Zoot Sims and Norman Granz. In the recording studio, New York, 1976

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Zoot Sims and Norman Granz in the recording studio, New York, 1976.

Zoot Sims (by name John Haley “Zoot“ Sims) was an American jazz saxophonist, playing mainly tenor but also alto, and later soprano saxophone. Growing up in a performing family, he learned to play drums and clarinet at an early age. His brother was the trombonist Ray Sims.

b. October 29, 1925 in Inglewood, California.
d. March 23, 1985 New York.

Norman Granz was an American jazz record producer and concert promoter. Granz was acknowledged as “ the most successful impresario in the history of jazz. After school, he began work as a stock clerk on the Los Angeles stock exchange. When America joined the Second World War, he was drafted into the U.S. Army Air Force. Subsequently, he was posted to the Morale branch, the department charged with troops' entertainment.

b. August 6, 1918 in Los Angeles.
d. November 22, 2001 in Geneva, Switzerland.

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