Zoot Finster Octet

Fictional 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).

See also

• Prez Glick
• Zig Priff

External Links

• https://web.archive.org/save/http://jazzprofiles.blogspot.com/2016/07/jazz-humor-zoot-finster-series-by.html
• https://finster.wordpress.com/about/