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Zoot suit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (320 words) |
 | A zoot suit is a man's suit with wide-legged, tight-cuffed, or "pegged," trousers (called tramas); and a long coat with wide lapels, and wide, padded shoulders (called the carlango). |
| A young Malcolm X described the zoot suit this way: "a killer-diller coat with a drape shape, reet pleats and shoulders padded like a lunatic's cell." The trousers sometimes, reputedly, had a special hidden pocket sewn in, the perfect size and shape to contain a billy club for use as a weapon in street violence. |
| It has been suggested by some that zoot suits originated as a passive protest to measures during World War II to limit nationwide consumption of many items due to war needs, but this is unlikely, as they were fashionable in fl and Latino communities long before the imposition of such restrictions. |
| Zoot Sims - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (153 words) |
| John Haley "Zoot" Sims (1925-1985) was an American jazz saxophonist. |
| Zoot frequently led his own combos and frequently toured with friends Al Cohn and Gerry Mulligan. |
| Zoot Sims died in New York on March 23, 1985. |
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