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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = From A to...Z
| name = From A to...Z
| Type = Studio
| type = Studio
| Artist = The [[Al Cohn]]/[[Zoot Sims]] Sextet
| artist = The [[Al Cohn]]/[[Zoot Sims]] Sextet
| Cover = From A to Z.jpg
| cover = From A to Z.jpg
| Released = 1957
| alt =
| released = 1957
| Recorded = January 23 & 24, 1956<br><small>[[Webster Hall]], New York City
| recorded = January 23–24, 1956
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| Length = 55:47 <small>CD reissue with bonus tracks
| venue = [[Webster Hall]], New York City
| studio =
| Label = [[RCA Records|RCA Victor]]<br><small>LPM 1282
| Producer = Ed Michel
| genre = [[Jazz]]
| length = 55:47 <small>CD reissue with bonus tracks</small>
| Chronology = [[Al Cohn]]
| Last album = ''[[The Brothers!]]''<br>(1955)
| label = [[RCA Records|RCA Victor ]]<br><small>LPM 1282</small>
| producer = Ed Michel
| This album = '''From A to...Z'''<br>(1956)
| Next album = ''[[The Sax Section]]''<br>(1956)
| chronology = [[Al Cohn ]]
| prev_title = [[The Brothers!]]
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Misc = {{Extra chronology
| Artist = [[Zoot Sims]]
| prev_year = 1955
| next_title = [[The Sax Section]]
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| next_year = 1956
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Last album =
''[[The Modern Art of Jazz by Zoot Sims]]
''<br>(1956)
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misc = {{Extra chronology
| This album = '''From A to...Z'''<br>(1956)
| Next album = ''[[Tonite's Music Today]]''<br>(1956)
| artist = [[Zoot Sims ]]
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prev_title = [[The Modern Art of Jazz by Zoot Sims]]
| prev_year = 1956
| title = From A to...Z
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| next_title = [[Tonite's Music Today]]
| next_year = 1956
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}}
'''''From A to...Z''''' is an album by the [[Al Cohn]]/[[Zoot Sims]] Sextet recorded in early 1956 for the [[RCA Records|RCA Victor]] label.<ref>[http://www.jazzdisco.org/zoot-sims/catalog/#rca-victor-lpm-1282 Zoot Sims Catalog], accessed November 30, 2015</ref><ref>[http://jazzdiscogcorner.pagesperso-orange.fr/discographies_%20labels/r/rcavictor/instrumentals/c/cohn_al/discography/rcavictor_alcohn_1956.htm The RCA Victor Sessions of Al Cohn], accessed November 30, 2015</ref>
'''''From A to...Z''''' is an album by the [[Al Cohn]]/[[Zoot Sims]] Sextet recorded in early 1956 for the [[RCA Records|RCA Victor]] label.<ref>[http://www.jazzdisco.org/zoot-sims/catalog/#rca-victor-lpm-1282 Zoot Sims Catalog], accessed November 30, 2015</ref><ref>[http://jazzdiscogcorner.pagesperso-orange.fr/discographies_%20labels/r/rcavictor/instrumentals/c/cohn_al/discography/rcavictor_alcohn_1956.htm The RCA Victor Sessions of Al Cohn], accessed November 30, 2015</ref>
==Reception==
== Reception ==
{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/>
| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/>
}}
}}
The [[Allmusic]] review by [[Scott Yanow]] stated " Al and Zoot avoid obvious material ("Somebody Loves Me" and "East of the Sun" are the only standards) in favor of swinging "modern" originals".<ref name="Allmusic">{{Allmusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id=mw0000197992 |title=''From A to Z and Beyond'' – Review |accessdate=November 30, 2015}}</ref>
The [[Allmusic]] review by [[Scott Yanow]] stated " Al and Zoot avoid obvious material ("Somebody Loves Me" and "East of the Sun" are the only standards) in favor of swinging "modern" originals. "<ref name="Allmusic">{{AllMusic |first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id=mw0000197992 |title=''From A to Z and Beyond'' – Review |accessdate=November 30, 2015}}</ref>
==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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== References ==
