Zoot Simms "Tonite's Music Today" 1956 U.S. Mono D.G. Jazz LP Storyville STLP907
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Mar 3, 2017 Sold Date
Feb 24, 2017 Start Date
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ARTIST – ZOOT SIMS & BOB BROOKMEYER

 

TITLE – TONITE'S MUSIC TODAY

 

LABEL – STORYVILLE

 

CAT# - STLP 907

 

SLEEVE – VG to VG+

 

WAX – VG to VG+



                       1956 U.S. MONO 1ST EDITION DEEP GROOVE HEAVYWEIGHT WAX ON STORYVILLE LABEL. SLEEVE HAS SOME LIGHT RING WEAR / FADING. SMALL SEAM SPLIT BOTTOM CENTER & TOP RIGHT BY OPENING. WAX STILL RETAINS GLOSSY LOOK, HAS SOME LIGHT MARKS, NOTHING SERIOUS. SAMPLED & SOUNDS PRETTY CLEAN, A VERY NICE COPY. MATRIX ON DEAD WAX READS;


SIDE 1 -  G8 OP3191 - A1

SIDE 2 -  G8 OP3192 - A1




BRIEF NOTE ABOUT WAX: LADY JOSEPHINE (A.K.A. SHORTY)

 

I MET JOSEPHINE & HER NIECE BACK IN DECEMBER 2015. SHE WAS AN ELDERLY PETITE ITALIAN WOMAN (80’s) WHO LIVED IN NYC’s WEST VILLAGE. SHE SHARED MEMORIES W/ ME OF HER YOUTH & THE CLUBS SHE WENT TO AS A YOUNG WOMAN DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE BE-BOP/HARD–BOP ERA OF JAZZ (SMALLS on W10 St., VILLAGE VANGUARD 7Th Ave South, CAFÉ WAH MacDougal St., VILLAGE GATE Bleecker St. etc). PRIOR TO PARTING WAYS, I INQUIRED IF SHE HAD ANY WAX THAT SHE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SELLING. SHE ASKED FOR MY PHONE NUMBER & TOLD HER NIECE, “UPON HER PASSING, TO GIVE ME A CALL.”  I RECENTLY RECEIVED THAT PHONECALL & WAS ABLE TO PURCHASE APROX. 400 LP’s. THE MAJORITY OF WHICH WERE ORIGINAL MONO PRESSINGS ON THAT HEAVY WEIGHT 200grm WAX FROM THE 50’s & 60’s. A HANDFUL WERE IN EX to NM- CONDITION, MOST OTHERS VG- / VG / VG+. THIS PARTICULAR LP IS FROM HER COLLECTION. *R.I.P. SHORTY*




Tracklist Hide Credits

A1 Mr. Moon Written-By – Allen*
A2 I Hear A Rhapsody Written-By – Gasparre*, Fragos*, Baker*
A3 The Chant Written-By – Mulligan*
A4 Blues Vocals – Zoot SimsWritten-By – Traditional
B1 Zoot's Tune Written-By – Sims*
B2 How Long Has This Been Going On? Written-By – George Gershwin
B3 Bobby's Tune Written-By – Brookmeyer*
B4 Blue Skies Written-By – Irving Berlin

Credits

  • Bass – Wyatt Ruther
  • Design [Cover] – Burt Goldblatt
  • Drums – Gus Johnson
  • Liner Notes – Norman J. O'Connor, C.S.P.*
  • Piano, Celesta [Celeste] – Hank Jones
  • Tenor Saxophone – Zoot Sims
  • Valve Trombone – Bobby Brookmeyer*

Notes

US original issue.

Recorded in New York City, February 1956.



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