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{{Short description|American jazz saxophonist (1925–1985)}}
{{Infobox musical artist 
| name            = Zoot Sims
| background      = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| image           = Zoot_Sims_1976.jpg
| caption         = Sims in 1976
| birth_name      = John Haley Sims
| birth_date      = {{Birth date|1925|10|29}}
| birth_place     = [[Inglewood, California]], U.S.
| death_date      = {{death date and age|1985|3|23|1925|10|29}}
| death_place     = New York City, U.S.
| genre           = {{flatlist|
* [[Jazz]]
* [[big band]]
* [[cool jazz]]}}
| occupation      = {{flatlist|
* Musician
* composer}}
| instrument      = Saxophone
| years_active    = 1944–85
| label           = {{flatlist|
*[[Pablo Records|Pablo]]
*[[Verve Records|Verve]]
*[[Epic Records|Epic]]
*[[Mercury Records|Mercury]]}}
}}

'''John Haley''' "'''Zoot'''" '''Sims''' (October 29, 1925 – March 23, 1985)<ref name="LarkinGE">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|pages=2275/6}}</ref> was an American [[jazz]] saxophonist, playing mainly tenor but also alto (and, later, soprano) saxophone.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=4362 |title=Zoot Sims|publisher=All About Jazz |access-date=August 8, 2013}}</ref> He first gained attention in the "Four Brothers" sax section of [[Woody Herman]]'s big band, afterward enjoying a long solo career, often in partnership with fellow saxmen [[Gerry Mulligan]] and [[Al Cohn]].
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==Biography==
Sims was born in 1925 in [[Inglewood, California]], United States,<ref name="LarkinGE"/> to [[vaudeville]] performers Kate Haley and John Sims.<ref>[http://www.downbeat.com/artists/artist_main.asp?sect=archives&sub=stories&subid=660&aid=577&photo=&aname=Zoot+Sims] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051026123834/http://www.downbeat.com/artists/artist_main.asp?sect=archives&sub=stories&subid=660&aid=577&photo=&aname=Zoot+Sims|date=October 26, 2005}}</ref> His father was a vaudeville [[Tap dance technique|hoofer]], and Sims prided himself on remembering many of the steps his father taught him. Growing up in a performing family, he learned to play drums and clarinet at an early age. His brother was the trombonist [[Ray Sims]].<ref>Levinson, Peter J. (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=zG-UYr7vBb4C&pg=PA140 ''September in the Rain: The Life of Nelson Riddle'']. Taylor Trade Publishing. p. 140.</ref>

Sims began on tenor saxophone at the age of 13.<ref name="LarkinJazz">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-580-8|pages=364/5}}</ref> He initially modelled his playing on the work of [[Lester Young]], [[Ben Webster]], and [[Don Byas]]. By his late teens, having dropped out of high school, he was playing in big bands, starting with those of [[Kenny Baker (American performer)|Kenny Baker]] and [[Bobby Sherwood]].<ref name="LarkinJazz"/> He joined [[Benny Goodman]]'s band for the first time in 1943<ref name="LarkinJazz"/> (he was to rejoin in 1946, and continued to perform with Goodman on occasion through the late 1970s). Sims replaced Ben Webster in [[Sid Catlett]]'s Quartet of 1944.<ref name=obit /> In May 1944, Sims made his recording debut for [[Commodore Records]] in a sextet led by pianist [[Joe Bushkin]],<ref name="LarkinJazz"/> who two months earlier had recorded for the same label as part of Lester Young's Kansas City Six.

