If I'm Lucky (album)
{{Infobox album
| name = If I'm Lucky
| type = Studio
| artist = Zoot Sims and Jimmy Rowles
| cover = If I'm Lucky (album).jpg
| released = 1977
| recorded = October 27 & 28, 1977
| studio = RCA Studios, NYC
| genre = Jazz
| length = 45:11
| label = Pablo
2310-803
| producer = Norman Granz
| chronology = Zoot Sims
| prev_title = Hawthorne Nights
| prev_year = 1976
| next_title = For Lady Day
| next_year = 1978
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Jimmy Rowles
| type = Album
| prev_title = Music's the Only Thing on My Mind
| prev_year = 1976
| title = If I'm Lucky
| year = 1977
| next_title = As Good as It Gets
| next_year = 1978
}}
}}
If I'm Lucky is an album by saxophonist Zoot Sims with pianist Jimmy Rowles, recorded in 1977 for the Pablo label.Edwards, D., Callahan, Eyries, P., Watts, R. & Neely, T. [http://www.bsnpubs.com/new/pablo.pdf Discography of the Pablo Label (Preview)], accessed May 20, 2016[http://www.jazzdisco.org/zoot-sims/catalog/#pablo-2310-803 Zoot Sims Catalog: Album Index], accessed May 20, 2016
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz
}}
AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars, and its review by Scott Yanow calls it an "enjoyable straight-ahead date".{{AllMusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id=mw0000192859 |title=If I'm Lucky – Review |access-date=May 20, 2016}} On All About Jazz, Marc Barnett described the album as "gorgeous improvisations on some beautiful yet rarely played songs".Barnet, M. [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/zoot-sims-and-jimmy-rowles-if-im-lucky-zoot-sims-by-mark-barnett.php All About Jazz: Listening Guide], March 28, 2016 The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected this album as part of its suggested Core Collection.{{cite book|last = Cook|first = Richard|author-link = Richard Cook (journalist)|author2=Brian Morton |author-link2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings|orig-year = 1992|edition = 9th|series = The Penguin Guide to Jazz|year = 2008|publisher = Penguin|location = New York|isbn = 978-0-14-103401-0|pages = 1304|chapter = Zoot Sims}}[http://www.tomhull.com/ocston/nm/notes/pjazz-core.php Penguin Guide to Jazz: Core Collection List], accessed May 20, 2016
Track listing
- "(I Wonder) Where Our Love Has Gone" (Buddy Johnson) - 4:54
- "Legs" (Neal Hefti) - 6:31
- "If I'm Lucky" (Eddie DeLange, Josef Myrow) - 5:29
- "Shadow Waltz" (Harry Warren, Al Dubin) - 5:34
- "You're My Everything" (Warren, Mort Dixon, Joe Young) - 5:26
- "It's All Right With Me" (Cole Porter) - 6:54
- "Gypsy Sweetheart" (Mitchell Parish) - 4:18
- "I Hear a Rhapsody" (Jack Baker, George Fragos, Dick Gasparre) - 6:28