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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 (1959-1965?) in Downbeat magazine, written by Ed Sherman under the pseudonym George Crater.
"Crater" also released a spoken word comedy album with a lot of jazz references, Out Of My Head (1960, Riverside RLP 841).
A Billboard article of Jan. 25, 1960, notes "UA has signed the Zoot Finster Octet to a long exclusive pact. A change in the group's line-up now has Zig Priff on trumpet. Ana-tasia Lefcourt, jazz and blues singer, has also been added."
The lineup given in an April 11, 1963 column for their live album At Sun Valley:
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
