Zoot Sims Discography - session index
1944 (age 19)
1947 (age 22)
1948
1949
1950
- Chubby Jackson All Star Band NYC, Mar. 15, 1950
- Gene Roland Orch. Nola Penthouse Sound Studios, NYC, Apr. 3, 1950
- Zoot Sims' 5/Zoot Sims' 4 Stockholm, Sweden, Apr. 23, 1950
- Zoot Sims Five/Three Bros. Stockholm, Sweden, Apr. 24, 1950
- "King David" Little Jazz / Roy Eldridge 5 Paris, France, June 9, 1950
- Zoot Sims 4 Paris, France, June 26, 1950
- Zoot Sims 4 NYC, Sep. 16, 1950
1951
1952
- Johnny Smith 5 NYC, Apr., 1952
- Zoot Sims and Al Cohn NYC, Sep. 8, 1952
- Charlie Parker 8 Howard Theatre, Washington, DC, Oct. 17, 1952
- Zoot Sims 7 Birdland, NYC, 1952
1953
- Zoot Sims with Organ Accompaniment NYC, Jan. 23, 1953
- Miles Davis 7 Beltone Studios, NYC, Feb. 19, 1953
- Chuck Wayne 5 VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Apr. 13, 1953
- Charlie Parker and The Big Band Howard Theatre, Washington, DC, Apr., 1953
- Zoot Sims 4 Stockholm, Sweden, Aug. 23, 1953
- Lars Gullin American All Stars Stockholm, Sweden, Aug. 25, 1953
- Zoot Sims 6 Paris, France, Nov. 18, 1953
- Chet Baker 5 with Strings LA, Dec. 30, 1953
- Chet Baker 5 with Strings LA, Dec. 31, 1953
1954
- Zoot Sims with Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars The Lighthouse, Hermosa Beach, CA, Mar. 9, 1954
- Zoot Sims with Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars The Lighthouse, Hermosa Beach, CA, Mar. 10, 1954
- Pinky Winters Zoot Sims' home, Hawthorne, CA, June 13, 1954
- The Louis Bellson 5 NYC, June 21, 1954
- Clifford Brown Ensemble Capitol Melrose Studios, LA, July 12, 1954
- Zoot Sims 5 LA, July 16, 1954
- Clifford Brown Ensemble Capitol Melrose Studios, LA, Aug. 13, 1954
- Shorty Rogers Augmented "Giants" / The West Coast Scene LA, Sep. 11, 1954
- Conte Candoli - Stan Levey 6 LA, Dec. 6, 1954
- Gerry Mulligan 4 / Gerry Mulligan 6 Hoover High School, San Diego, CA, Dec. 14, 1954
1955 (age 30)
- John Graas The 9 - Jazz Studio 3 LA, Jan. 6, 1955
- Red Mitchell 6 LA, Feb. 1, 1955
- Zoot Sims - Dick Nash 8 LA, Feb. 14, 1955
- Don Fagerquist 9 / The Les Brown All Stars Capitol Melrose Studios, LA, June 21, 1955
- Miles Davis At The Newport Jazz Festival Newport Jazz Fest., Freebody Park, Newport, RI, July 17, 1955
- Jack Sheldon 4 with Zoot Sims LA, July, 1955?
