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| 1. | Swingin' the Jug
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| 2. | 'Round Midnight
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| 3. | The Look of Love
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| 4. | Lover Man
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| 5. | Just the Blues
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| 6. | Confessin' the Blues
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| 7. | The Black Cat [*]
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| 8. | Long Long Time [*]
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| 9. | Piece to Keep Away Evil Spirits [*]
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| 10. | Jug Eyes [*]
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| 11. | Something [*]
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| 12. | Hi Ruth! [*]
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| 13. | Here's That Rainy Day [Live][*]
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Jazz
All tracks, except #13, were recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey.
Tracks #1-6 from the album: 'Swingin' the Jug' (Roots LP 1002)
Recorded on July 23, 1970
Tracks #7-12 from the album: 'The Black Cat' (Prestige PR10006)
Recorded on November 11, 1970
Track #13 live from the Watts Jazz Festival, Watts, California, September 23, 1973
Gene Ammons (ts)
Bob Pierce (org), George Freeman (g), Bob Guthrie (d), Harold Mabern (p), Ron Carter (b), Idris Muhammad (d), Harold Land Jr. (p), Johnny Williams (b), Paul Humphrey (d)
This release contains Gene Ammons' much in demand album “Swingin' the Jug”, which has never been previously issued on CD. As a bonus, this edition also includes in its entirety the Prestige LP “The Black Cat” (also from 1970) - plus Ammons' rare and outstanding live quartet performance of the classic ballad "Here's that Rainy Day" at the 1973 Watts Jazz Festival.
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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