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Zoot Finster Octet
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Jump to navigationJump to searchFictional jazz band from the "Out of My Head" humor column (1959-196?) in Downbeat magazine, written by Ed Sherman under the pseudonym George Crater.
Lineup:
- Zoot Finster, tenor saxophone
- Miles Cosnat, trumpet
- Gimp Lymphly, gorkaphone
- Humphrey Nurturewurst, trombone
- Milt Orp, marimba
- Strimp Grech, cello;
- Rudell Benge, guitar
- Sticks Berklee, drums
"Crater" also released a spoken word comedy album with a lot of jazz references, Out Of My Head (1960, Riverside RLP 841).