- Billy Byers Orch. NYC, Aug. 17, 1955
- Ernie Wilkins Orch. same location, date
- Quincy Jones Orch. same location, date
- Gerry Mulligan 6 NYC, Sep. 21, 1955
- Gerry Mulligan 6 NYC, Oct. 22, 1955
- Gerry Mulligan 6 NYC, Oct. 31, 1955
1956
- Zoot Sims - Bob Brookmeyer 5 NYC, Jan. 11 & 18, 1956
- The Jon Eardley Seven VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Jan. 13, 1956
- Coleman Hawkins with Billy Byers Orch. NYC, Jan. 18, 1956
- Al Cohn - Zoot Sims 6 Webster Hall, NYC, Jan. 23, 1956
- Al Cohn - Zoot Sims 6 Webster Hall, NYC, Jan. 24, 1956
- Gerry Mulligan 6 NYC, Jan. 25, 1956
- Elliot Lawrence Orch. NYC, Jan. 30, 1956
- Elliot Lawrence Orch. NYC, Jan. 31, 1956
- Zoot Sims - Bob Brookmeyer 5 same location, date
- Chris Connor NYC, Feb. 8, 1956
- Zoot Sims - Bob Brookmeyer 5 same location, date
- Zoot Sims - Henri Renaud 5 Paris, France, Mar. 15, 1956
- Zoot Sims - Henri Renaud 5 Paris, France, Mar. 16, 1956
- Zoot Sims - Pierre Michelot 4 Paris, France, Mar., 1956
- Zoot Sims 6 LA, prob. spr. 1956
- Zoot Sims with The Joe Castro 3 Falcon Lair, Beverly Hills, CA, Apr. 1, 1956
- Metronome All-Stars NYC, June 18, 1956
- The Sax Section NYC, June 28, 1956
- Tony Scott Orch. NYC, July 2, 1956
- Tony Scott Orch. NYC, July 3, 1956
- Jutta Hipp with Zoot Sims VGS, Hackensack, NJ, July 28, 1956
- Zoot Sims 5 NYC, Aug. 10, 1956
- Mary Ann McCall with Ernie Wilkins Orch. VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Aug. 14, 16 & 23, 1956
- Zoot Sims 5 NYC, Sep. 4, 1956
- The Prestige All Stars VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Sep. 7, 1956
- Quincy Jones Orch. Beltone Studios, NYC, Sep. 14, 1956
- Gerry Mulligan 6 NYC, Sep. 26, 1956
- Zoot Sims 4 Chicago, Oct. 12, 1956
- Trigger Alpert's Absolutely All-Star Seven Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Oct. 29, & Nov. 23, 30, 1956
- John Benson Brooks 7 NYC, Nov. 1, 1956
- Zoot Sims 4 NYC, Nov. 2, 1956
- John Benson Brooks 7 NYC, Nov. 5, 1956
- John Benson Brooks 7 NYC, Nov. 6, 1956
- Zoot Sims 4 NYC, Nov. 19, 1956
- Tony Scott Orch. NYC, Dec. 11, 1956
- Tony Scott Orch. NYC, Dec. 13, 1956
- The Zoot Sims 5 Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Dec. 13 & 18, 1956
- Zoot Sims 4 Red Hill Inn, Pennsauken, NJ, Dec. 22, 1956
- The Nineteen Fifty-Six Jazz All Stars NYC, 1956
1957
- Zoot Sims 4 NYC, Jan. 11, 1957
- Gil Melle 4 + 2 = 6 / Gil Melle 3 + 4 = 7 VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Jan. 18, 1957
- The Four Bros. NYC, Feb. 11, 1957
- Al Cohn 5 feat. Zoot Sims NYC, Mar. 27, 1957
- Manny Albam Orch. NYC, Apr. 2, 1957
- Manny Albam Orch. NYC, Apr. 3, 1957
- Manny Albam Orch. NYC, Apr. 4, 1957
- Joe Newman - Zoot Sims 5 NYC, Apr. 10, 1957
- Jazz Goes Broadway NYC, May 7, 1957
- Jazz Goes Broadway NYC, May 8, 1957
- Gerry Mulligan and The Sax Section NYC, Dec. 4 & 5, 1957
- The Zoot Sims - Al Cohn 7 c. 1957-1958
1958
- Toots Thielemans Nontet NYC, Jan. 24, 1958
- Jack Kerouac NYC, c. spr. 1958
- Manny Albam Orch. NYC, Apr. 8, 1958
- The Concert 23.6.1958 live in Baden-Baden, W. Germany, June 23, 1958
- Larry Sonn Orch. NYC, June 24, 1958
- Zoot Sims - Hans Koller 5 Cologne, W. Germany, Aug. 10, 1958
- Jazz From Carnegie Hall Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England, Sep. 20, 1958
- Zoot Sims 4 same location, date
- Zoot Sims 4 Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden, Sep. 22, 1958
