Just Friends is an album by saxophonist Zoot Sims (credited on the original release as John Haley Sims) with trumpeter Harry Sweets Edison, recorded in late 1978 but not released by the Pablo label until 1980.Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Both Sides Now: Pablo Album Discography Preview accessed May 27, 2019Jazzdisco: Pablo Records Catalog: 2310-800 series. Retrieved May 27, 2019Jazzdisco: Zoot Sims Catalog accessed May 27, 2019Enciclopedia del Jazz: Harry Sweet Edison discography accessed May 27, 2019
Reception
AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated, "Although from different generations, tenor-saxophonist Zoot Sims and trumpeter Harry 'Sweets' Edison both always liked to swing, making their successful collaboration on this CD reissue not much of a surprise... The results are predictable but colorful and inventive within the boundaries of the idiom".
Track listing "Nature Boy" (eden ahbez) – 5:38 "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Irving Berlin) – 6:52 "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" (Cole Porter) – 5:02 "I Understand" (Mabel Wayne, Kim Gannon) – 3:12 "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) – 5:11 "Blue Skies" (Berlin) – 6:18 "Until Tonight (Mauve)" (Victor Young, Edward Heyman) – 4:47 "A Little Tutu" (Harry Sweets Edison) – 3:42
Personnel John Haley Sims – tenor saxophone Harry Sweets Edison – trumpet Roger Kellaway – piano John Heard – bass Jimmie Smith – drums
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