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| Up Tight! |
| Gene Ammons |
első megjelenés éve: 1961
75 perc |
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| (1994)
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| 3.884 Ft
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| 1. | The Breeze And I
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| 2. | Carbow
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| 3. | Moonglow
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| 4. | I'm Afraid The Masquerade Is Over
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| 5. | I'm Beginning To See The Light
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| 6. | Jug's Blue Blues
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| 7. | Lester Leaps In
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| 8. | The Five O'clock Whistle
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| 9. | I Sold My Heart To The Junkman
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| 10. | Song Of The Islands
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| 11. | Up Tight
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| 12. | Travelin'
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| 13. | Soft Summer Breeze
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| 14. | Don't Go To Strangers
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Jazz 6 Soul-Jazz, Hard Bop
Recorded October 17 and 18, 1961
Gene Ammons - Sax (Tenor)
Art Davis - Bass
Art Taylor - Drums
Bob Porter Liner Notes
Esmond Edwards
George Duvivier Bass
Patti Bown Piano
Phil Carroll Art Direction
Phil DeLancie Remastering
Ray Barretto Conga
Rudy Van Gelder Engineer
Tom Wilson Liner Notes
Walter Bishop, Jr. Piano
On two successive days in 1961, Gene Ammons entered Rudy Van Gelder's studios and recorded enough material for a pair of albums Up Tight and Boss Soul. Since Ammons was incarcerated on drug charges at the time of their release, these excellent collections of his playing were generally overlooked; joined here, in the sequence of original recording, they provide further testimony to this boss tenor's endless creativity. This is Ammons in his trio-plus-congas groove, caressing ballads, burrowing into the blues, and, especially on the second session, displaying exceptional taste in underrecorded material. While all of the accompanists turn in fine work, the percussive mesh displayed by Art Taylor and Ray Barretto is as marvelous as the tenor playing it supports.
Gene Ammons recorded many albums for Prestige but, if this CD is a good start for listeners unfamiliar with his playing. A reissue of two LPs (Up Tight and Boss Soul) recorded during the same two-day period, these performances find Ammons backed by a pair of four-piece rhythm sections (with either Walter Bishop or Patti Bown on piano and Ray Barretto's congas a major asset) and taking the lion's share of the solo space. Ammons sounds particularly warm and emotional throughout this CD, particularly on such numbers as "The Breeze and I," "I'm Afraid the Masquerade Is over," a cooking "Lester Leaps In" and "Song of the Islands." His sound and style effectively bridged the gap between bop and soul jazz. ~ 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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