For Lady Day
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{{Infobox album
| name = For Lady Day
| type = Studio
| artist = Zoot Sims
| cover = For Lady Day.jpg
| released = 1991
| recorded = April 10 & 11, 1978
| studio = New York City
| genre = Jazz
| length = 47:55
| label = Pablo
2310 942
| producer = Norman Granz
| chronology = Zoot Sims
| prev_title = If I'm Lucky
| prev_year = 1977
| next_title = Warm Tenor
| next_year = 1978
}}
For Lady Day is an album by saxophonist Zoot Sims recorded in 1978 but not released by the Pablo label until 1991.Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. [https://www.bsnpubs.com/new/pablo.pdf Both Sides Now: Pablo Album Discography Preview] accessed May 29, 2019[https://www.jazzdisco.org/pablo-records/catalog-2310-900-2310-sampler-album-series/#2310-942 Jazzdisco: Pablo Records Catalog: 2310-900 series]. Retrieved May 29, 2019[https://www.jazzdisco.org/zoot-sims/catalog/#pablo-2310-942 Jazzdisco: Zoot Sims Catalog] accessed May 29, 2019[https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2014/02/28/zoot-sims-discography/ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Zoot Sims Discography] accessed May 29, 2019
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1304}}
}}
AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated "tenor saxophonist Zoot Sims and pianist Jimmy Rowles' tribute to Billie Holiday is melodic, tasteful, and largely memorable ... they perform 11 songs associated with Holiday, including quite a few that would have been lost in obscurity if Lady Day had not uplifted them with her recordings ... A lyrical and heartfelt tribute".{{AllMusic|first= Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id=mw0000677735 |title=Zoot Sims: For Lady Day – Review |accessdate=May 29, 2019}}
Track listing
- "Easy Living" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 3:42
- "That Old Devil Called Love" (Allan Roberts, Doris Fisher) – 5:01
- "Some Other Spring" (Arthur Herzog Jr., Irene Kitchings) – 4:57
- "I Cover the Waterfront" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) – 4:26
- "You Go to My Head" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 5:49
- "I Cried for You" (Gus Arnheim, Abe Lyman, Arthur Freed) – 4:31
- "Body and Soul" (Green, Heyman, Frank Eyton, Robert Sour) – 3:21
- "Trav'lin' Light" (Trummy Young, Jimmy Mundy, Johnny Mercer) – 4:48
- "You're My Thrill" (Jay Gorney, Sidney Clare) – 3:45
- "No More" (Tutti Camarata, Bob Russell) – 3:04
- "My Man" (Maurice Yvain, Jacques Charles, Albert Willemetz, Channing Pollock) – 5:19
Personnel
- Zoot Sims – tenor saxophone
- Jimmy Rowles – piano
- George Mraz – bass
- Jackie Williams – drums