Count Basie & Zoot Sims
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Count Basie & Zoot Sims
Basie & Zoot
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RELEASE DATE: 09 Apr 1975
OJCCD-822-2
GENRE: JAZZ
A combination made in swing heaven, Basie and Zoot: two musicians of different generations for whom eras, styles, and labels had little meaning when it came time to blow. In this 1975 session Basie, a pianist often thought to be the quintessence of cool restraint, disclosed that the early spell cast on him by Fats Waller was still in force. He strides and shouts and even takes a turn on the organ, using what the master showed him 40 years earlier. Sims, who could swing from a standing start, … MORE
