Description

Zoot Sims and Joe Pass recorded together only once, but the chemistry of this 1982 duo session between the two American sax titans is instant; exothermic. Pass, always light on his feet, met his perfect foil in Sims, who by this point had found an understated but articulate sound. Recorded late in both men’s careers, the session pairs Pass’s harmonic clarity with Sims’s warm tone and melodic instinct, especially on the ballad ‘Remember’, where his phrasing keeps the tension between wistful and conversational. Elsewhere, faster tunes roll out with unforced swing and shared purpose. Remastered from the original analogue tapes by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab, this edition comes on an 180-gramme vinyl record.