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Zoot Sims: Waiting Game

In December 1966, “Impulse!” label released “Waiting Game”, the 44th Zoot Sims album. It was recorded in November 1966, in London, and was produced by Bob Thiele and Gary McFarland.

Personnel:

  • Zoot Sims – vocals, tenor saxophone
  • David Snell – harp
  • Gary McFarland – arranger
  • Kenny Napper, Jack Parnell – conductor
  • Unknown Orchestra
  • Robert Flynn – design
  • Arthur Halpern – cover photography
  • Nat Hentoff – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Gary McFarland except where noted.

  1. Old Folks – Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison
  2. I Wish I Knew – Mack Gordon
  3. Once We Loved
  4. It’s a Blue World – George Forrest, Robert Wright
  5. September Song – Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson
  6. Over the Rainbow – Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg
  7. Stella by Starlight – Victor Young, Ned Washington
  8. One I Could Have Loved
  9. You Go to My Head – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
  10. Does the Sun Really Shine on the Moon?