Sims served as a corporal in the [[United States Army Air Forces|United States Army Air Force]] from 1944 to 1946, then returned to music in the bands of [[Artie Shaw]], [[Stan Kenton]], and [[Buddy Rich]]. He was one of [[Woody Herman]]'s [[Four Brothers (jazz standard)|"Four Brothers"]].<ref name="LarkinJazz"/> From 1954–1956 he toured with his friend [[Gerry Mulligan]]'s sextet, and in the early 1960s, with Mulligan's Concert Jazz Band. Sims played on some of [[Jack Kerouac]]'s recordings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/blues-and-haikus-zoot-sims-emi-music-review-by-sid-smith.php|title=Jack Kerouac with Al Cohn and Zoot Sims: Blues And Haikus|last=Smith|first=Sid|date=May 5, 2008|website=All About Jazz|language=en|access-date=2017-09-15}}</ref> From the late 1950s to the end of his life, Sims was primarily a freelancer, though he worked frequently in the 1960s and early 1970s with a group co–led with [[Al Cohn]].<ref name="LarkinJazz"/> In the 1970s and 1980s, he also played and recorded regularly with a handful of other musical partners including [[Bucky Pizzarelli]], [[Joe Venuti]], and [[Jimmy Rowles]]. In 1975, he began recording for Norman Granz's [[Pablo Records]] label.<ref name="LarkinJazz"/> Sims appeared on more than 20 Pablo albums, mostly as a featured solo artist, but also as a backing musician for artists including [[Count Basie]], [[Sarah Vaughan]], and [[Clark Terry]]. Between 1974 and 1983, Sims recorded six studio albums with pianist Jimmy Rowles in a quartet setting that critic Scott Yanow wrote feature Sims at his best.<ref name="Cerra">{{Cite web|url=https://jazzprofiles.blogspot.com/2009/04/john-haley-zoot-sims-part-3.html|title=Jazz Profiles: John Haley "Zoot" Sims - Part 3|last=Cerra|first=Steven|date=2009-04-02|website=Jazz Profiles|access-date=2019-10-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Yanow |first1=Scott |title=Warm Tenor |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/warm-tenor-mw0000276105 |website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>

Sims acquired the nickname "Zoot" early in his career while he was in the Kenny Baker band in [[California]]. "When he joined Kenny Baker's band as a fifteen-year-old [[tenor saxophonist]], each of the music stands was embellished with a nonsense word. The one he sat behind said 'Zoot.' That became his name."<ref name="Cerra"/> English musician [[Zoot Money]] and the Muppets character [[Zoot (Muppet)|Zoot]] were both named after Zoot Sims.<ref name="Zoot Money biog">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/zoot-money-p4938/biography|title=Zoot Money biog|author=Eder, Bruce|work=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=4 January 2012}}</ref>

Sims played a 30-second solo on the song "[[Poetry Man]]", written by singer [[Phoebe Snow]] on her debut eponymous album in 1974.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/phoebe-snow-mw0000108442|title=Phoebe Snow - Phoebe Snow {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic|language=en-us|access-date=2019-10-27}}</ref> He also played on [[Laura Nyro]]'s "Lonely Women", on her album ''[[Eli and the Thirteenth Confession]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.songfacts.com/facts/laura-nyro/lonely-women|title=Lonely Women by Laura Nyro - Songfacts|last=Songfacts|website=www.songfacts.com|language=en|access-date=2019-10-27}}</ref>

Sims' last studio recording was a November, 1984 trio session featuring bassist [[Red Mitchell]], recorded in Sweden and released in 1985 by [[Sonet Records|Sonet records]]. He died of lung cancer on March 23, 1985, in New York City,<ref name=obit>Folkart, Burt A. [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-03-24-me-30216-story.html "Saxophonist John Haley (Zoot) Sims Dies at 59"]. ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', March 24, 1985. Retrieved February 1, 2013.</ref> and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, in [[Nyack, New York]].

