The Blues?  (United Artists UAL 3047)
• Irene Kral - Steveireneo!  (United Artists UAL 3052)
• V.A. - Jazz West Coast, Vol. 5  (World Pacific JWC 511)
• V.A. - More Drums On Fire  (World Pacific WP 1261)
• V.A. - The Blues, Vol. 3: Blowin' The Blues  (World Pacific JWC 512)
• Clifford Brown - Jazz Immortal  (Pacific Jazz PJ 3)
• Clifford Brown - Jazz Immortal (RVG Edition)  (Pacific Jazz CDP 32142-2)
• Quincy Jones - The Birth Of A Band!  (Mercury MG 20444)
• Quincy Jones - The Birth Of A Band!, Vol. 2  (Mercury [J] 195J 30)
• The Genius Of Ray Charles  (Atlantic LP 1312)
• The Ray Charles Story, Vol. 2  (Atlantic LP 8064)
• Chet Baker Plays The Best Of Lerner And Loewe  (Riverside RLP 12-307)
• Woody Herman - The Fourth Herd  (Jazzland JLP 17)
• Bob Prince - Saxes Inc.  (Warner Bros. W 1336)
• Woody Herman's Big New Herd At The Monterey Jazz Festival  (Atlantic LP 1328)
• Marion Evans - Ted McNabb & Co.: Big Band Swing  (Epic LN 3663)
• Teddy Charles - On Campus: Ivy League Jazz Concert  (Bethlehem BCP 6044)
• Art Farmer/Eddie Costa - The Aztec Suite  (United Artists UAL 4062)
• Al Cohn/Zoot Sims - Happy Over Hoagy  (Jass Records Jass Twelve)

1960 (The age of 35)

• V.A. - The Vibes Are On  (Chazzer 2004)
• Booker Ervin - The Book Cooks  (Bethlehem BCP 6048)
• Rocky Cole Septet (no details)  (Roulette R 25113)
• Al Cohn/Zoot Sims - You 'N Me  (Mercury MG 20606)
• Gerry Mulligan And The Concert Jazz Band  (Verve MGV 8388)
• Zoot Sims - Down Home  (Bethlehem BCP 6051)
• Zoot Sims - Down Home  (Bethlehem 20 40072)
• George Williams - Put On Your Dancing Shoes  (United Artists UAL 3076)
• Al Cohn - Son Of Drum Suite  (RCA Victor LPM 2312)
• Gerry Mulligan And The Concert Jazz Band On Tour  (Verve V/V6 8438)
• The Complete Verve Gerry Mulligan Concert Band Sessions  (Mosaic MD4-221)

1961

• Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 5 - Groovin' At The Blue Note, 59-61  (Mythic Sound MS 6005-1)
• Al Cohn/Zoot Sims - Either Way  (Fred Miles Presents FM 1)
• Buddy Greco - I Like It Swinging  (Epic LN 3793)
• Curtis Fuller - South American Cookin'  (Epic LA 16020)
• V.A. - Jazz Committee For Latin American Affairs  (Fred Miles Presents FM 403)
• Leonard Feather's Encyclopedia Of Jazz, Vol. 1: Giants Of The Saxophone  (Vee-Jay LPS 2501)
• Kenny Dorham - Hot Stuff From Brazil  (West Wind [G] WW 2015)
• Anita O'Day - All The Sad Young Men  (Verve V/V6 8442)
• Zoot Sims - Cookin'!  (Fontana [E] 683 273-JCL)
• Zoot Sims - Solo For Zoot  (Fontana [E] 680 982-TL)
• Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland - Jazz Is Universal  (Atlantic LP 1401)
• Zoot Sims In Paris  (United Artists UAL 4013)

1962

• Quincy Jones - Plays Hip Hits  (Mercury MG 20799)
• Quincy Jones - A Taste Of Honey c/w Shag Nasty  (Mercury 72012)
• The Complete Mercury Recordings Of Roland Kirk  (Mercury 314 846 630-2)
• Quincy Jones - Quincy Plays For Pussycats  (Mercury MG 21050)
• V.A. - Jazz Mission To Moscow  (Colpix CP 433)
• Vi Velasco - Cantando Bossa Nova  (Colpix CP 438)
• Bill Evans - The Interplay Sessions  (Milestone M 47066)
• Bill Evans - Peace Piece And Other Pieces  (Milestone M 47024)
• Zoot Sims - New Beat Bossa Nova, Vol. 1  (Colpix CP 435)
• Charles Mingus - Town Hall Concert  (United Artists UAJ 14024)
• Charles Mingus - The Complete Town Hall Concert  (Blue Note CDP 7243 8 28353-2)
• Zoot Sims - New Beat Bossa Nova, Vol. 2  (Colpix CP 437)
• Ralph Burns - Where There's Burns There's Fire  (Warwick W 5001)

