From A to...Z explained
From A to...Z |
Type: | Studio |
Artist: | The Al Cohn/Zoot Sims Sextet |
Cover: | From A to Z.jpg |
Released: | 1957 |
Recorded: | January 23–24, 1956 |
Venue: | Webster Hall, New York City |
Genre: | Jazz |
Length: | 55:47 CD reissue with bonus tracks |
Label: | RCA Victor LPM 1282 |
Producer: | Ed Michel |
Chronology: | Al Cohn |
Prev Title: | The Brothers! |
Prev Year: | 1955 |
Next Title: | The Sax Section |
Next Year: | 1956 |
From A to...Z is an album by the Al Cohn/Zoot Sims Sextet recorded in early 1956 for the RCA Victor label.[1] [2]
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated " Al and Zoot avoid obvious material ("Somebody Loves Me" and "East of the Sun" are the only standards) in favor of swinging "modern" originals."
Track listing
- "Mediolistic" (Osie Johnson) - 3:29
- "Crimea River" (Ralph Burns) - 3:08
- "A New Moan" (Manny Albam) - 3:52
- "A Moment's Notice" (Ernie Wilkins) - 3:19
- "My Blues" (Al Cohn) - 3:14
- "Sandy's Swing" (Milt Gold) - 3:23
- "Somebody Loves Me" (George Gershwin, Buddy DeSylva, Ballard MacDonald) - 2:51
- "More Bread" (Wilkins) - 3:05
- "Sherm's Terms" (Dick Sherman) - 2:57
- "From A to Z" (Cohn) - 2:57
- "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" (Brooks Bowman) - 4:19
- "Tenor for Two Please, Jack" (Zoot Sims) - 4:25
- "My Blues" [Alternate take] (Cohn) - 4:17 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "More Bread" [Alternate take] (Wilkins) - 3:09 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Tenor for Two Please, Jack" [Alternate take] (Sims) - 4:17 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Somebody Loves Me" [Alternate take] (Gershwin, DeSylva, MacDonald) - 3:05 Bonus track on CD reissue
- Recorded at Webster Hall in New York City on January 23, 1956 (tracks 1-3) and January 24, 1956 (tracks 4-16)
Personnel
Notes and References
- http://www.jazzdisco.org/zoot-sims/catalog/#rca-victor-lpm-1282 Zoot Sims Catalog
- http://jazzdiscogcorner.pagesperso-orange.fr/discographies_%20labels/r/rcavictor/instrumentals/c/cohn_al/discography/rcavictor_alcohn_1956.htm The RCA Victor Sessions of Al Cohn