== Discography ==
[[File:Zoot Sims.jpg|thumb|Sims at Keystone Korner, San Francisco, California, 1983]]
=== As leader/co-leader ===
* 1950: ''The Zoot Sims Quartet in Paris'' (Discovery, 1950)
* 1950–51: ''Swinging with Zoot'' ([[Prestige Records|Prestige]], 1951)
* 1950–51: ''Tenor Sax Favorites'' (Prestige, 1951)
* 1949–52: ''[[The Brothers (album)|The Brothers]]'' with [[Stan Getz]] (Prestige, 1956)
* 1952: ''Contemporary Music'' as Zoot Sims All Stars (Prestige, 1953) – also released as ''Zoot Sims All Stars'' (Esquire)
* 1950–54: ''Zoot Sims Quintet'' with [[Stu Williamson]] (Prestige, 1954) – reissued as ''Good Old Zoot'' (New Jazz, 1962)[LP]
* 1950–54: ''Zootcase'' (Prestige, 1975)[2LP]
* 1954?: ''Zoot Simms In Hollywood'' (New Jazz, 1954)
* 1954<!--December 17, -->: ''Happy Minors'' with [[Red Mitchell]], [[Bob Brookmeyer]] ([[Bethlehem Records|Bethlehem]], 1955)
* 1955<!--February 14, -->: ''Playing'' as Hall Daniels' Septet (Jump, 1955) – reissued as ''Nash–Ville'' (Zim, 1977) with [[Dick Nash]]
* <!--January -->1956: ''[[The Modern Art of Jazz by Zoot Sims]]'' ([[Dawn Records|Dawn]], 1956)
* <!--January -->1956: ''[[From A to...Z]]'' with Al Cohn ([[RCA Victor]], 1957)
* 1956: ''[[Tonite's Music Today]]'' with Bob Brookmeyer (Storyville, 1956)
* 1956: ''[[Whooeeee]]'' with Bob Brookmeyer (Storyville, 1956)
* 1956: ''Zoot Sims Avec Henri Renaud Et Son Orchestre Et Jon Eardley'' with [[Henri Renaud]] Et Son Orchestre and [[Jon Eardley]] (Ducretet–Thomson, 1956)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Zoot-Sims-avec-Henri-Renaud-et-son-orchestre-et-Jon-Eardley/release/6430437|title=Zoot Sims Avec Henri Renaud Et Son Orchestre Et Jon Eardley - Zoot Sims Avec Henri Renaud Et Son Orchestre Et Jon Eardley|website=Discogs|access-date=15 November 2017}}</ref>
* 1956: ''Zoot'' ([[Argo Records]], 1957)
* 1956: ''[[Zoot!]]'' ([[Riverside Records|Riverside]], 1957)
* 1956: ''[[Tenor Conclave]]'' with [[John Coltrane]], [[Al Cohn]], [[Hank Mobley]], [[Red Garland]], [[Paul Chambers]] and [[Art Taylor]] (Prestige, 1957) 
* 1956: ''Goes to Jazzville'' (Dawn, 1957)
* 1956: ''Live at Falcon Lair'' with [[Joe Castro]] Trio ([[Pablo Records|Pablo]], 2004)
* 1956: ''Zoot Sims Plays Alto, Tenor, and Baritone'' ([[ABC Records|ABC-Paramount]], 1957)
* 1956–57: ''Bohemia After Dark'' (Jazz Hour, 1994)
* 1957: ''[[The Four Brothers... Together Again!]]'' with [[Herbie Steward]] et al. ([[Vik Records|Vik]], 1957)
* 1957: ''Zoot Sims Plays Four Altos'' (ABC-Paramount, 1957) 
* 1957: ''[[Al and Zoot]]'' with [[Al Cohn]] ([[Coral Records|Coral]], 1957)
* 1957: ''[[Locking Horns]]'' with [[Joe Newman (trumpeter)|Joe Newman]] (Rama, 1957)
* 1957–58: ''Happy Over Hoagy'' with Al Cohn Septet (Jass, 1987) – complete session plus 1961 live date with [[Mose Allison]] was released as ''The Hoagy Carmichael Sessions And More'' (Lone Hill Jazz, 2004)
* 1958: ''[[Stretching Out (Zoot Sims and Bob Brookmeyer album)|Stretching Out]]'' with [[Bob Brookmeyer]] et al. ([[United Artists Records|United Artists]], 1959)
* 1954–59: ''Choice'' ([[Pacific Jazz Records|Pacific Jazz]], 1961)
* 1959: ''[[Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note]]'' with Al Cohn and [[Phil Woods]] ([[United Artists Records|United Artists]], 1959) – live
* 1959?: ''A Gasser!'' with [[Annie Ross]] ([[World Pacific]], 1959)
* 1959–60: ''Either Way'' with [[Al Cohn]] (Fred Miles, 1961)
* 1960: ''[[You 'n' Me (Al Cohn-Zoot Sims Quintet album)|You 'n' Me]]'' with Al Cohn (Mercury, 1960)
* 1960: ''[[Down Home (Zoot Sims album)|Down Home]]'' ([[Bethlehem Records|Bethlehem]], 1960)
* 1961: ''[[Either Way (album)|Either Way]]'' with Al Cohn (Fred Miles Presents, 1961)
* 1961: ''Zoot at Ronnie Scott's'' ([[Fontana Records|Fontana]], 1962)
* 1961: ''Solo for Zoot'' (Fontana, 1962)
