ZOOT SIMS | BUCKY PIZZARELLI - Elegiac (1980-1996) WV (image+.cue), lossless

This generally interesting but only adequately recorded set, which was issued for the first time on this 1996 CD, features duets played by Zoot Sims (doubling on tenor and soprano) and guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli. The pair mostly sticks to swinging standards, other than Neal Hefti's "Fred" and Rod McKuen's "Jean," and there are some strong moments (particularly on "Lester Leaps In," "Limehouse Blues" and "Softly As In a Morning Sunrise"), but one does miss the bass and drums after awhile. Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1     Lester Leaps In 4:29
Lester Young    
2     Willow Weep for Me 7:28
Ann Ronell    
3     Limehouse Blues 5:20
Philip Braham / Douglas Furber    
4     My Old Flame 5:49
Sam Coslow / Arthur Johnston    
5     In a Mellow Tone 4:22
Duke Ellington / Milt Gabler    
6     I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) 2:20
Duke Ellington / Paul Francis Webster    
7     Satin Doll 2:42
Duke Ellington / Johnny Mercer / Billy Strayhorn    
8     Take the "A" Train 2:56
Billy Strayhorn    
9     Fred 6:35
Neal Hefti    
10     Jean 6:50
Rod McKuen    
11     Stompin' at the Savoy 5:46
Benny Goodman / Andy Razaf / Edgar Sampson / Chick Webb    
12     Memories of You 5:56
Eubie Blake / Andy Razaf    
13     Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise 4:30
Oscar Hammerstein II / Sigmund Romberg    
14     The Girl from Ipanema 4:32
Norman Gimbel / Antônio Carlos Jobim / Vinícius de Moraes
Credits :
Guitar – Bucky Pizzarelli
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone (10-13) – Zoot Sims