Zoot Sims
Tenor Sax Solo on
Just You, Just Me

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Zoot Sims's tenor saxophone solo is the second of five solos on "Just You, Just Me" from the 1956 Tenor Conclave album, following Hank Mobley. He takes two choruses of the 32-bar AABA form at 234 BPM in E-flat, bringing his trademark lightness and melodic grace to Jesse Greer's standard at this brisk tempo. Sims's effortless swing and lyrical phrasing provide a contrast to Mobley's harder-bop approach, and his solo is followed by John Coltrane's more harmonically searching statement.

Zoot Sims was 30 to 31 years old at the time.