Nirvana (Zoot Sims and Bucky Pizzarelli album) explained

Nirvana
Type:	Album
Artist:	Zoot Sims and Bucky Pizzarelli
Cover:	Nirvana (Zoot Sims and Bucky Pizzarelli album).jpg
Released:	1974
Recorded:	April 22, 1974
Studio:	New York City, NY
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	40:43
Label:	Groove Merchant GM 533
Producer:	Sonny Lester
Chronology:	Zoot Sims
Prev Title:	Zoot Sims' Party
Prev Year:	1974
Next Title:	Strike Up the Band
Next Year:	1975

Nirvana is an album by American jazz saxophonist Zoot Sims and guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli with special guest Buddy Rich recorded in 1974 and released on the Groove Merchant label.^{[1] [2]}

Track listing

1. "Somerset" (Torrie Zito) – 4:11
2. "Honeysuckle Rose" (Fats Waller, Andy Razaf) – 3:57
3. "A Summer Thing" (Zito) – 3:19
4. "Somebody Loves Me" (George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald, Buddy DeSylva) – 3:35
5. "Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Don Redman, Razaf) – 2:55
6. "Nirvana" (Zoot Sims) – 4:14
7. "Indiana" (James F. Hanley, MacDonald) – 4:02
8. "Memories of You" (Eubie Blake, Razaf) – 4:05
9. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 4:35
10. "Up a Lazy River" (Hoagy Carmichael, Sidney Arodin) – 3:22
11. "Send in the Clowns" (Stephen Sondheim) – 2:28

Personnel

• Zoot Sims – tenor saxophone, vocals on track 5
• Bucky Pizzarelli – guitar
• Milt Hinton – bass
• Buddy Rich – drums (tracks 1–4 & 6–11), vocals on track 5
• Stan Kay – drums (track 5)

Notes and References

1. https://www.jazzdisco.org/zoot-sims/catalog/#groove-merchant-gm-533 Zoot Sims catalog
2. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Groove_Merchant.htm Jazzlists: Groove Merchant Records 500 Series