ZOOT SIMS & BOB BROOKMEYER OCTET • STRETCHING OUT • 1959 LP UNITED ARTISTS 4023
$
101
$ 101
Sold For
May 10, 2014
Sold Date
May 3, 2014
Start Date
$ 50
Start price
4
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France
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Description
• STRETCHING OUT • NOW WILL YOU BE GOOD • PENNIES FROM HEAVEN •
• KING PORTER STOMP • AIN´T MISBEHAVIN´ • BEE KAY •
LIKE MANY STUDIO SESSIONS RECORDED FOR UNITED ARTISTS, THIS 1958 SESSION CO-
LED BY ZOOT SIMS AND BOB BROOKMEYER CAN BE A BIT TRICKY TO FIND. BROOKMEYER
CONTRIBUTED MOST OF THE CHARTS, INCLUDING THE EASYGOING BLUES WHICH SERVES
AS THE TITLE TRACK, AS WELL AS UPDATED TREATMENTS OF JELLY ROLL MORTON'S
“KING PORTER STOMP’’ AND “AINT’ MISBEHAVIN’ ’’. AL COHN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR A
SWINGING CHART OF “PENNIES FROM HEAVEN’’ DURING WHICH HE SWITCHES TO
BARITONE SAX, WHILE BILL POTTS WROTE AND ARRANGED “BEE KAY’’. THE REST OF THE
SUPERB BAND INCLUDES HARRY “SWEETS’’ EDISON, HANK JONES, BASSIST EDDIE JONES,
GUITARIST FREDDIE GREEN, AND DRUMMER CHARLIE PERSIP... THE ALBUM WAS ISSUED
IN 1959 AND HERE PRESENTED IN GREAT CONDITION WITH SOLID PLAYED DEEP GROOVE
RECORD AND ATTRACTIVE AND FAMOUS FRONT COVER ARTWORK
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