== References ==
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[[Category:1957 albums]]
[[Category:1957 albums]]
1957 studio album by The Al Cohn/Zoot Sims Sextet
From A to...Z is an album by the Al Cohn /Zoot Sims Sextet recorded in early 1956 for the RCA Victor label.[ 1] [ 2]
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [ 3]
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated " Al and Zoot avoid obvious material ("Somebody Loves Me" and "East of the Sun" are the only standards) in favor of swinging "modern" originals."[ 3]
"Mediolistic" (Osie Johnson) - 3:29
"Crimea River" (Ralph Burns ) - 3:08
"A New Moan" (Manny Albam ) - 3:52
"A Moment's Notice" (Ernie Wilkins ) - 3:19
"My Blues" (Al Cohn) - 3:14
"Sandy's Swing" (Milt Gold) - 3:23
"Somebody Loves Me " (George Gershwin , Buddy DeSylva , Ballard MacDonald ) - 2:51
"More Bread" (Wilkins) - 3:05
"Sherm's Terms" (Dick Sherman) - 2:57
"From A to Z" (Cohn) - 2:57
"East of the Sun (and West of the Moon) " (Brooks Bowman ) - 4:19
"Tenor for Two Please, Jack" (Zoot Sims) - 4:25
"My Blues" [Alternate take] (Cohn) - 4:17 Bonus track on CD reissue
"More Bread" [Alternate take] (Wilkins) - 3:09 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Tenor for Two Please, Jack" [Alternate take] (Sims) - 4:17 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Somebody Loves Me" [Alternate take] (Gershwin, DeSylva, MacDonald) - 3:05 Bonus track on CD reissue
Recorded at Webster Hall in New York City on January 23, 1956 (tracks 1-3) and January 24, 1956 (tracks 4-16)
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums
Al Cohn's Tones (1950 & 1953)
Mr. Music (1954)
The Natural Seven (1955)
That Old Feeling (1955)
Four Brass One Tenor (1955)
The Brothers! (with Bill Perkins and Richie Kamuca , 1955)
From A to...Z (with Zoot Sims , 1956)
The Sax Section (1956)
Cohn on the Saxophone (1956)
Tenor Conclave (with John Coltrane , Hank Mobley , and Zoot Sims, 1956)
The Al Cohn Quintet Featuring Bobby Brookmeyer (1956)
The Four Brothers... Together Again! (with Herbie Steward , Zoot Sims, and Serge Chaloff , 1957)
Al and Zoot (with Zoot Sims, 1957)
You 'n' Me (with Zoot Sims, 1960)
Son of Drum Suite (1960)
Either Way (with Zoot Sims, 1961)
Jazz Mission to Moscow (1962)
Body and Soul (with Zoot Sims, 1973)
Motoring Along (with Zoot Sims, 1974)
Play It Now (1975)
True Blue (with Dexter Gordon , 1976)
Silver Blue (with Dexter Gordon, 1976)
Al Cohn's America (1976)
Heavy Love (with Jimmy Rowles , 1977)
No Problem (1979)
Live albums
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)
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
Albums as leader or co-leader
Urbanity (1947–53)
Bluebird (1955)
Quartet-Quintet (1955)
The Trio (and Wendell Marshall , Kenny Clarke , 1955)
Hank Jones' Quartet (1956)
Have You Met Hank Jones (1956)
Gigi (1958)
Keepin' Up with the Joneses (and Elvin and Thad Jones , 1958)
Porgy and Bess (1958)
The Talented Touch (1958)
Here's Love (1963)
This Is Ragtime Now! (1964)
Happenings (and Oliver Nelson , 1966)
Hanky Panky (1975)
Arigato (1976)
Jones-Brown-Smith (1976)
Satin Doll: Dedicated to Duke Ellington (1976)
Bop Redux (1977)
Have You Met This Jones? (1977)
I Remember You (1977)
Just for Fun (1977)
Tiptoe Tapdance (1977–78)
Ain't Misbehavin' (1978)
Carnaval (and Ron Carter , Sadao Watanabe , Tony Williams , 1978)
Compassion (1978)
Groovin' High (1978)
More Delights (and Tommy Flanagan , 1978)
Our Delights (and Tommy Flanagan, 1978)
Bluesette (1979)
I'm All Smiles (and Tommy Flanagan, 1979)
Duo (and Red Mitchell , 1987)
The Spirit of 176 (and George Shearing , 1988)
The Oracle (1989)
Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Sixteen (1991)
Steal Away (and Charlie Haden , 1994)
Kids: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (and Joe Lovano , 2006)
Come Sunday (2010)
