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   Number Of Bids
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• 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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