Just Friends (Zoot Sims and Harry Edison album) explained

Just Friends
Type:	Studio
Artist:	John Haley Sims and Harry Sweets Edison
Cover:	Just Friends (Zoot Sims and Harry Edison album).jpg
Released:	1980
Recorded:	December 18 & 20, 1978
Studio:	Group IV Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	40:42
Label:	Pablo 2310 841
Producer:	Norman Granz
Chronology:	Zoot Sims
Prev Title:	The Sweetest Sounds
Prev Year:	1979
Next Title:	Mother ! Mother !
Next Year:	1980

Just Friends is an album by saxophonist Zoot Sims (credited on the original release as John Haley Sims) with trumpeter Harry Sweets Edison recorded in late 1978 but not released by the Pablo label until 1980.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Reception

AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated "Although from different generations, tenor-saxophonist Zoot Sims and trumpeter Harry 'Sweets' Edison both always liked to swing, making their successful collaboration on this CD reissue not much of a surprise ... The results are predictable but colorful and inventive within the boundaries of the idiom".

Track listing

1. "Nature Boy" (eden ahbez) – 5:38
2. "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Irving Berlin) – 6:52
3. "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" (Cole Porter) – 5:02
4. "I Understand" (Mabel Wayne, Kim Gannon) – 3:12
5. "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) – 5:11
6. "Blue Skies" (Berlin) – 6:18
7. "Until Tonight (Mauve)" (Victor Young, Edward Heyman) – 4:47
8. "A Little Tutu" (Harry Sweets Edison) – 3:42

Personnel

• John Haley Sims – tenor saxophone
• Harry Sweets Edison – trumpet
• Roger Kellaway – piano
• John Heard – bass
• Jimmie Smith – drums

Notes and References

1. Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Both Sides Now: Pablo Album Discography Preview accessed May 27, 2019
2. https://www.jazzdisco.org/pablo-records/catalog-2310-800-series/#2310-841 Jazzdisco: Pablo Records Catalog: 2310-800 series
3. https://www.jazzdisco.org/zoot-sims/catalog/#pablo-2310-841 Jazzdisco: Zoot Sims Catalog
4. https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2015/07/02/harry-sweet-edison-discography/ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Harry Sweet Edison discography