Zoot's Bossa Nova - Zoot Sims 1977

Shadow Waltz - Sims Zoot 1977
From one of the best Peter Appelyard Shows recorded in Toronto in the late seventies was a performance of three famous guests. Zoot Zims on tenor saxophone, Hank Jones piano and the incredible bassist Slam Stewart. Peter instead of on vibes plays maracas to enhance the the bossa nova feel. To me this sounds like a home made melody just wonderfully done just for the occassion. The local musicians are Bill Richard guitar and Claude Ranger drums.

[@cooljazzr]

Wow, Zoot plays with so much energy and emotion! And that tone! You can tell he's really enjoying himself.

[@Thursdaym2]

Epitome of cool!

[@michaelmcdermott7349]

Timeless

[@mikefarmer7238]

Zoot was unable to play anything that was less than great. So glad he made plenty of records.

[@jimdixon3470]

Jimmy Rowles may be to thank for turning this old waltz written by Harry Warren for a Busby Berkeley dance routine into a hip cousin of Jobim's 'Desafinado'. Rowles knew a million obscure tunes, and this one showed up on Zoot's 1977 album "If I'm Lucky", the first of a run of six LPs that Rowles and Zoot made for Pablo. The original movie version is here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mp2zpnWQadR2qJY The drummer, Claude Ranger, vanished in 2000, and was never found. By that point he'd retired from drumming and was living in public housing in Fraser Valley, near Vancouver.

[@maralimperi7117]

Mainio!!

[@BudC1000]

Stan Getz

[@robertgalardi3731]

Getz with Balls...

[@1dotele]

was Zoot playing a 10M?

[@smythe555]

Selmer Radio Improved, I believe.

[@shakydave]

Desafinado

[@MrMulligan169]

Em sembla que es Shadow waltz