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Released
  
1956

Label
  
Storyville STLP 914

Release date
  
1956

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
38:11

Artists
  
Zoot Sims, Bob Brookmeyer

Producer
  
George Wein

Recorded
  
February 8, 1956 New York City

Whooeeee (1956)
  
Jimmy Raney featuring Bob Brookmeyer (1956)

Whooeeee (1956)
  
Zoot Sims Goes to Jazzville (1956)

Similar
  
Zoot Sims albums, Jazz albums

Whooeeee (also released as Today's Jazz and Morning Fun) is an album by the Zoot Sims-Bob Brookmeyer Quintet recorded in 1956 for the Storyville label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated "Sims and Brookmeyer are in fine form".

Track listing

All compositions by Bob Brookmeyer except as indicated

  1. "The King" (Count Basie) - 4:44
  2. "Lullaby of the Leaves" (Bernice Petkere, Joe Young) – 5:16
  3. "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) - 4:40
  4. "Snake Eyes" - 4:03
  5. "Morning Fun" (Zoot Sims) - 5:07
  6. "Whooeeee" - 5:10
  7. "Someone to Watch Over Me/My Old Flame" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin/Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) - 4:16
  8. "Box Cars" (Al Cohn) - 5:24

Personnel

  • Zoot Sims - tenor saxophone, vocals
  • Bob Brookmeyer - valve trombone
  • Hank Jones - piano
  • Bill Crow - bass
  • Jo Jones - drums

    • References

    Whooeeee Wikipedia
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