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1. | Ol' Man River
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2. | Easy To Love
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3. | Seed Shack
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4. | Let It Be You
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5. | Exactly Like You
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6. | Miss Lucy
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7. | Namely You
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8. | Tangerine
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Jazz
with Richard Wyands, Doug Watkins, Ray Barretto, Clarence "Sleepy" Anderson, J.C. Heard
Gene Ammons spent most of the Fifties engaging in tenor battles or leading all-star groups through studio jam sessions; but he was never more eloquent than on those occasions when his soulful tenor sax was the lone horn riding a sympathetic rhythm section. Jug was part of a two-album project that had produced the ballad album Nice an' Cool (Moodsville 18) on the previous day, and can be heard as a follow-up to Ammons's highly successful Boss Tenor (OJC-297), down to the inclusion of Ray Barretto's conga drums. It features the saxophonist in the same powerhouse mix of blues, ballads, and relaxed swingers.
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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