From A to...Z is an album by the Al Cohn/Zoot Sims Sextet recorded in early 1956 for the RCA Victor label.Zoot Sims Catalog, accessed November 30, 2015The RCA Victor Sessions of Al Cohn, accessed November 30, 2015
Reception
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."
Track listing "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)
Personnel Al Cohn, Zoot Sims - tenor saxophone Dick Sherman - trumpet Hank Jones (tracks 7, 10–12, 15 & 16), Dave McKenna (tracks 1–6, 8, 9, 13 & 14) - piano Milt Hinton - bass Osie Johnson - drums
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