Nirvana (Zoot Sims and Bucky Pizzarelli album)

Nirvana is an album by American jazz saxophonist Zoot Sims and guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli with special guest Buddy Rich recorded in 1974 and released on the Groove Merchant label.[1][2]

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Allmusic	[3]

Nirvana
Studio album by Zoot Sims and Bucky Pizzarelli
Released	1974
Recorded	April 22, 1974
Studio	New York City, NY
Genre	Jazz
Length	40:43
Label	Groove Merchant GM 533
Producer	Sonny Lester
Zoot Sims chronology
Zoot Sims' Party (1974) Nirvana (1974) Strike Up the Band (1975)
Bucky Pizzarelli chronology
Playing the Piano Music of Bix Beiderbecke (1974) Nirvana (1974) Strike Up the Band (1975)

Track listing

1. "Somerset" (Torrie Zito) – 4:11
2. "Honeysuckle Rose" (Fats Waller, Andy Razaf) – 3:57
3. "A Summer Thing" (Zito) – 3:19
4. "Somebody Loves Me" (George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald, Buddy DeSylva) – 3:35
5. "Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Don Redman, Razaf) – 2:55
6. "Nirvana" (Zoot Sims) – 4:14
7. "Indiana" (James F. Hanley, MacDonald) – 4:02
8. "Memories of You" (Eubie Blake, Razaf) – 4:05
9. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 4:35
10. "Up a Lazy River" (Hoagy Carmichael, Sidney Arodin) – 3:22
11. "Send in the Clowns" (Stephen Sondheim) – 2:28

Personnel

• Zoot Sims – tenor saxophone, vocals on track 5
• Bucky Pizzarelli – guitar
• Milt Hinton – bass
• Buddy Rich – drums (tracks 1–4 & 6–11), vocals on track 5
• Stan Kay – drums (track 5)

References

1. Zoot Sims catalog, accessed April 10, 2018
2. Jazzlists: Groove Merchant Records 500 Series, accessed April 10, 2018
3. Zoot Sims: Nirvana – Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved April 10, 2018.