Tonite's Music Today is an album by saxophonist Zoot Sims and trombonist Bob Brookmeyer recorded in 1956 for the Storyville label.Zoot Sims Catalog, accessed November 30, 2015
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow described the album featuring "colorful jammed ensembles and hard-swinging yet cool-toned solos that owe as much to the swing tradition as to the innovations of bebop".
Track listing "Mr. Moon" (Steve Allen) – 4:56 "I Hear a Rhapsody" (Jack Baker, George Fragos, Dick Gasparre) – 2:27 "The Chant" (Gerry Mulligan) – 4:27 "Blues" (Traditional) – 5:39 "Zoot's Tune" (Zoot Sims) – 4:42 "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:51 "Bobby's Tune" (Bob Brookmeyer) – 3:23 "Blue Skies" (Irving Berlin) – 4:53
Personnel Zoot Sims – tenor saxophone, vocals Bob Brookmeyer – valve trombone Hank Jones – piano Wyatt Reuther – bass Gus Johnson – drums
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