Just Friends (Zoot Sims and Harry Edison album)

Just Friends is an album by saxophonist Zoot Sims (credited on the original release as John Haley Sims) with trumpeter Harry Sweets Edison recorded in late 1978 but not released by the Pablo label until 1980.[1][2][3][4]

Just Friends
Studio album by
Released1980
RecordedDecember 18 & 20, 1978
StudioGroup IV Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA
GenreJazz
Length40:42
LabelPablo
2310 841
ProducerNorman Granz
Zoot Sims chronology
The Sweetest Sounds
(1979)
Just Friends
(1980)
Mother ! Mother !
(1980)
Harry Sweets Edison chronology
Simply Sweets
(1977)
Just Friends
(1980)
'S Wonderful: Live at Club House 33
(1982)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [6]

AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated "Although from different generations, tenor-saxophonist Zoot Sims and trumpeter Harry 'Sweets' Edison both always liked to swing, making their successful collaboration on this CD reissue not much of a surprise ... The results are predictable but colorful and inventive within the boundaries of the idiom".[5]

Track listing

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  1. "Nature Boy" (eden ahbez) – 5:38
  2. "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Irving Berlin) – 6:52
  3. "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" (Cole Porter) – 5:02
  4. "I Understand" (Mabel Wayne, Kim Gannon) – 3:12
  5. "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) – 5:11
  6. "Blue Skies" (Berlin) – 6:18
  7. "Until Tonight (Mauve)" (Victor Young, Edward Heyman) – 4:47
  8. "A Little Tutu" (Harry Sweets Edison) – 3:42

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Both Sides Now: Pablo Album Discography Preview accessed May 27, 2019
  2. ^ Jazzdisco: Pablo Records Catalog: 2310-800 series. Retrieved May 27, 2019
  3. ^ Jazzdisco: Zoot Sims Catalog accessed May 27, 2019
  4. ^ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Harry Sweet Edison discography accessed May 27, 2019
  5. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Zoot Sims: Just Friends – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 27, 2019.
  6. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1304. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.