Zoot Sims - Jazz 88 Artist of the Week October 27 2014

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Zoot Sims - Jazz 88 Artist of the Week October 27 2014

Blog Name:Jazz 88.3 Blog

Blog Author:Vince Outlaw

Posted on:October 27, 2014

Zoot Sims, as Portrait In Jazz host Joe Kocherhans calls him, "A Cool, Swinging Saxophist", is our Jazz 88 Artist of the Week for the week of October 27, 2014. John Haley Sims was born October 29, 1925 in Inglewood, California and he will be featured on "Portrait" on the 89th Anniversary of his birth, Wednesday, October 29, 2014. 

Here how Zoot got his nickname in this Portrait in Jazz preview...


Read the entire article for more on Zoot and your chance to comment on this great Jazz Legend!
  • Allmusic.com - Zoot Sims: "Tenor saxophonist, one of the quintessential big-band soloists, worked with legends, expanded sounds."
  • Wikipedia: Zoot Sims
  • ZootSims.org: A website dedicated to the Jazz Legend
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