1980 studio album by John Haley Sims and Harry Sweets Edison
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]
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]
"Nature Boy " (eden ahbez ) – 5:38
"How Deep Is the Ocean? " (Irving Berlin ) – 6:52
"My Heart Belongs to Daddy " (Cole Porter ) – 5:02
"I Understand " (Mabel Wayne , Kim Gannon ) – 3:12
"Just Friends " (John Klenner , Sam M. Lewis ) – 5:11
"Blue Skies " (Berlin) – 6:18
"Until Tonight (Mauve)" (Victor Young , Edward Heyman ) – 4:47
"A Little Tutu" (Harry Sweets Edison) – 3:42
^ Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Both Sides Now: Pablo Album Discography Preview accessed May 27, 2019
^ Jazzdisco: Pablo Records Catalog: 2310-800 series . Retrieved May 27, 2019
^ Jazzdisco: Zoot Sims Catalog accessed May 27, 2019
^ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Harry Sweet Edison discography accessed May 27, 2019
^ a b Yanow, Scott. Zoot Sims: Just Friends – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved May 27, 2019.
^ Cook, Richard ; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin . p. 1304. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0 .
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
As leader or co-leader
The Brothers (and Stan Getz , 1949–52)
Jutta Hipp with Zoot Sims (1956)
The Modern Art of Jazz by Zoot Sims (1956)
Tonite's Music Today (and Bob Brookmeyer , 1956)
Whooeeee (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1956)
Zoot! (1956)
Locking Horns (and Joe Newman , 1957)
Stretching Out (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1958)
Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note (and Al Cohn, Phil Woods , 1959)
Down Home (1960)
Two Jims and Zoot /Otra Vez (Jimmy Raney and Jim Hall , 1964)
Inter-Action (and Sonny Stitt , 1965)
Waiting Game (1966)
The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World (multiple leaders, 1967)
Nirvana (and Bucky Pizzarelli , Buddy Rich , 1974)
Basie & Zoot (and Count Basie , 1975)
The Tenor Giants Featuring Oscar Peterson (and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis , 1975)
Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers (and Joe Pass , Oscar Peterson , 1975)
Soprano Sax (1976)
Hawthorne Nights (1976)
If I'm Lucky (and Jimmy Rowles , 1977)
For Lady Day (1978)
Warm Tenor (and Jimmy Rowles , 1979)
The Sweetest Sounds (and Rune Gustafsson , 1979)
Just Friends (and Harry Edison , 1980)
Art 'n' Zoot (and Art Pepper , 1981)
Recordings withAl Cohn
From A to...Z (1956)
The Sax Section (Cohn led, 1956)
Tenor Conclave (and Hank Mobley , John Coltrane , 1957)
The Four Brothers... Together Again! (and Herbie Steward , Serge Chaloff , 1957)
Al and Zoot (1957)
Blues and Haikus (Jack Kerouac , 1959)
SteveIreneo! (and Irene Kral , Steve Allen , 1959)
Son of Drum Suite (Cohn, 1960)
You 'n' Me (1960)
Either Way (1961)
Jazz Mission to Moscow (Cohn, 1962)
Body and Soul (1973)
Motoring Along (1974)
WithQuincy Jones WithGerry Mulligan With others
Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (1963)
Encounter! (Pepper Adams , 1968)
Trigger Happy! /East Coast Sounds (Trigger Alpert /Sims, Cohn, Tony Scott , 1956)
Chet Baker & Strings (1953–54)
Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe (1959)
The Bosses (Count Basie and "Big Joe" Turner , 1973)
Louis Bellson Quintet (1954)
The Genius of Ray Charles (1959)
Jazz Is Universal (Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band , 1961)
Chris Connor (1956)
The Book Cooks (Booker Ervin , 1960)
Loose Blues (Bill Evans , 1962)
The Aztec Suite (Art Farmer , 1959)
South American Cookin' (Curtis Fuller , 1961)
Creole Cookin' (Bobby Hackett , 1967)
The Hawk in Hi Fi (Coleman Hawkins , 1956)
Portraits on Standards (Stan Kenton , 1953)
The Kenton Era (Stan Kenton, 1953)
The Manhattan Transfer (released 1975)
Profiles (Gary McFarland , 1966)
Something to Swing About (Carmen McRae , 1959)
Ms. Jazz (Carmen McRae, 1973)
Metronome All-Stars 1956 (1956)
The Complete Town Hall Concert (Charles Mingus , 1962)
Arranged by Montrose (Jack Montrose , 1954)
Encyclopedia of Jazz (Oliver Nelson , 1966)
The Sound of Feeling (Oliver Nelson, 1966)
Jazzhattan Suite (Oliver Nelson/Jazz Interactions Orchestra, 1967)
All the Sad Young Men (Anita O'Day , 1962)
Transition (Buddy Rich, Lionel Hampton , 1974)
Shorty Rogers Courts the Count (1954)
Samba Para Dos (Lalo Schifrin , Bob Brookmeyer, 1963)
Moonlight in Vermont (Johnny Smith , 1952)
Phoebe Snow (1974)
Broadway Soul (Sonny Stitt , 1965)
Vaughan and Violins (Sarah Vaughan , 1958)
The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 1 (Sarah Vaughan, 1979)
Linger Awhile: Live at Newport and More (Sarah Vaughan, 1979)
The Jazz Guitarist (Chuck Wayne, 1953)
At Newport '63 (Joe Williams , 1963)