1963

• Jimmy Rushing (no details)  (Colpix CP 446)
• Bob Brookmeyer - Samba Para Dos  (Verve V/V6 8543)
• Jimmy Smith - Hobo Flats  (Verve V/V6 8544)
• Tito Rodriguez Live At Birdland  (United Artists UAL 3286)
• Tito Rodriguez Group (no details)  (United Artists UAL 3271)
• Kenyon Hopkins - The Yellow Canary  (Verve V/V6 8548)
• Teddy Charles - Russia Goes Jazz  (United Artists UAL 3365)
• V.A. - Jazz At Liberty  (Radio Liberty 131542)
• Gene Roland And Friends - Swingin' Friends!  (Brunswick BL 54114)
• Freda Payne - After The Lights Go Down Low And Much More!!!  (Impulse A 53)

1964

• Ella Fitzgerald - Hello, Dolly!  (Verve V/V6 4064)

1965 (The age of 40)

• Sonny Stitt/Zoot Sims - Inter-Action  (Cadet LP 760)
• Sonny Stitt - Broadway Soul  (Colpix CP 499)
• Zoot Sims - Suitably Zoot  (Pumpkin 108)
• Jimmy Rushing - Mr. Five By Five "Live"  (Montage 20)
• V.A. - Directly From The Half Note  (Philology [It] W 41-2)
• Al Cohn/Zoot Sims - Al And Zoot In London  (World Record Club [E] TP 714)

1966

• Gary McFarland - Profiles  (Impulse A 9112)
• Leonard Feather Presents The Sound Of Feeling And The Sound Of Oliver Nelson  (Verve V/V6 8743)
• Leonard Feather - Encyclopedia Of Jazz, Vol. 1  (Verve V/V6 8677)
• Zoot Sims - Waiting Game  (Impulse A 9131)
• Tony Bennett - The Movie Song Album  (Columbia CL 2472)

1967

• Bobby Hackett - Creole Cookin'  (Verve V/V6 8698)
• Jazz At The Philharmonic - The Greatest Jazz Concert In The World  (Pablo 2625-704)
• Jazz Interactions Orchestra - Jazzhattan Suite  (Verve V/V6 8731)

1968

• Think Pat Williams  (Verve V/V6 5056)
• Al Cohn/Zoot Sims - Easy As Pie: Live At The West Bank  (Label M 495716)
• Pepper Adams - Encounter!  (Prestige PR 7677)

1972 (The age of 47)

• V.A. - Newport In New York '72: The Jam Sessions, Vol. 3&4  (Cobblestone CST 9026-2)
• V.A. - Newport In New York '72: The Jimmy Smith Jam, Vol. 5  (Cobblestone CST 9027)

1973

• Al Cohn/Zoot Sims - Body And Soul  (Muse MR 5016)
• Zoot Sims - Zoot At Ease  (Famous Door HL 2000)
• Joe Venuti/Zoot Sims - Joe And Zoot  (Chiaroscuro CR 128)
• Count Basie - Basie Jam  (Pablo 2310-718)
• Count Basie/Joe Turner - The Bosses  (Pablo 2310-709)

1974

• Ella Fitzgerald - Fine And Mellow  (Pablo 2310-829)
• V.A. - Swing Today  (RCA LPL 15031)
• A Buck Clayton Jam Session, Vol. 1  (Chiaroscuro CR 132)
• A Buck Clayton Jam Session, Vol. 4  (Chiaroscuro CR 163)
• Zoot Sims' Party  (Choice CRS 1006)
• Zoot Sims - Getting Sentimental  (Candid CHCD 71006)
• Zoot Sims/Bucky Pizzarelli/Buddy Rich - Nirvana  (Groove Merchant GM 533)
• Joe Venuti - Blue Four  (Chiaroscuro CR 134)
• Bobby Hackett/Zoot Sims/Bucky Pizzarelli - Strike Up The Band  (Flying Dutchman [H] BDL 1-0829)
• Dave McKenna Quartet Featuring Zoot Sims  (Chiaroscuro CR 136)
• Dave McKenna Quartet Featuring Zoot Sims  (Chiaroscuro CR(D) 136)
• Al Cohn/Zoot Sims - Motoring Along  (Sonet [Swd] SNTF 684)

1975 (The age of 50)

