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From A to...Z

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Released
  
1957

Label
  
RCA Victor LPM 1282

Genre
  
Jazz

Producer
  
Ed Michel

Recorded
  
January 23 & 24, 1956 Webster Hall, New York City

Length
  
55:47 CD reissue with bonus tracks

From A to...Z is an album by the Al Cohn/Zoot Sims Sextet recorded in early 1956 for the RCA Victor label.

Contents

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

  1. "Mediolistic" (Osie Johnson) - 3:29
  2. "Crimea River" (Ralph Burns) - 3:08
  3. "A New Moan" (Manny Albam) - 3:52
  4. "A Moment's Notice" (Ernie Wilkins) - 3:19
  5. "My Blues" (Al Cohn) - 3:14
  6. "Sandy's Swing" (Milt Gold) - 3:23
  7. "Somebody Loves Me" (George Gershwin, Buddy DeSylva, Ballard MacDonald) - 2:51
  8. "More Bread" (Wilkins) - 3:05
  9. "Sherm's Terms" (Dick Sherman) - 2:57
  10. "From A to Z" (Cohn) - 2:57
  11. "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" (Brooks Bowman) - 4:19
  12. "Tenor for Two Please, Jack" (Zoot Sims) - 4:25
  13. "My Blues" [Alternate take] (Cohn) - 4:17 Bonus track on CD reissue
  14. "More Bread" [Alternate take] (Wilkins) - 3:09 Bonus track on CD reissue
  15. "Tenor for Two Please, Jack" [Alternate take] (Sims) - 4:17 Bonus track on CD reissue
  16. "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

  • Al Cohn, Zoot Sims - tenor saxophone
  • Dick Sherman - trumpet
  • Hank Jones (tracks 7, 10-12, 15 & 16), Dave McKenna (tracks 1-6, 8, 9, 13 & 14) - piano
  • Milt Hinton - bass
  • Osie Johnson - drums

    • References

    From A to...Z Wikipedia
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