- Jazz From Carnegie Hall Stockholm, Sweden, Sep. 22, 1958
- Jazz From Carnegie Hall live in Berlin, W. Germany, Sep. 28, 1958
- Jazz From Carnegie Hall Stockholm, Sweden, Sep. 28, 1958
- Jazz From Carnegie Hall prob. Stockholm, Sweden, c. Sep., 1958
- Teddy Charles 6 Beltone Studios, NYC, late 1958
- Betty Blake NYC, late 1958
- Zoot Sims - Bob Brookmeyer 8 NYC, Dec. 27, 1958
1959
- The Bill Potts Big Band Webster Hall, NYC, Jan. 13, 14 & 15, 1959
- Al Cohn - Zoot Sims 5 and Phil Woods Half Note, NYC, Feb. 6 & 7, 1959
- Irene Kral with Al Cohn Orch. NYC, Feb., 1959
- Clarence "Big" Miller same location, date
- Lambert, Hendricks and Ross with Zoot Sims - Russ Freeman 5 / The Swingers The Crescendo, LA, Mar. 21, 1959
- Lambert, Hendricks and Ross with Zoot Sims - Russ Freeman 5 / The Swingers The Crescendo, LA, Mar. 24, 1959
- Sonny Payne 5 same location, date
- Mel Lewis 5 Sound Enterprises, LA, Mar. 25, 1959
- Zoot Sims - Russ Freeman 5 same location, date
- Annie Ross with Zoot Sims - Russ Freeman 5 same location, date
- Annie Ross with Zoot Sims - Russ Freeman 5 Sound Enterprises, LA, Mar. 26, 1959
- Zoot Sims - Russ Freeman 5 same location, date
- Quincy Jones Orch. Fine Recording, NYC, May 27 & 28, 1959
- Quincy Jones Orch. Fine Recording, NYC, June 16, 1959
- Ray Charles with Quincy Jones' Orch. NYC, June 23, 1959
- Chet Baker 7/5 Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, July 21 & 22, 1959
- Art Farmer Orch. Webster Hall, NYC, July 29 & 30, 1959
- Woody Herman Orch., Plus The 8 NYC, July 31, & Aug. 1, 1959
- Bob Prince Orch. NYC, July-Aug., 1959
- Woody Herman's Big New Herd Monterey Jazz Fest., Monterey, CA, Oct. 3, 1959
- The Manhattan Jazz All-Stars Columbia Studios, NYC, Nov. 4, 1959
- Carmen McRae NYC, Nov. 10, 11 & 12, 1959
- Marion Evans Big Band NYC, Nov. 19, 1959
- The Teddy Charles Group Yale University, New Haven, CT, Nov. 21, 1959
- Marion Evans Big Band NYC, Nov. 23, 1959
- Marion Evans Big Band NYC, Nov. 25, 1959
1960
- Al Cohn - Zoot Sims 5 broadcast, Birdland, NYC, Mar. 4, 1960
- Booker Ervin 6 NYC, Apr. 6, 1960
- Rocky Cole 7 NYC, May, 1960
- Al Cohn - Zoot Sims 5 Fine Recording, NYC, June 1 & 3, 1960
- Gerry Mulligan and The Concert Jazz Band Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, July 25 & 27, 1960
- George Williams Big Band Webster Hall, NYC, July, 1960
- Zoot Sims 4 NYC, July, 1960
- Al Cohn Orch. Webster Hall, NYC, Aug. 24, 1960
- Al Cohn Orch. Webster Hall, NYC, Aug. 26, 1960
- Gerry Mulligan and The Concert Jazz Band Santa Monica Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA, Oct. 1, 1960
- Gerry Mulligan and The Concert Jazz Band live in Berlin, W. Germany, Nov. 4, 1960
- Gerry Mulligan and The Concert Jazz Band live in Milan, Italy, Nov. 14, 1960
- Gerry Mulligan and The Concert Jazz Band feat. Zoot Sims L'Olympia, Paris, France, Nov. 19, 1960
1961
- The Three Bosses with Zoot Sims Le Blue Note, Paris, France, Jan., 1961
- Al Cohn - Zoot Sims 5 Philadelphia, PA, Feb., 1961
- Buddy Greco with Al Cohn Orch. NYC, Apr. 19, 20 & 21, 1961
- The Curtis Fuller 5 NYC, sum. 1961
- Willis Conover and The Jazz Committee For Latin American Affairs American Jazz Fest. In Latin America, Teatro Municipal, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, July 16, 1961
- Jazz Committee For Latin American Affairs same location, date
- Anita O'Day with The Gary McFarland Orch. NYC, Oct. 16, 1961
