Waiting Game (album)

Waiting Game
Studio album by Zoot Sims
Released	1966
Recorded	November 28 & 30, 1966
Genre	Jazz
Length	43:05
Label	Impulse!
Zoot Sims chronology
New Beat Bossa Nova Vol. 2 (1962) Waiting Game (1966) Easy as Pie: Live at the West Bank (1968)

Waiting Game is an album by American jazz saxophonist Zoot Sims and Orchestra arranged by Gary McFarland featuring performances recorded in England in 1966 for the Impulse! label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars.^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Gary McFarland except as indicated

1. "Old Folks" (Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison) - 4:52
2. "I Wish I Knew" (Mack Gordon) - 4:11
3. "Once We Loved" - 2:46
4. "It's a Blue World" (George Forrest, Robert Wright) - 3:47
5. "September Song" (Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson) - 4:48
6. "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) - 5:02
7. "Stella by Starlight" (Victor Young, Ned Washington) - 4:36
8. "One I Could Have Loved" - 3:13
9. "You Go to My Head" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) - 4:04
10. "Does the Sun Really Shine on the Moon?" - 5:46

• Recorded in London, England on November 28, 1966 (tracks 1-5 & 8-10), and November 30, 1966 (6 & 7)

Personnel

• Zoot Sims - tenor saxophone, vocals
• Gary McFarland – arranger
• Kenny Napper, (tracks 6 & 7), Jack Parnell (tracks 1-5 & 8-10) - conductor
• Unknown Orchestra

References

1. Impulse! Records discography accessed April 11, 2011
2. Allmusic Review accessed April 11, 2011