The Great Jazz Trio WithBob Brookmeyer WithAl Cohn WithColeman Hawkins WithJohnny Hodges WithMilt Jackson WithJ.J. Johnson WithOliver Nelson WithSonny Stitt With others
The Cool Sound of Pepper Adams (Pepper Adams , 1957)
Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (Pepper Adams, 1963)
Conjuration: Fat Tuesday's Session (Pepper Adams, 1983)
Somethin' Else (Cannonball Adderley , 1958)
The Soul of the City (Manny Albam , 1966)
Bad! Bossa Nova (Gene Ammons , 1962)
Big Bad Jug (Gene Ammons, 1972)
Got My Own (Gene Ammons, 1972)
Baker's Holiday (Chet Baker , 1965)
Drummer's Holiday (Louie Bellson , 1956–58)
Encore (Eddie Bert , 1955)
Montage (split album, Eddie Bert, 1955)
Musician of the Year (Eddie Bert, 1955)
Late Date with Ruth Brown (Ruth Brown , 1959)
Ruth Brown '65 (1964)
Bluesin' Around (Kenny Burrell , 1961–62)
Night Song (Kenny Burrell, 1968)
For the Good Times (Rusty Bryant , 1973)
Byrd's Word (Donald Byrd , 1955)
New Formulas from the Jazz Lab (Gigi Gryce and Donald Byrd, 1957)
Jazz Lab (Gigi Gryce and Donald Byrd, Jubilee, 1957)
1 + 3 (Ron Carter, 1978)
Bass on Top (Paul Chambers , 1957)
Kenny Clarke & Ernie Wilkins (1955)
Introducing Jimmy Cleveland and His All Stars (1955)
Rhythm Crazy (Jimmy Cleveland , 1959)
Earl Coleman Returns (1956)
Last Night When We Were Young (Art Farmer , 1957)
Portrait of Art Farmer (1958)
The Aztec Suite (Art Farmer, 1959)
Merry Olde Soul (Victor Feldman , 1960–61)
Rhythm Is My Business (Ella Fitzgerald , 1962)
New Trombone (Curtis Fuller , 1957)
Cabin in the Sky (Curtis Fuller, 1962)
A Portrait of Duke Ellington (Dizzy Gillespie , 1960)
The Bop Session (Dizzy Gillespie, 1975)
Ca'Purange (Dexter Gordon , 1972)
Tangerine (Dexter Gordon, 1972)
Soul Groove (Johnny Griffin and Matthew Gee , 1963)
Gigi Gryce (1958)
You Better Know It!!! (Lionel Hampton , 1964)
I Just Dropped by to Say Hello (Johnny Hartman , 1963)
The Voice That Is! (Johnny Hartman, 1964)
Flute-In (Bobbi Humphrey , 1971)
Groovin' with Jacquet (Illinois Jacquet , 1951)
French Cookin' (Budd Johnson , 1963)
Elvin! (Elvin Jones , 1961–62)
And Then Again (Elvin Jones, 1965)
Dear John C. (Elvin Jones, 1965)
The Deadly Affair (Quincy Jones , 1966)
Hello, Hank Jones (Clifford Jordan , 1978)
SteveIreneo! (Irene Kral , 1959)
The Drum Battle (Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich , 1952)
I'm All For You (Joe Lovano , 2003)
Joyous Encounter (Joe Lovano, 2004)
Classic! Live at Newport (Joe Lovano, 2005)
Salute to the Flute (Herbie Mann , 1957)
2-3-4 (Shelly Manne , 1962)
Star Highs (Warne Marsh , 1982)
Eddie Costa, Mat Mathews & Don Elliott at Newport (1957)
The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" (Gary McFarland , 1961)
Helen Merrill with Strings (1955)
SO Much Guitar! (Wes Montgomery , 1961)
Great Day (James Mody , 1963)
Salute to Satch (Joe Newman , 1956)
The Midgets (Joe Newman, 1956)
Hangin' Out (Joe Newman and Joe Wilder , 1984)
All the Sad Young Men (Anita O'Day , 1962)
New York Album (Art Pepper , 1979)
So in Love (Art Pepper, 1979)
Here's That Raney Day (Jimmy Raney, 1980)
Together Again: For the First Time (Buddy Rich and Mel Tormé , 1978)
Midnight Oil (Jerome Richardson , 1958)
The Chase Is On (Charlie Rouse and Paul Quinichette , 1957)
Flute Suite (A.K. Salim , 1957)
The Jazz We Heard Last Summer (Sahib Shihab , 1957)
Jazz Sahib (Sahib Shihab, 1957)
Johnny Smith (Johnny Smith , 1967)
The Incredible Ira Sullivan (1980)
Lucky Thompson Plays Jerome Kern and No More (1963)
Warm Wave (Cal Tjader , 1964)
Breathe Easy (Cal Tjader, 1977)
See You at the Fair (Ben Webster , 1964)
Flutes & Reeds (Ernie Wilkins and Frank Wess , 1955)
Top Brass (Ernie Wilkins, 1955)
Wilder 'n' Wilder (Joe Wilder , 1956)
The Pretty Sound (Joe Wilder, 1959)
But Beautiful (Nancy Wilson , 1969)
The Swingin' States (Kai Winding , 1958)
Dance to the City Beat (Kai Winding, 1958–59)
More Brass (Kai Winding, 1966)
Laughin' to Keep from Cryin' (Lester Young , 1958)