West Coast Jazz?


I am on a quest for good West Coast jazz. The soundtrack from the movie "I Want To Live" is the best example I can give. Knowing the names of the musicians is not good enough because they also played "East Coast jazz". This came in the late 50's to early 60's I think.
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Zoot Sims "Hawthorne Nites" , "The L.A Four";Laurindo Almeida, Ray Brown, Shelly Mann, Bud Shank. Possibly Howard Rumsey's "Lighthouse Allstars";Shorty Rogers, Maynard Ferguson, Rolf Ericson, Stu Williamson, Conte Candoli, Milt Bernhart, Bob Enevoldsen, Frank Rosolino, Jimmy Giuffre, Bob Cooper, Bud Shank, Hampton Hawes, Marty Paich, Claude Williamson, Sonny Clark, Shelly Manne, Max Roach, Stan Levey, and guests Miles Davis and Chet Baker were among the participants. The music was essentially bebop with some cooler-toned performances, particularly the ones starring Cooper on oboe or English horn and Shank on flute.

That should be a good start.