1958
2013
Denzil Best
Gene de Paul
Hans Hammerschmid
Harry Barris
Jerome Kern
John Haley 'Zoot' Sims
Ray Link
Richard Rogers
Victor Schertzinger
John Haley 'Zoot' Sims
Hans Koller
Willie Dennis
Adi Feuerstein
Gerd Husemann
Helmut Brandt
Hans Hammerschmid
Peter Trunk
Kenny Clarke
Tr. 1 Jerome Kern: All The Things You Are
Tr. 2 Denzil Best: Alan's Alley
Tr. 3 Hans Hammerschmid: Minor Meeting For Two Clarinets
Tr. 4 Richard Rogers: Fallin' In Love
Tr. 5 Hans Hammerschmid: Blue Night
Tr. 6 Hans Hammerschmid: Open Door
Tr. 7 Harry Barris: I Surrender Dear
Tr. 8 Victor Schertzinger: Tangerine
Tr. 9 Ray Link: These Foolish Things
Tr. 10 Gene de Paul: I'll Remember April
Tr. 11 John Haley 'Zoot' Sims: Trottin'
In 1958 Sims played with Benny Goodman at Expo ‘58 in Brussels, where he met the Viennese-born Hans Koller, then Europe’s coolest tenor sax. Two years earlier Sims had made a Blue Note recording with the German pianist Jutta Hipp and he was keen to meet other European jazz musicians.