''Locking Horns'' is an album by trumpeter
Joe Newman and saxophonist
Zoot Sims
John Haley "Zoot" Sims (October 29, 1925 – March 23, 1985) was an American jazz saxophonist, playing mainly tenor but also alto (and, later, soprano) saxophone. He first gained attention in the "Four Brothers" sax section of Woody Herman's big ...
recorded in 1957 and originally released on the
Rama
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label before it was sold to
Roulette Records
Roulette Records was an American record company and label founded in 1957 by George Goldner, Joe Kolsky, Morris Levy and Phil Kahl, with creative control given to producers and songwriters Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore. Levy was appointed ...
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Zoot Sims Catalog
accessed November 13, 2015
Reception
AllMusic
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awarded the album 4 stars.[Allmusic listing](_blank)
accessed November 13, 2015
Track listing
''All compositions by Adriano Acea except as indicated''
# "Corky" (Joe Newman) - 4:45
# "Mambo for Joe" - 3:50
# "Wolafunt's Lament" ( Bill Graham) - 3:45
# "Midnite Fantasy" - 3:35
# "'Tater Pie" - 3:35
# "Oh Shaye" - 3:50
# "Bassing Around" (Osie Johnson) - 3:59
# "Oh Joe" (Newman) - 4:30
# "Susette" - 4:00
# "Similar Souls" (Johnson) - 6:18
Personnel
* Joe Newman - trumpet
The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz musical ensemble, ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest Register (music), register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitche ...
*Zoot Sims
John Haley "Zoot" Sims (October 29, 1925 – March 23, 1985) was an American jazz saxophonist, playing mainly tenor but also alto (and, later, soprano) saxophone. He first gained attention in the "Four Brothers" sax section of Woody Herman's big ...
- tenor saxophone
The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (whi ...
* Adrian Acea - piano
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*Oscar Pettiford
Oscar Pettiford (September 30, 1922 – September 8, 1960) was an American jazz double bassist and composer. He was one of the earliest musicians to work in the bebop idiom.
Jazz bassist Christian McBride called Pettiford "probably the most imp ...
- bass
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Fish
* Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species
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Music
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*Osie Johnson
James "Osie" Johnson (January 11, 1923, in Washington, D.C. – February 10, 1966, in New York City) was a jazz drummer, arranger and singer. Biography
Johnson studied at Armstrong Highschool where he was classmates with Leo Parker and Frank ...
- drums
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References
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1957 collaborative albums
Joe Newman (trumpeter) albums
Zoot Sims albums
Roulette Records albums