The Four Brothers... Together Again! is an album by the saxophonists Herbie Steward, Al Cohn, Zoot Sims and Serge Chaloff, who were collectively known as the Four Brothers, recorded in 1957 for the RCA Records subsidiary Vik label.

In a review for All About Jazz, Marc Myers called the recording "a superb album that shows off the enormous reed work of four seasoned swingers," and wrote: "The saxophonists sounded as one together but went their merry way when playing alone... The emphasis on blended harmonies and Young-like saxes playing together would become the basis for West Coast jazz just a few years later."

A reviewer for Billboard commented: "The blowing is the thing, and the fellows... give fine accountings of themselves." - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJag-8hqAo4

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Jutta Hipp with Zoot Sims

...and with Ed Thigpen (OK, @octothorpe ?).

Thigpen played with Hipp on the previous release I've posted with her, and given she only recorded in the US in 1954-57, and then stopped...well, there's just not a lot out there.

Having read up on her in the meantime, a rather tragic career...too bad.

But - this is great regardless. Also features Jerry Lloyd (trumpet), Ahmed Abdul-Malik (bass).

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Zoot Sims Goes To Jazzville by Zoot Sims, released in 1957 on Dawn.

John Haley "Zoot" Sims (October 29, 1925 – March 23, 1985)[1] was an American jazz saxophonist, playing mainly tenor but also alto (and, later, soprano) saxophone. 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. - Wikipedia

https://dn720302.ca.archive.org/0/items/cd_zoot-sims-goes-to-jazzville_al-cohn-bock-holofcener-weiss-jerome-lloyd/cd_zoot-sims-goes-to-jazzville_al-cohn-bock-holofcener-weiss-jerome-lloyd.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n_x5Q0YXIE&list=RD8n_x5Q0YXIE&start_radio=1

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Whooeeee (also released as Today's Jazz and Morning Fun) is an album by the Zoot Sims-Bob Brookmeyer Quintet recorded in 1956 for the Storyville label.

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "Sims and Brookmeyer are in fine form". - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JerfQaAlOuE&list=RDJerfQaAlOuE&start_radio=1

#ZootSims #BobBrookmeyer #HankJones #JoJones #Jazz #CoolJazz #Music #Storyville

1973 - Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Zoot Sims Quartet, Bill Evans, Paul Desmond - Half Note - New York

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