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We were all influenced by Lester [Young]. Listen to the records that he made with [Count] Basie. Nobody's got what he's got. He's still the daddy.

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Zoot Sims
Age: 59 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 29
Died: 1985
Died: March 23
Composer
Jazz Musician
Musician
Saxophonist
Inglewood
California
John Haley Zoot Sims
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Nobody
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Stills
Basie
Young
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Daddy

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