| Tonite's Music Today | ||||
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| Released | 1956 | |||
| Recorded | January 31, 1956 New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 35:18 | |||
| Label | Storyville STLP 907 | |||
| Producer | George Wein | |||
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Tonite's Music Today is an album by saxophonist Zoot Sims and trombonist Bob Brookmeyer recorded in 1956 for the Storyville label. [1]
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| Allmusic |   [2] |
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow described the album featuring "colorful jammed ensembles and hard-swinging yet cool-toned solos that owe as much to the swing tradition as to the innovations of bebop". [2]
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