If I'm Lucky (album) explained

If I'm Lucky
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Zoot Sims and Jimmy Rowles
Cover:	If I'm Lucky (album).jpg
Released:	1977
Recorded:	October 27 & 28, 1977
Studio:	RCA Studios, NYC
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	45:11
Label:	Pablo 2310-803
Producer:	Norman Granz
Chronology:	Zoot Sims
Prev Title:	Hawthorne Nights
Prev Year:	1976
Next Title:	For Lady Day
Next Year:	1978

If I'm Lucky is an album by saxophonist Zoot Sims with pianist Jimmy Rowles, recorded in 1977 for the Pablo label.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars, and its review by Scott Yanow calls it an "enjoyable straight-ahead date". On All About Jazz, Marc Barnett described the album as "gorgeous improvisations on some beautiful yet rarely played songs".^[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected this album as part of its suggested Core Collection.^{[4] [5]}

Track listing

1. "(I Wonder) Where Our Love Has Gone" (Buddy Johnson) - 4:54
2. "Legs" (Neal Hefti) - 6:31
3. "If I'm Lucky" (Eddie DeLange, Josef Myrow) - 5:29
4. "Shadow Waltz" (Harry Warren, Al Dubin) - 5:34
5. "You're My Everything" (Warren, Mort Dixon, Joe Young) - 5:26
6. "It's All Right With Me" (Cole Porter) - 6:54
7. "Gypsy Sweetheart" (Mitchell Parish) - 4:18
8. "I Hear a Rhapsody" (Jack Baker, George Fragos, Dick Gasparre) - 6:28

Personnel

• • Zoot Sims - tenor saxophone Jimmy Rowles - piano
• George Mraz - bass
• Mousey Alexander - drums

Notes and References

1. Edwards, D., Callahan, Eyries, P., Watts, R. & Neely, T. Discography of the Pablo Label (Preview), accessed May 20, 2016
2. http://www.jazzdisco.org/zoot-sims/catalog/#pablo-2310-803 Zoot Sims Catalog: Album Index
3. Barnet, M. All About Jazz: Listening Guide, March 28, 2016
4. Book: Cook, Richard. Richard Cook (journalist). Brian Morton . Brian Morton (Scottish writer) . The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. 1992. 9th. The Penguin Guide to Jazz. 2008. Penguin. New York. 978-0-14-103401-0. 1304. Zoot Sims.
5. http://www.tomhull.com/ocston/nm/notes/pjazz-core.php Penguin Guide to Jazz: Core Collection List