Zoot Sims

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:associatedAct gptkb:Gerry_Mulligan
gptkb:Stan_Getz
gptkb:Artie_Shaw
gptkb:Jimmy_Rowles
gptkb:Woody_Herman
gptkb:Count_Basie
gptkb:Al_Cohn
gptkb:Buddy_Rich
gptkbp:birthDate 1925-10-29
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:John_Haley_Sims
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Inglewood,_California,_USA
gptkbp:children gptkb:Craig_Sims
gptkb:Mia_Sims
gptkbp:deathDate 1985-03-23
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:New_York_City,_New_York,_USA
gptkbp:genre bebop
jazz
swing
cool jazz
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Zoot Sims
gptkbp:instrument gptkb:saxophone
gptkbp:milestone Collaborated extensively with Al Cohn
Member of Woody Herman's Four Brothers sax section
Performed at Monterey Jazz Festival
Performed at Montreux Jazz Festival
Performed at Newport Jazz Festival
Performed at North Sea Jazz Festival
Performed with Anita O'Day
Performed with Artie Shaw
Performed with Benny Goodman
Performed with Bill Evans
Performed with Billie Holiday
Performed with Bob Brookmeyer
Performed with Bucky Pizzarelli
Performed with Buddy Rich
Performed with Chet Baker
Performed with Clark Terry
Performed with Count Basie
Performed with Dave McKenna
Performed with Ella Fitzgerald
Performed with George Wein
Performed with Gerry Mulligan
Performed with Gerry Mulligan Quartet
Performed with Hank Jones
Performed with Harry Edison
Performed with J.J. Johnson
Performed with Jazz at the Philharmonic
Performed with Jimmy Rowles
Performed with Joe Pass
Performed with Joe Venuti
Performed with Kenny Clarke
Performed with Mel Lewis
Performed with Milt Hinton
Performed with Oscar Peterson
Performed with Oscar Pettiford
Performed with Paul Desmond
Performed with Ray Brown
Performed with Red Norvo
Performed with Roland Hanna
Performed with Sarah Vaughan
Performed with Shelly Manne
Performed with Stan Kenton
Performed with Tommy Flanagan
Inducted into Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame (1985)
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Down_Home
gptkb:Al_Cohn/Zoot_Sims_Sextet
gptkb:Hawthorne_Nights
gptkb:The_Modern_Art_of_Jazz_by_Zoot_Sims
gptkb:Warm_Tenor
gptkb:You_'n'_Me
gptkb:Zoot_Sims_Plays_4_Altos
gptkb:Zoot_Sims_and_the_Gershwin_Brothers
gptkb:Zoot_Sims_in_London
gptkb:The_Brothers
For Lady Day
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:saxophone
gptkbp:recordLabel gptkb:Pacific_Jazz_Records
gptkb:Impulse!_Records
gptkb:Prestige_Records
gptkb:Coral_Records
gptkb:Pablo_Records
gptkb:Roulette_Records
gptkb:Storyville_Records
gptkb:United_Artists_Records
RCA Victor
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Louise_Sims
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lester_Young
gptkb:Pablo_Records
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5