* 1962?: ''New Beat Bossa Nova Means The Samba Swings'' ([[Colpix Records|Colpix]], 1962)
* 1962?: ''New Beat Bossa Nova Vol. 2'' (Colpix, 1962)
* 1964: ''[[Two Jims and Zoot]]'' with [[Jimmy Raney]] and [[Jim Hall (musician)|Jim Hall]] ([[Mainstream Records|Mainstream]], 1964) – also released as ''Outra Vez''
* 1965: ''[[Inter-Action]]'' with [[Sonny Stitt]] ([[Cadet Records|Cadet]], 1965)
* 1965: ''Suitably Zoot'' (Pumpkin, 1979)
* 1965: ''Al and Zoot in London'' with Al Cohn (World Record Club, 1967)
* 1965: ''At the Half Note Again'' – not officially released
* 1966: ''[[Waiting Game (album)|Waiting Game]]'' ([[Impulse! Records|Impulse!]], 1966)
* 1967: ''[[The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World]]'' ([[Pablo Records|Pablo]], 1975)
* 1968: ''Easy as Pie: Live at the Left Bank'' with Al Cohn (Label M, 2001)
* 1973: ''[[Body and Soul (Al Cohn & Zoot Sims album)|Body and Soul]]'' with [[Al Cohn]] ([[Muse Records|Muse]], 1973)
* 1973: ''Zoot Suite'' (High Note, 2007) – live audience recording 
* 1973: ''Joe & Zoot'' with [[Joe Venuti]] ([[Chiaroscuro Records|Chiaroscuro]], 1974) – expanded reissue as ''Joe & Zoot & More'' ([[Chiaroscuro Records|Chiaroscuro]], 2002)
* 1974: ''Zoot Sims' Party'' (Choice, 1974) – released as ''Getting Sentimental'' ([[Candid Records (UK) albums discography|Candid]], 1997)[CD]
* 1974: ''[[Nirvana (Zoot Sims and Bucky Pizzarelli album)|Nirvana]]'' with Bucky Pizzarelli and special guest [[Buddy Rich]] ([[Groove Merchant]], 1974) – reissued as ''Somebody Loves Me'' (Lester Recording Catalog, 2003)
* 1974: ''Strike Up the Band'' with [[Bobby Hackett]] and Bucky Pizzarelli ([[Flying Dutchman Records|Flying Dutchman]], 1975)
* 1974: ''Dave McKenna Quartet Featuring Zoot Sims'' ([[Chiaroscuro Records|Chiaroscuro]], 1974) with [[Dave McKenna]] – reissued in 1994 on CD with four extra tracks
* 1974: ''[[Motoring Along]]'' with [[Al Cohn]] and [[Horace Parlan]] (Sonet, 1975)
* 1975: ''[[Basie & Zoot]]'' with [[Count Basie]] (Pablo, 1975)
* 1975: ''[[Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers]]'' with [[Oscar Peterson]] and [[Joe Pass]] (Pablo, 1975)
* 1975 ''[[The Tenor Giants Featuring Oscar Peterson]]'' with [[Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis]] (Pablo, 1975)
* 1976: ''Zoot Sims With Bucky Pizzarelli'' with [[Bucky Pizzarelli]] (Classic Jazz, 1976) – also released as ''Summon''
* 1976: ''[[Soprano Sax (Zoot Sims album)|Soprano Sax]]'' with [[Ray Bryant]] and [[George Mraz]] (Pablo, 1976)
* 1976: ''[[Hawthorne Nights]]'' (Pablo, 1977) 
* 1977: ''[[If I'm Lucky (album)|If I'm Lucky]]'' with [[Jimmy Rowles]] (Pablo, 1977)
* 1978: ''[[For Lady Day]]'' with Jimmy Rowles (Pablo, 1991)
* 1978: ''Zoot Sims in Copenhagen'' (Storyville, 1995)
* 1978: ''[[Just Friends (Zoot Sims and Harry Edison album)|Just Friends]]'' with [[Harry Edison]] (Pablo, 1980)
* 1978: ''[[Warm Tenor]]'' with Jimmy Rowles (Pablo, 1979)
* 1978: ''[[The Sweetest Sounds (Rune Gustafsson and Zoot Sims album)|The Sweetest Sounds]]'' with [[Rune Gustafsson]] (Sonet Gramofon/Pablo Today, 1979)
* 1979–80: ''The Swinger'' (Pablo, 1981)
* 1979–80: ''Passion Flower: Zoot Sims Plays Duke Ellington'' (Pablo, 1980)
* <!-- July -->1981: ''I Wish I Were Twins'' with [[Jimmy Rowles]] (Pablo, 1981)
* <!-- September -->1981: ''[[Art 'n' Zoot]]'' with [[Art Pepper]] (Pablo, 1995)
* <!--March -->1982: ''The Innocent Years'' as The Zoot Sims Four (Pablo, 1982)
* <!--March & June -->1982: ''Blues for Two'' with [[Joe Pass]] (Pablo, 1983)
* <!--March -->1983: ''On The Korner'' (Pablo, 1994) – the last recording at The [[Keystone Korner]]
* <!--May -->1983: ''Suddenly It's Spring'' (Pablo, 1983)
* <!--March -->1984: ''Quietly There: Zoot Sims Plays Johnny Mandel'' (Pablo, 1984) – compositions of [[Johnny Mandel]]

