“Zoot’s Sound of Surprise” — a poem by Bob Hecht
Zoot blew this earth
into a friendlier place—
I can still see,
at the Half Note,
his rough angel face
September 3rd, 2019
Zoot blew this earth
into a friendlier place—
I can still see,
at the Half Note,
his rough angel face
September 3rd, 2019
In addition to co-leading a quintet with Zoot Sims, this tenor saxophonist may be best known as the man who replaced Herbie Steward as one of the “Four Brothers” in Woody Herman’s Second Herd. Who is he?
Art Pepper
Al Cohn
Stan Getz
Bob Cooper
Charlie Ventura
Boots Mussulli
Charlie Mariano
Go to the next page for the answer!
...January 26th, 2017
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