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{{Short description|Album by Zoot Sims}}
{{Infobox album
| name       = Zoot!
| type       = Studio
| artist     = [[Zoot Sims]]
| cover      = Zoot! (Zoot Sims album - cover art).jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1957
| recorded   = December 13 & 18, 1956<br><small>Reeves Sound Studios, New York City</small>
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Jazz]]
| length     = 40:14
| label      = [[Riverside Records|Riverside]]<br><small>RLP 12-228</small>
| producer   = [[Orrin Keepnews]]
| chronology = [[Zoot Sims]]
| prev_title = [[Zoot Sims Plays Alto, Tenor and Baritone]]
| prev_year  = 1956
| next_title = [[Zoot Sims Plays 4 Altos]]
| next_year  = 1957
}}
'''''Zoot!''''' (also released as '''''Zoot Sims Quintet''''') is an album by American jazz saxophonist [[Zoot Sims]] featuring tracks recorded in 1956 for the [[Riverside Records|Riverside]] label.<ref>[http://www.jazzdisco.org/riverside-records/catalog-200-series/#rlp-12-228 Riverside Records discography] accessed August 30, 2012</ref>
==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/>
}}
[[Allmusic]] awarded the album 3 stars with [[Scott Yanow]] calling it "a typically hard-swinging and melodic Zoot Sims date".<ref name="Allmusic">Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/zoot%21-mw0000674754 Allmusic Review] accessed August 30, 2012</ref>
==Track listing==
''All compositions by Florence Handy except as indicated''
# "Why Cry?" - 5:54
# "Echoes of You" - 7:12
# "Swim, Jim" - 7:07
# "Here and Now" - 4:55
# "[[Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)]]" ([[Rube Bloom]], [[Johnny Mercer]]) - 4:30
# "Osmosis" (Osie Johnson) - 4:44
# "[[Taking a Chance on Love]]" ([[Vernon Duke]], [[Ted Fetter]], [[John La Touche (lyricist)|John La Touche]]) - 6:01
== Personnel ==
*[[Zoot Sims]] - [[alto saxophone]], [[tenor saxophone]]
*[[Nick Travis]] - [[trumpet]]
*[[George Handy]] - [[piano]], [[arrangement|arranger]]
*[[Wilbur Ware]] - [[Double bass|bass]]
*[[Osie Johnson]] - [[drum kit|drums]]
== References ==
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{{Zoot Sims}}
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[[Category:1957 albums]]
[[Category:Zoot Sims albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Orrin Keepnews]]
[[Category:Riverside Records albums]]