From A to...Z

From A to...Z
Studio album by The Al Cohn/Zoot Sims Sextet
Released	1957
Recorded	January 23 & 24, 1956 Webster Hall, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	55:47 CD reissue with bonus tracks
Label	RCA Victor LPM 1282
Producer	Ed Michel
Al Cohn chronology
The Brothers! (1955) From A to...Z (1956) The Sax Section (1956)
Zoot Sims chronology
The Modern Art of Jazz by Zoot Sims (1956) From A to...Z (1956) Tonite's Music Today (1956)

From A to...Z is an album by the Al Cohn/Zoot Sims Sextet recorded in early 1956 for the RCA Victor label.^[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated " Al and Zoot avoid obvious material ("Somebody Loves Me" and "East of the Sun" are the only standards) in favor of swinging "modern" originals".^[3]

Track listing

1. "Mediolistic" (Osie Johnson) - 3:29
2. "Crimea River" (Ralph Burns) - 3:08
3. "A New Moan" (Manny Albam) - 3:52
4. "A Moment's Notice" (Ernie Wilkins) - 3:19
5. "My Blues" (Al Cohn) - 3:14
6. "Sandy's Swing" (Milt Gold) - 3:23
7. "Somebody Loves Me" (George Gershwin, Buddy DeSylva, Ballard MacDonald) - 2:51
8. "More Bread" (Wilkins) - 3:05
9. "Sherm's Terms" (Dick Sherman) - 2:57
10. "From A to Z" (Cohn) - 2:57
11. "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" (Brooks Bowman) - 4:19
12. "Tenor for Two Please, Jack" (Zoot Sims) - 4:25
13. "My Blues" [Alternate take] (Cohn) - 4:17 Bonus track on CD reissue
14. "More Bread" [Alternate take] (Wilkins) - 3:09 Bonus track on CD reissue
15. "Tenor for Two Please, Jack" [Alternate take] (Sims) - 4:17 Bonus track on CD reissue
16. "Somebody Loves Me" [Alternate take] (Gershwin, DeSylva, MacDonald) - 3:05 Bonus track on CD reissue

• Recorded at Webster Hall in New York City on January 23, 1956 (tracks 1-3) and January 24, 1956 (tracks 4-16)

Personnel

• Al Cohn, Zoot Sims - tenor saxophone
• Dick Sherman - trumpet
• Hank Jones (tracks 7, 10-12, 15 & 16), Dave McKenna (tracks 1-6, 8, 9, 13 & 14) - piano
• Milt Hinton - bass
• Osie Johnson - drums

References

1. Zoot Sims Catalog, accessed November 30, 2015
2. The RCA Victor Sessions of Al Cohn, accessed November 30, 2015
3. Yanow, Scott. From A to Z and Beyond – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 30, 2015.