Two Jims and Zoot
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{{Infobox album
| name = Two Jims and Zoot
| type = Studio
| artist = Jimmy Raney, Zoot Sims & Jim Hall
| cover = Two Jims and Zoot.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1964
| recorded = March 11 & 12, 1964 in NYC
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 40:12
| label = Mainstream
56013/S6013
| producer = Harry Ringler
| chronology = Jimmy Raney
| prev_title = The Street Swingers
| prev_year = 1957
| next_title = Momentum
| next_year = 1974
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Zoot Sims
| type = Album
| prev_title = New Beat Bossa Nova Vol. 2
| prev_year = 1962
| title = Two Jims and Zoot
| year = 1964
| next_title = Inter-Action
| next_year = 1965
}}
}}
Two Jims and Zoot (also reissued as Otra Vez) is an album by guitarists Jimmy Raney and Jim Hall with saxophonist Zoot Sims which was recorded in 1964 for the Mainstream label.Edwards, D., Callahan, Eyries, P., Watts, R. & Neely, T. [http://www.bsnpubs.com/new/mainstream.pdf Discography of the Mainstream Label (Preview)], accessed November 11, 2014[http://www.jazzdisco.org/jimmy-raney/catalog/#mainstream-56013 Jimmy Raney discography], accessed November 11, 2014
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
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AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars and its review by Scott Yanow states "The cool-toned improvisations and boppish playing have a timeless quality about them although for the time period aspects of this music already sounded a bit old-fashioned".Yanow, S., [http://www.allmusic.com/album/two-jims-and-zoot-mw0000859903 Allmusic Review] accessed August 13, 2014
Track listing
- "Hold Me" (Gerry Mulligan) - 2:55
- "A Primera Vez" (Alcebíades Barcelos, Armando Marçal) - 4:19
- "Presente de Natal" (Nelcy Noronha) - 3:06
- "Morning of the Carnival" (Luiz Bonfá, Antônio Maria) - 4:34
- "Este Seu Olhar" (Antônio Carlos Jobim) - 4:35
- "Betaminus" (R. Ellen) - 3:18
- "Move It" (Jim Hall) - 4:25
- "All Across the City" (Hall) - 4:48
- "Coisa Mais Linda" (Carlos Lyra, Vinicius de Moraes) - 4:20
- "How About You?" (Leo Feist) - 3:52
Personnel
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