'''Compilations'''
* ''The Best of Zoot Sims'' (Pablo, 1980)
* ''That Old Feeling'' (Chess, 1995) – double–issue CD of two 1956 albums: ''Zoot'' and ''Zoot Sims Plays Alto, Tenor, and Baritone''

=== As sideman ===
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'''With [[Pepper Adams]]'''
* ''[[Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus]]'' (Workshop Jazz, 1964) – rec. 1963
* ''[[Encounter!]]'' (Prestige, 1969) – rec. 1968

'''With [[Chet Baker]]'''
* ''[[Chet Baker & Strings]]'' ([[Columbia Records|Columbia]], 1954) – rec. 1953-54
* ''[[Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe]]'' (Riverside, 1959)

'''With [[Count Basie]]'''
* ''[[The Bosses]]'' with [[Big Joe Turner]] (Pablo, 1973)
* ''Count Basie Jam'' (Gruppo Editoriale Fabbri, 1981) – rec. 1977

'''With [[Al Cohn]]'''
* ''[[The Sax Section]]'' ([[Epic Records|Epic]], 1956)
* ''[[Son of Drum Suite]]'' (RCA Victor, 1960)
* ''[[Jazz Mission to Moscow]]'' (Colpix, 1962)

'''With [[Woody Herman]]'''
* ''The Thundering Herds'' (Columbia, 1966) - rec. 1945-1947
* ''Keeper Of The Flame (The Complete Capitol Recordings Of The Four Brothers Band)'' ([[Capitol Records|Capitol]], 1992) - rec. 1948-1949
* ''New Big Herd At The Monterey Jazz Festival'' (Atlantic, 1960) – rec. 1959

