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Pettiford-led small and mid-size group recordings are always excellent

Just checked my database to discover, with surprise, that I own 56 Zoot Sims references, with some duplication: Complete Prestige & Vogue Studio Masters Prestige-Vogue/Jazz Factory 1950 (50-53) Zoom Sims / Frank Rosolino Vogue 1950 (50-53) Zoot Sims & Al Cohn Prestige 1952 Zoot Sims & Al Cohn - Two Funky People. Complete 1952-61 RCA-Coral-Prestige-Epic-Mercury 1952 (52-61) Choice Pacific Jazz 1954 (54-59) Zoot Argo/Avid 1956 Et Henri Renaud. Jazz in Paris Gitanes/Emarcy 1956 Plays Alto, Tenor and Baritone ABC-Paramount/Fresh Sound Records 1956 Goes to Jazzville! Dawn/Blue Moon 1956 Bob Brookmeyer & Zoot Sims - Whooeeee Storyville 1956 On Ducretet-Thomson plus 4 (1956) Ducretet-Thompson 1956 Al Cohn & Zoot Sims - From A to Z RCA Victor 1956 The Modern Art Of Jazz Dawn 1956 John Coltrane & Hank Mobley & Al Cohn & Zoot Sims - Tenor Conclave Prestige 1956 Bob Brookmeyer & Zoot Sims - Whooeeee Jazztone/Storyville/Avid 1956 Jutta Hipp and Zoot Sims Blue Note 1956 Zoot Sims & Bob Brookmeyer - Morning Fun Black Lion 1956 Zoot Sims & Joe Newman - Locking horns Roulette/Fresh Sound Records 1957 Zoot Sims & Al Cohn - Al and Zoot Coral 1957 The Four Brothers - Together again! Vik/RCA/Avid 1957 Plays Four Altos ABC 1957 Zoot Sims & Al Cohn - The Hoagy Carmichael sessions and more Lonehill Jazz 1957 (57-61) Zoot Sims & Al Cohn - Stretching Out United Artists/Liberty 1958 Saxes Inc. Columbia/Lonehill 1959 Zoot Sims & Al Cohn & Phil Woods - Jazz Alive - A night at the Half Note United Artists/Blue Note 1959 Down home (feat. Dave McKenna) Bethlehem/Lonehill Jazz 1960 Cookin' Fontana 1961 Live at Ronnie Scott´s 61 Fresh Sound Records 1961 New Beat Bossa Nova Means The Samba Beats vol.2 Colpix 1962 Recado Bossa Nova Fresh Sound Records 1962 New Beat Bossa Nova Means The Samba Beats Colpix 1962 Sonny Stitt & Zoot Sims - Inter-Action Cadet 1965 Waiting Game Impulse 1966 Al Cohn & Zoot Sims - Easy As Pie-Live At The Left Bank Label M 1968 Zoot Suite High Note 1973 Zoot Sims & Al Cohn - Body and soul Muse/32 Jazz 1973 Joe Venuti & Zoot Sims - Joe & Zoot & More Chiaroscuro 1973 (73-74) Party Choice 1974 Zoot Sims & Bucky Pizzarelli - Nirvana Groove Merchant 1974 Al Cohn & Zoot Sims - Motorin' Along Sonet 1974 JATP at the Monterey Jazz Festival 1975 Pablo 1975 And the Gershwin brothers Pablo/OJC 1975 Count Basie & Zoot Sims - Basie and Zoot Pablo/OJC 1975 Zoot Sims & Eddie Lockjaw Davis - The Tenor Giants Featuring Oscar Peterson Pablo 1975 Zoot Sims meets Jimmy Rowles - If I'm lucky Pablo 1977 Hawthorne Nights Pablo 1977 Warm tenor Pablo 1978 Love for sale. Live in Dublin 1978 Nagel Heyer 1978 For Lady Day Pablo 1978 Plays Duke Ellington. Passion Flower Pablo 1979 (79-80) The swinger Pablo/OJC 1979 (79-80) In a mellow tone Live at EJ´s 1981 Zoot Sims & Joe Pass - Blues For Two Pablo 1982 On the korner Pablo 1983 Plays Johnny Mandel: Quietly There Pablo 1984 In a sentimental mood Sonet 1984

Still in my to-buy list after so many years... 😔 This is what I have, plus the Good Time Jazz compilation "Doctor Jazz": Complete Blue Note Recordings 1943 (43-55) Blue Note / Mosaic At Manny's Tavern 1949 1949 American Music At Herbert Otto's party 1949 American Music The Beverly Caverns sessions 1953 Good Time Jazz Ice cream 1953 Delmark George Lewis Bands, Trios & Quintets 1953 (53-55) American Music George Lewis / Red Allen - The Circle Recordings 1955 American Music And His New Orleans Stompers 1955 Blue Note On stage (On stage & At Newport) 1956 Verve/Upbeat In Hi-Fi... Plus 1956 (56-57) Cavalier/Upbeat At Newport (On stage & At Newport) 1957 Verve/Upbeat George Lewis Ragtime Band - In concert 1959, Manchester Free Trade Hall 1959 504

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Nice singer, for sure. I am also pretty sure you know of and have listened to Roberta Gambarini, who to these ears is one of the most interesting jazz vocalists nowadays.

You're playing with fire, Dan, by putting Art Tatum and Oscar Peterson at the same level of mastery... Pandora box might be reopened... Having said that, I will check him out!

Same here. A favorite among Satchmo's 50s output. And, from me perspective, the narration does add up to get the whole picture.

Bria Skonberg's last recording, released just a few days ago. Excellent disc, with the focus on her trumpet playing -covering a wide range of styles and registers- rather than on her otherwise excellent vocalist skills. Highly recommended!

RIP. I particularly like a few of the Fish discs, though I haven’t delved into his solo recordings. First time I heard of / listened to Country Joe was in a 2-disc compilation of Woodstock material, some 40 years ago:

I can't edit my initial post. Just to highlight that the correct spelling of Kees' first name is 'Cornelis' and not 'Cornelius'. My mistake!