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1975 studio album by Al Cohn & Zoot Sims
Motoring Along Released 1975 Recorded November 25, 1974 Studio Stockholm, Sweden Genre Jazz Label Sonet SNTF 684 Producer Rune Öfwerman Dave McKenna Quartet featuring Zoot Sims Motoring Along Basie & Zoot
Motoring Along Al Cohn and Zoot Sims recorded in Sweden in 1974 for the Sonet label.[1] [2]
Reception The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated "As usual the two saxophonists mutually inspire each other on the cool-toned but frequently-heated bop date".[3]
Track listing "Stockholm – L.A." (Al Cohn) – 4:50 "My Funny Valentine " (Richard Rodgers , Lorenz Hart ) – 8:38 "Yardbird Suite " (Charlie Parker ) – 7:57 "Motoring Along" (Jimmy McGriff ) – 4:47 "Fallin'" (Cohn) – 7:04 "What the World Needs Now " (Burt Bacharach , Hal David ) – 8:40 Personnel References
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums Al Cohn's Tones Mr. Music The Natural Seven That Old Feeling Four Brass One Tenor The Brothers! Bill Perkins and Richie Kamuca , 1955)From A to...Z Zoot Sims , 1956)The Sax Section Cohn on the Saxophone Tenor Conclave John Coltrane , Hank Mobley , and Zoot Sims, 1956)The Al Cohn Quintet Featuring Bobby Brookmeyer The Four Brothers... Together Again! Herbie Steward , Zoot Sims, and Serge Chaloff , 1957)Al and Zoot You 'n' Me Son of Drum Suite Either Way Jazz Mission to Moscow Body and Soul Motoring Along Play It Now True Blue Dexter Gordon , 1976)Silver Blue Al Cohn's America Heavy Love Jimmy Rowles , 1977)No Problem Live albums
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
As The Brothers Stan Getz , 1949–52)Jutta Hipp with Zoot Sims The Modern Art of Jazz by Zoot Sims Tonite's Music Today Bob Brookmeyer , 1956)Whooeeee Zoot! Locking Horns Joe Newman , 1957)Stretching Out Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note Phil Woods , 1959)Down Home Two Jims and Zoot Otra Vez (Jimmy Raney and Jim Hall , 1964)Inter-Action Sonny Stitt , 1965)Waiting Game The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World Nirvana Bucky Pizzarelli , Buddy Rich , 1974)Basie & Zoot Count Basie , 1975)The Tenor Giants Featuring Oscar Peterson Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis , 1975)Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers Joe Pass , Oscar Peterson , 1975)Soprano Sax Hawthorne Nights If I'm Lucky Jimmy Rowles , 1977)For Lady Day Warm Tenor Jimmy Rowles , 1979)The Sweetest Sounds Rune Gustafsson , 1979)Just Friends Harry Edison , 1980)Art 'n' Zoot Art Pepper , 1981)RecordingsAl Cohn From A to...Z The Sax Section Tenor Conclave Hank Mobley , John Coltrane , 1957)The Four Brothers... Together Again! Herbie Steward , Serge Chaloff , 1957)Al and Zoot Blues and Haikus Jack Kerouac , 1959)SteveIreneo! Irene Kral , Steve Allen , 1959)Son of Drum Suite You 'n' Me Either Way Jazz Mission to Moscow Body and Soul Motoring Along WithQuincy WithGerry With Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus Encounter! Pepper Adams , 1968)Trigger Happy! East Coast Sounds (Trigger Alpert /Sims, Cohn, Tony Scott , 1956)Chet Baker & Strings Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe The Bosses "Big Joe" Turner , 1973)Louis Bellson Quintet The Genius of Ray Charles Jazz Is Universal Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band , 1961)Chris Connor The Book Cooks Booker Ervin , 1960)Loose Blues Bill Evans , 1962)The Aztec Suite Art Farmer , 1959)South American Cookin' Curtis Fuller , 1961)Creole Cookin' Bobby Hackett , 1967)The Hawk in Hi Fi Coleman Hawkins , 1956)Portraits on Standards Stan Kenton , 1953)The Kenton Era The Manhattan Transfer Profiles Gary McFarland , 1966)Something to Swing About Carmen McRae , 1959)Ms. Jazz Metronome All-Stars 1956 The Complete Town Hall Concert Charles Mingus , 1962)Arranged by Montrose Jack Montrose , 1954)Encyclopedia of Jazz Oliver Nelson , 1966)The Sound of Feeling Jazzhattan Suite All the Sad Young Men Anita O'Day , 1962)Transition Lionel Hampton , 1974)Shorty Rogers Courts the Count Samba Para Dos Lalo Schifrin , Bob Brookmeyer, 1963)Moonlight in Vermont Johnny Smith , 1952)Phoebe Snow Broadway Soul Sonny Stitt , 1965)Vaughan and Violins Sarah Vaughan , 1958)The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 1 Linger Awhile: Live at Newport and More The Jazz Guitarist At Newport '63 Joe Williams , 1963)
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not release.
Albums as leader WithStanley Turrentine With others Gene Ammons in Sweden One Foot in the Gutter Dave Bailey , 1960)Gettin' Into Somethin' Motoring Along Al Cohn & Zoot Sims , 1974)Tough Tenor Favorites Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis & Johnny Griffin , 1962)Goin' to the Meeting Jaw's Blues The Time Is Right Lou Donaldson , 1959)Sunny Side Up Midnight Sun The Jazzpar Prize Pierre Dørge , 1991)That's It! Booker Ervin , 1961)Exultation! The House That Love Built Frank Foster , 1982)Doin' Allright Dexter Gordon , 1961)Stable Mable Dexter Gordon , 1975)Jazz with a Twist Slide Hampton , 1961)Explosion! The Sound of Slide Hampton Weary Blues Langston Hughes , Charles Mingus & Leonard Feather , 1958)Gifts & Messages Roland Kirk , 1964)I Talk with the Spirits Slightly Latin A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry Charles Mingus , 1957)Blues & Roots Mingus Ah Um I'll Close My Eyes Doug Raney , 1982)Meeting the Tenors Splashes Bird's Grass Idrees Sulieman , 1976)Groovin'