'''With [[Quincy Jones]]'''
* ''[[This Is How I Feel About Jazz]]'' (ABC-Paramount, 1957) – rec. 1956-1957
* ''[[The Birth of a Band!]]'' (Mercury, 1959)
* ''[[Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini]]'' (Mercury, 1964)
* ''[[Quincy Plays for Pussycats]]'' (Mercury, 1965) – rec. 1959-1965

'''With [[Stan Kenton]]'''
* ''[[Portraits on Standards]]'' (Capitol, 1953)
* ''[[The Kenton Era]]'' (Capitol, 1955) – rec. 1940-1954

'''With [[Carmen McRae]]'''
* ''[[Something to Swing About]]'' (Kapp, 1960) – rec. 1959
* ''[[Ms. Jazz]]'' (Groove Merchant, 1974) – rec. 1973

'''With [[Gerry Mulligan]]'''
* ''[[California Concerts]]'' (Pacific Jazz, 1955) – rec. 1954
* ''[[Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet]]'' (EmArcy, 1955)
* ''[[Mainstream of Jazz]]'' (EmArcy, 1956)
* ''A Profile of Gerry Mulligan'' (EmArcy, 1959) – rec. 1955-1956
* ''The Arranger (1946-1957)'' (Columbia, 1977) – rec. 1946-1957
* ''[[The Gerry Mulligan Songbook]]'' (World Pacific, 1958) – rec. 1957
* ''[[The Concert Jazz Band]]'' (Verve, 1960)
* ''[[Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band on Tour]]'' (Verve, 1962) – rec. 1960
* ''Something Borrowed – Something Blue'' (Limelight, 1966)

'''With [[Oliver Nelson]]'''
* ''[[Encyclopedia of Jazz]]'' (Verve, 1967) – rec. 1965-1966
* ''[[The Sound of Feeling]]'' (Verve, 1968) – rec. 1966-1967

'''With [[Sarah Vaughan]]'''
* ''[[Vaughan and Violins]]'' (Mercury, 1959) – rec. 1958
* ''[[The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 1]]'' (Pablo, 1979)
* ''[[Linger Awhile: Live at Newport and More]]'' (Pablo, 2000) – rec. 1957-1982

