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| The Gene Ammons Story: Gentle Jug |
| Gene Ammons |
| első megjelenés éve: 1961 |
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| (1992)
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| 3.884 Ft
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| 1. | Till There Was You
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| 2. | Answer Me, My Love
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| 3. | Willow Weep For Me
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| 4. | Little Girl Blue
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| 5. | Something I Dreamed Last Night
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| 6. | Something Wonderful
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| 7. | I Remember You
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| 8. | Someone To Watch Over Me
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| 9. | Two Different Worlds
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| 10. | But Beautiful
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| 11. | Skylark
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| 12. | Three Little Words
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| 13. | Street Of Dreams
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| 14. | You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
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| 15. | Under A Blanket Of Blue
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| 16. | I'm Glad There Is You
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Jazz / Bop, Ballads, Soul-Jazz, Hard Bop, Mainstream Jazz
Recorded January 1961 and April 1962
Gene Ammons - Sax (Tenor)
Bob Porter Liner Notes, Reissue Producer
Chad Kassem Reissue Producer
Doug Watkins - Bass
Ed Shaughnessy Drums
Esmond Edwards Photography, Producer, Original Album Producer
Etta Jones Vocals
George Duvivier - Bass
J.C. Heard - Drums
Patricia Brown Piano
Patti Bown - Piano
Phil Carroll Artwork, Art Direction
Phil DeLancie Digital Remastering
Richard Wyands Piano
Rudy Van Gelder Engineer
Walter Perkins Drums
This single CD reissues the two-LP set of the same name. Included are two sessions originally cut for Prestige's subsidiary Moodsville (Nice an' Cool and The Soulful Mood of Gene Ammons), which are purposely relaxed and strictly at ballad tempos. Fortunately, Ammons (who had a distinctive, huge tone) was long a master at interpreting ballads, and although these performances do not quite reach the heights of his greatest recordings, the lyrical music is quite enjoyable. Accompanied by either Richard Wyands or Patti Bown on piano, Doug Watkins or George Duvivier on bass, and J.C. Heard or Ed Shaughnessy on drums, Ammons is tasteful and creative in a subtle way throughout these successful dates. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Gene Ammons
Active Decades: '40s, '50s, '60s and '70s
Born: Apr 14, 1925 in Chicago, IL
Died: Aug 06, 1974 in Chicago, IL
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Bop, Soul-Jazz, Hard Bop
Gene Ammons, who had a huge and immediately recognizable tone on tenor, was a very flexible player who could play bebop with the best (always battling his friend Sonny Stitt to a tie) yet was an influence on the R&B world. Some of his ballad renditions became hits and, despite two unfortunate interruptions in his career, Ammons remained a popular attraction for 25 years.
Son of the great boogie-woogie pianist Albert Ammons, Gene Ammons (who was nicknamed "Jug") left Chicago at age 18 to work with King Kolax's band. He originally came to fame as a key soloist with Billy Eckstine's orchestra during 1944-1947, trading off with Dexter Gordon on the famous Eckstine record Blowing the Blues Away. Other than a notable stint with Woody Herman's Third Herd in 1949 and an attempt at co-leading a two tenor group in the early '50s with Sonny Stitt, Ammons worked as a single throughout his career, recording frequently (most notably for Prestige) in settings ranging from quartets and organ combos to all-star jam sessions. Drug problems kept him in prison during much of 1958-1960 and, due to a particularly stiff sentence, 1962-1969. When Ammons returned to the scene in 1969, he opened up his style a bit, including some of the emotional cries of the avant-garde while utilizing funky rhythm sections, but he was still able to battle Sonny Stitt on his own terms. Ironically the last song that he ever recorded (just a short time before he was diagnosed with terminal cancer) was "Goodbye."
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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