"Zoot-The Zoot Sims Quintet" original Riverside mono w/Nick Travis-RLP 12-228
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“For a little while in the mid-'50s, Zoot Sims occasionally doubled on alto although he soon switched back exclusively to tenor where he had a stronger musical personality. On( the CD reissue of) Riverside's 1956 Zoot!, Sims plays alto on two of the seven tracks and works well with trumpeter Nick Travis. Actually, pianist George Handy, who contributed four originals, (two standards and drummer Osie Johnson's ‘Osmosis' complete the program) and did all of the arranging, comes across as the key supporting player; bassist Wilbur Ware and Johnson are fine in quiet support. Although Handy's arrangements are a bit modern, this is still a typically hard-swinging and melodic Zoot Sims date.” Scott Yanow -All Music Guide
FYI: The jacket credits "Florence Handy" with the four originals. It may be a pseudonym.
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