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Also Known As John Haley Sims
Born October 29, 1925 • Inglewood • California
Died March 23, 1985 (aged 59) • New York City • New York

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Zoot Sims, from the cover of One to Blow On, originally released by Biograph in 1979 from recordings made in 1958.
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