'''With [[Joe Williams (jazz singer)|Joe Williams]]'''
* ''[[At Newport '63 (Joe Williams album)|At Newport '63]]'' (RCA Victor, 1963)
* ''Having The Blues Under European Sky'' (Denon, 1985) – live rec. 1970s
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'''With Others'''
* [[Trigger Alpert]], ''[[Trigger Happy!]]'' (Riverside, 1956)
* [[Louie Bellson]], ''[[Louis Bellson Quintet]]'' (Norgran, 1955) – rec. 1954
* [[Clifford Brown]], ''Jazz Immortal'' (Pacific Jazz, 2001) – rec. 1954
* [[Ray Charles]], ''[[The Genius of Ray Charles]]'' (Atlantic, 1959)
* The [[Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band]], ''[[Jazz Is Universal]]'' (Atlantic, 1962) – rec. 1961
* [[Chris Connor]], ''[[Chris Connor (album)|Chris Connor]]'' (Atlantic, 1956)
* [[Miles Davis]], ''[[Miles Davis and Horns|Plays Al Cohn Compositions (Miles Davis and Horns CD)]]'' (Prestige, 1956) – rec. 1953
* [[Kenny Dorham]], ''Hot Stuff From Brazil'' (West Wind, 1990) – rec. 1961
* [[Jon Eardley]], ''The Jon Eardley Seven'' (Prestige, 1956) – reissued as ''Zoot Sims Koo Koo'' (Status, 1965)
* [[Booker Ervin]], ''[[The Book Cooks]]'' (Bethlehem, 1961) – rec. 1960
* [[Bill Evans]], ''[[Loose Blues]]'' (Milestone, 1982) – rec. 1962
* [[Art Farmer]], ''[[The Aztec Suite]]'' (United Artists, 1959)
* [[Curtis Fuller]], ''[[South American Cookin']]'' (Epic, 1961)
* [[Benny Goodman]], ''[[Benny Goodman in Moscow]]'' (RCA Victor, 1962)
* [[Bobby Hackett]], ''[[Creole Cookin']]'' (Verve, 1967)
* [[Coleman Hawkins]], ''[[The Hawk in Hi Fi]]'' with [[Billy Byers]] and his orchestra ([[RCA Records|RCA Victor]], 1956)
* [[Jutta Hipp]], ''[[Jutta Hipp with Zoot Sims]]'' (Blue Note, 1957) – rec. 1956
* [[Chubby Jackson]], ''All Star Big Band'' (Prestige, 1950)
* [[Jack Kerouac]], ''[[Blues and Haikus]]'' (Hanover-Signature, 1959) – rec. 1958
* [[Irene Kral]], ''[[SteveIreneo!]]'' (United Artists, 1959)
* [[Elliot Lawrence]], ''Big Band Modern'' (Jazztone, 1957)
* [[Michel Legrand]], ''After The Rain'' (Pablo, 1983) – rec. 1982
* [[Stan Levey]] and [[Red Mitchell]], ''West Coast Rhythm'' (Affinity, 1982) – rec. 1954-1955
* [[The Manhattan Transfer]], ''[[The Manhattan Transfer (album)|The Manhattan Transfer]]'' (Atlantic, 1975)
* [[Gary McFarland]], ''[[Profiles (Gary McFarland album)|Profiles]]'' (Impulse!, 1966)
* Ted McNabb, ''Big Band Swing'' (Epic, 1960) – rec. 1959
* The [[Metronome All-Stars]], ''[[Metronome All-Stars 1956]]'' (Clef, 1956)
* [[Charles Mingus]], ''[[The Complete Town Hall Concert]]'' (Blue Note, 1994) – rec. 1962
* [[Red Mitchell]], ''Happy Minors'' (Bethlehem, 1955) also with [[Bob Brookmeyer]] – rec. 1954
* [[Jack Montrose]], ''[[Arranged by Montrose]]'' (Pacific Jazz, 1955) – rec. 1954
* [[Anita O'Day]], ''[[All the Sad Young Men (album)|All the Sad Young Men]]'' (Verve, 1962) – rec. 1961
* [[Bud Powell]], ''Live at the Blue Note Café, Paris 1961''
* [[Robert Prince (composer)|Bob Prince]], ''Saxes Inc.'' (Warner Bros, 1959)
* [[Buddy Rich]] and [[Lionel Hampton]], ''[[Transition (Buddy Rich Lionel Hampton album)|Transition]]'' (Groove Merchant, 1974)
* [[Shorty Rogers]], ''[[Shorty Rogers Courts the Count]]'' (RCA Victor, 1954)
* [[Jimmy Rushing]], ''The You And Me That Used To Be'' ([[RCA Records|RCA]], 1971)
* [[Lalo Schifrin]] and [[Bob Brookmeyer]], ''[[Samba Para Dos]]'' (Verve, 1963)
* [[Johnny Smith]], ''[[Moonlight in Vermont (album)|Moonlight in Vermont]]'' (Roost, 1956) – rec. 1952-53
* [[Phoebe Snow]], ''[[Phoebe Snow (album)|Phoebe Snow]]'' (Shelter, 1974) – rec. 1973
* [[Sonny Stitt]], ''[[Broadway Soul]]'' (Colpix, 1965)
* [[Clark Terry]], ''[[Mother ! Mother !]]'' (Pablo, 1980) – rec. 1979
* [[Joe Venuti]], ''The Joe Venuti Blue Four'' (Chiaroscuro, 1974)
* [[Chuck Wayne]], ''[[The Jazz Guitarist]]'' (Savoy, 1956) – rec. 1953
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==See also==
* [[Zoot Money]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{AllMusic | id= zoot-sims-mn0000228087 | label= Zoot Sims}}
* {{discogs artist|263796-Zoot-Sims|Zoot Sims}}
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