- Zoot Sims 4 Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, London, England, Nov. 13-15, 1961
- Zoot Sims feat. The Ronnie Scott and Jimmy Deuchar 5 same location, date
- Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band Cologne, W. Germany, Dec. 13, 1961
- Zoot Sims - Henri Renaud 4 Le Blue Note, Paris, France, Dec., 1961
1962
- Quincy Jones Orch. NYC, June 15, 1962
- Al Cohn Orch. NYC, July 12, 1962
- Bill Evans 5 Nola Penthouse Sound Studios, NYC, Aug. 21 & 22, 1962
- Zoot Sims Orch. Columbia 30th Street Studio, NYC, Aug. 28, 1962
- Vi Velasco with Zoot Sims Orch. Columbia 30th Street Studio, NYC, Oct. 1 & 2, 1962
- Charles Mingus Orch. Town Hall, NYC, 1st set, Oct. 12, 1962
- Charles Mingus Orch. Town Hall, NYC, 2nd set, Oct. 12, 1962
- Zoot Sims Orch. NYC, Nov., 1962
- Ralph Burns Orch. NYC, 1962
- Lennie Tristano 5 The Half Note, NYC, c. 1962
1963
- Jimmy Rushing NYC, Jan. 22 & 23, 1963
- Lalo Schifrin - Bob Brookmeyer Orch. NYC, Feb. 7, 1963
- Jimmy Smith with Oliver Nelson Orch. A&R Studios, NYC, Mar. 15, 1963
- Jimmy Smith with Oliver Nelson Orch. Webster Hall, NYC, Mar. 20, 1963
- Tito Rodriguez Group Birdland, NYC, Mar. 21, 1963
- Quincy Jones Orch. NYC, Apr. 9, 1963
- Kenyon Hopkins Orch. NYC, Apr. 15 & 16, 1963
- Teddy Charles and The All Stars NYC, Apr. 23, 1963
- Al Cohn 8 NYC, prob. May 2-18, 1963
- Gene Roland and Friends Decca Studio A, NYC, May 23-24, 1963
- Pepper Adams 8 NYC, Sep. 12, 1963
- Freda Payne RCA Studios, NYC, Sep. 17, 1963
- Freda Payne RCA Studios, NYC, Sep. 18, 1963
1964
1965 (age 40)
- Sonny Stitt - Zoot Sims 5 Ter-Mar Recording Studios, Chicago, Jan. 25, 1965
- Sonny Stitt Orch. NYC, Feb., 1965
- Al Cohn - Zoot Sims - Richie Kamuca 6 broadcast, The Half Note, NYC, Oct. 29, 1965
- Jimmy Rushing same location, date
- Zoot Sims - Bob Brookmeyer 5 NYC, Nov. 26, 1965
- Tony Bennett NYC, Dec. 29, 1965
- Al Cohn - Zoot Sims 7 London, England, Dec., 1965
1966
- Jimmy Rushing broadcast, The Half Note, NYC, Jan. 7, 1966
- Jimmy Rushing broadcast, The Half Note, NYC, Jan. 28, 1966
- Gary McFarland Lincoln Center's Philharmonic Hall, NYC, Feb. 6, 1966
- Leonard Feather's Encyclopedia Of Jazz All Stars VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Nov. 3, 1966
- Leonard Feather's Encyclopedia Of Jazz All Stars VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Nov. 4, 1966
- Zoot Sims with Gary McFarland Orch. London, England, Nov. 28, 1966
- Zoot Sims with Gary McFarland Orch. London, England, Nov. 30, 1966
1967
- Bobby Hackett Orch. NYC, Jan. 30, 1967
- Bobby Hackett Orch. NYC, Feb. 2, 1967
- Bobby Hackett Orch. NYC, Mar. 13, 1967
- Duke Ellington Orch. At JATP Carnegie Hall, NYC, Mar. 26, 1967
- Bobby Hackett Orch. NYC, May 2, 1967
- JATP Oakland & NYC, June 28-July 1, 1967
- Jazz Interactions Orch. Capitol Studios, NYC, Nov. 13, 1967
- Jazz Interactions Orch. Capitol Studios, NYC, Nov. 14, 1967
1968
- The Pat Williams Band A&R Studios, NYC, Oct. 11, 1968
- Al Cohn - Zoot Sims 5 The Left Bank Jazz Society, Famous Ballroom, Baltimore, MD, Oct. 27, 1968
- Pepper Adams 5 Nola Penthouse Sound Studios, NYC, Dec. 11-12, 1968
1972
1973
- Al Cohn - Zoot Sims 5 Mediasound, NYC, Mar. 23, 1973
- Zoot Sims 4 A&R Studios, NYC, May 30, 1973
- Zoot Sims 4 A&R Studios, NYC, Aug. 9, 1973
- Joe Venuti - Zoot Sims 5 NYC, Sep. 27, 1973
- Count Basie Jam LA, Dec. 10, 1973
- The Bosses MGM Studios, LA, Dec. 11, 1973
1974
- Ella Fitzgerald Jams MGM Studios, LA, Jan. 8, 1974
