Lost Tapes: Zoot Sims Baden-Baden – June 23, 1958

1. All The Things You Are
2. Denzil Best: Alan’s Alley
3. Hans Hammerschmid: Minor Meeting For Two Clarinets
4. Richard Rogers: Fallin’ In Love
5. Hans Hammerschmid: Blue Night
6. Hans Hammerschmid: Open Door
7. Harry Barris: I Surrender Dear
8. Victor Schertzinger: Tangerine
9. Ray Link: These Foolish Things
10. Gene de Paul: I’ll Remember April
11. John Haley “Zoot” Sims: Trottin’

John Haley “Zoot” Sims: Saxophone | » Hans Koller: Saxophone | » Willie Dennis: Trombone | » Adi Feuerstein: Flute | » Gerd Husemann: Flute | » Helmut Brandt: Flute | » Hans Hammerschmid: Piano | » Peter Trunk: Piano | » Kenny Clarke: Percussion

In 1958 Sims played with Benny Goodman at Expo ‘58 in Brussels, where he met the Viennese-born Hans Koller, then Europe’s coolest tenor sax. Two years earlier Sims had made a Blue Note recording with the German pianist Jutta Hipp and he was keen to meet other European jazz musicians.