• Count Basie/Zoot Sims - Basie And Zoot  (Pablo 2310-745)
• Joe Venuti And Zoot Sims  (Chiaroscuro CR 142)
• Joe Venuti/Earl Hines - Chiaroscuro Christmas  (Chiaroscuro CR 1975-A)
• Zoot Sims And The Gershwin Brothers  (Pablo 2310-744)
• Zoot Sims And The Gershwin Brothers  (Fantasy OJCCD 444-2)
• Jazz At The Philharmonic At The Montreux Jazz Festival 1975  (Pablo 2310-748)
• V.A. - The Montreux Collection 1975  (Pablo 2625-707)
• Zoot Sims/Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis/Oscar Peterson - The Tenor Giants Featuring Oscar Peterson  (Pablo PACD 2310-969-2)

1976

• Zoot Sims - Soprano Sax  (Pablo 2310-770)
• The Phil Woods Quartet/Quintet 20th Anniversary Set  (Mosaic MQ7-159)
• Zoot Sims And Friend  (Classic Jazz CJ 21)
• Zoot Sims - Hawthorne Nights  (Pablo 2310-783)
• Woody Herman - The New Thundering Herd  (RCA BGL2 2203)

1977

• Count Basie Jam - Montreux '77  (Pablo Live 2308-209)
• V.A. - The Jam Sessions: Montreux '77  (Pablo Live 2620-105)
• Zoot Sims Meets Jimmy Rowles - If I'm Lucky  (Pablo 2310-803)

1978

• Zoot Sims - For Lady Day  (Pablo 2310-942)
• Zoot Sims And Kenny Drew Trio Live In Denmark  (Stash [J] CEJC 00109)
• Zoot Sims In Copenhagen  (Storyville [D] STCD 8244)
• Zoot Sims With The Kenny Drew Trio - Zoot Sims In Copenhagen  (Mobile Fidelity UDCD 1-694)
• Zoot Sims/Jimmy Rowles - Warm Tenor  (Pablo 2310-831)
• Zoot Sims/Rune Gustafsson - The Sweetest Sounds  (Pablo Today 2312-106)
• Harry "Sweets" Edison/Zoot Sims - Just Friends  (Pablo 2310-841)

1979

• Clark Terry/Zoot Sims - Mother...! Mother...!!: A Jazz Symphony  (Pablo Today 2312-115)
• Oscar Peterson - Original Score From The Silent Partner  (Pablo Today 2312-103)
• Zoot Sims Plays Duke Ellington - Passion Flower  (Pablo Today 2312-120)
• Sarah Vaughan - Duke Ellington Songbook One  (Pablo Today 2312-111)
• Sarah Vaughan - Linger Awhile (Live At Newport And More)  (Pablo Today 2312-144)
• Zoot Sims - The Swinger  (Pablo 2310-861)

1980 (The age of 55)

• Sarah Vaughan/Clark Terry/Zoot Sims/Joe Pass/Milt Jackson/Ray Brown/Mickey Roker - A Celebration Of Duke  (Pablo Today 2312-119)
• Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Abraca Jobim  (Pablo 2630-201)
• Zoot Sims/Bucky Pizzarelli - Elegiac  (Storyville [D] STCD 8238)
• Zoot Sims Live In Philly  (32 Jazz 32056)

1981

• Zoot Sims - I Wish I Were Twins  (Pablo 2310-868)
• Zoot Sims - In A Mellow Tone  (Live At E.J.'s [Portugal] JLR 103.604)
• Art Pepper/Zoot Sims - Art 'N' Zoot  (Pablo PACD 2310-957-2)

1982

• Zoot Sims/Joe Pass - Blues For Two  (Pablo 2310-879)
• The Zoot Sims Four - The Innocent Years  (Pablo 2310-872)
• Michel Legrand - After The Rain  (Pablo Today 2312-139)
• Zoot Sims/Al Cohn - Zoot Case  (Gazell [Swd] GJCD 1021)
• Harry Edison - 'S Wonderful: Live At Club 33, Japan  (Pablo Live 2308-237)

1983

• Zoot Sims - On The Korner  (Pablo PACD 2310-953-2)
• Zoot Sims - Suddenly It's Spring  (Pablo 2310-898)
• Zoot Sims - Suddenly It's Spring  (Fantasy OJCCD 742-2)
• Jazz At The Philharmonic - Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo 1983: Return To Happiness  (Pablo Live 2620-117)

1984

• Zoot Sims Plays Johnny Mandel - Quietly, There  (Pablo 2310-903)
• Zoot Sims - In A Sentimental Mood  (Sonet [Swd] SNTF 932)

Others

• The Best Of Zoot Sims  (Pablo 2310-850)
• The Best Of Zoot Sims  (Pablo PACD 2405-406-2)