- Zoot Sims - Bucky Pizzarelli 4 NYC, Feb. 15, 1974
- A Buck Clayton Jam Session Vol. 1 NYC, Mar. 25 & 26, 1974
- Zoot Sims 4 MacDonald Studio, Sea Cliff, NY, Apr. 20, 1974
- Zoot Sims - Bucky Pizzarelli 4 NYC, Apr. 22, 1974
- Joe Venuti Orch. NYC, May, 1974
- Bobby Hackett - Zoot Sims - Bucky Pizzarelli 6 NYC, Aug. 3, 1974
- Dave McKenna 4 feat. Zoot Sims NYC, Nov. 3 or Oct., 1974
- Al Cohn - Zoot Sims 5 Stockholm, Sweden, Nov. 25, 1974
1975 (age 50)
- Count Basie - Zoot Sims 4 RCA Studios, NYC, Apr. 9, 1975
- Joe Venuti - Zoot Sims 6 NYC, May, 1975
- Zoot Sims and The Gershwin Bros. RCA Studios, NYC, June 6, 1975
- JATP Montreux Jazz Fest., Montreux, Switzerland, July 16, 1975
- The Tenor Giants feat. Oscar Peterson Malmo, Sweden, Oct. 16, 1975; Stuttgart, Germany, Oct. 10, 1975; Antwerp, Belgium, Oct. 12, 1975; Geneva, Switzerland, Oct. 17, 1975; Paris, France, Oct. 19, 1975
1976
- Zoot Sims 4 RCA Studios, NYC, Jan. 8 & 9, 1976
- The Phil Woods 4 with Zoot Sims private recording, concert in Yonago, Tottori, Japan, June 1, 1976
- Zoot Sims and Bucky Pizzarelli's Music Minus One NYC, Aug., 1976 or Apr., 1975
- Zoot Sims with Bill Holman Orch. RCA Studios, LA, Sep. 20 & 21, 1976
- Woody Herman Orch. Carnegie Hall, NYC, Nov. 20, 1976
1977
- Zoot Sims 5 Yamagata Shimin Hall, Yamagata, Japan, June 22, 1977
- Zoot Sims 5 Yomiuri Hall, Tokyo, Japan, June 29, 1977
- Count Basie Jam Montreux Jazz Fest., Mountain Studios, Montreux, Switzerland, July 14, 1977
- Zoot Sims - Jimmy Rowles 4 RCA Studios, NYC, Oct. 27 & 28, 1977
1978
- Zoot Sims 4 NYC, Apr. 10 & 11, 1978
- Zoot Sims and Kenny Drew 3 live in Denmark, Aug. 4, 1978
- Kenny Drew 3 with Zoot Sims Jazzhus Slukefter, Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, Denmark, Aug. 24, 1978
- Zoot Sims 4 RCA Studios, NYC, Sep. 18 & 19, 1978
- Zoot Sims - Rune Gustafsson 5 NYC, Nov. 28 & 29, 1978
- John Haley Sims - Harry Sweets Edison 5 Group IV Studios, LA, Dec. 18 & 20, 1978
1979
- Clark Terry and Zoot Sims with The Contemporary Chambers Ensemble NYC, Feb. 2, 1979
- Oscar Peterson 7 RCA Studios, NYC, Mar. 14, 1979
- Zoot Sims with Benny Carter Orch. LA, Aug. 14, 1979
- Sarah Vaughan Group IV Studios, LA, Aug. 15 & 16, 1979
- Zoot Sims 5 Group IV Studios, LA, Dec. 10 & 11, 1979
1980
- Zoot Sims 5 RCA Studios, NYC, May 13, 1980
- Ella Fitzgerald Group IV Studios, LA, Sep. 17, 18, 19, 1980, & Mar. 18, 19, 20, 1981
- Zoot Sims - Bucky Pizzarelli 2 live in NYC, Nov. 6, 1980
- Zoot Sims 4 live at unknown club, Philadelphia, PA, mid 1980s
1981
- Zoot Sims 4 RCA Studios, NYC, July 6, 1981
- Zoot Sims 5/4 e.j.'s, Atlanta, GA, Aug. 9, 1981
- Art Pepper & Zoot Sims All Stars Royce Hall, University Of California, LA, Sep. 27, 1981
1982
- Zoot Sims - Joe Pass 2 RCA Studios, NYC, Mar. 6, 1982
- Zoot Sims 4 RCA Studios, NYC, Mar. 9, 1982
- Michel Legrand 7 NYC, May 28, 1982
- Al Cohn - Zoot Sims 5 Stockholm, Sweden, June 8, 1982
- Zoot Sims - Joe Pass 2 RCA Studios, NYC, June 23, 1982
- Harry Edison All-Stars Club House 33, Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 19, 1982
1983
- Zoot Sims with Shelly Manne 3 Keystone Korner, SF, Mar. 20, 1983
- Zoot Sims 4 RCA Studios, NYC, May 26, 1983
- JATP Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 28, 1983
- Zoot Sims At JATP same location, date
- Ella Fitzgerald with The JATP All Stars At JATP same location, date
1984
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