Hard bop gene ammons allstar session with sonny stitt. Note that this discography only covers albums recorded by rudy van gelder, and that there are many albums mastered by van gelder that are not included here because he did not record them. Tenor saxophonist gene ammons is teamed up with trumpeter art farmer, altoist jackie mclean, pianist duke jordan, bassist addison farmer, drummer art taylor, and the congas of candido for four lengthy selections. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Gene ammons tenor saxophone jackie mclean alto saxophone art farmer trumpet mal waldron piano kenny burrell guitar doug watkins bass art taylor. Gene ammons boss tenor lyrics and tracklist genius. Artists similar to gene ammons on gene ammons similar artists covid19. Ammons recorded over 50 albums for the label from 1950, around the time of the labels inception, until ammonss death in 1974 interrupted only by seven years in jail between 1962 and 1969. Free again gene ammons album jump to navigation jump to search.
Gene ammons was a true jazz artist, he played with the greatest big bands, his concept was set in early onand he had the insight into how to play a melody with soul and feelin and get his point across. The happy blues is one of the great studio jam sessions in history. Any sax player worth his salt, should have this record below if not make sure you do asap. Get all the lyrics to songs by gene ammons and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. Gene ammons, who had a huge and immediately recognizable and captivating tone on tenor, had the natural ability to take a tune and make it his own.
Explore releases from gene ammons all stars at discogs. Gene ammons boss tenor 1960 flac 1999 boss tenor is the 1960 album by american jazz saxophonist gene ammons. Boss tenor sax gene jug ammons was one of the tenor giants of his era. I believe his dad albert was a spectacular piano player boggiewoggie. The saxman who advanced the cause of bebop as the king. Blessed with a hugely expressive tenor sound, he later began recording tenor duels with both dexter gordon and sonny stitt. A pioneering tenor saxophonist in bebop jazz, cool school jazz, and, later, soul jazz, gene jug ammons played alongside several of the bebop and postbop eras most noted players, including charlie parker, dexter gordon, john coltrane, art blakey, fats navarro, sonny stitt, miles davis, woody herman, james. Albums include boss tenor, heavy axe, and blue gene. Gene ammons, art farmer, jackie mclean, mal waldron, kenny burrell, doug watkins, arthur taylor. Gene ammons an anthology by montecarlo jazz recordings, an album by gene ammons on spotify. Ammons began to gain recognition while still at high school when in 1943. Listen to your favorite songs from blue gene by gene ammons now.
Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. Some of his ballad renditions became hits and, despite two unfortunate interruptions in his career, ammons remained a popular attraction for 25 years. Unfortunately, ammons drug problems led to a another arrest and conviction in 1962 though jazz and blues expert bob porter says that ammons was framed. Chicagoborn gene ammons began as a sax player in the late 40s in vocalist billy eckstine s big band. Listen to your favorite songs from blue ammons by gene ammons now. Widely regarded as an original founder of the chicago school of tenor sax, ammons nonchalant, yet indelible soundechoing the soft, breathy tone of lester young drove him to a great deal of fame within the post world. If you have reason to believe that a classic jazz album not listed here was recorded by rudy van gelder, please let me know. Get all the lyrics to songs on boss tenor and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics.
He had a big, deep tone that was perfect for everything from. Tenor saxophonist gene ammons tone can be best described using the qualities of an ideally brewed cup of joe. Low prices on lavern baker discography of music albums at cd universe, with top rated service, lavern baker songs, discography, biography, cover art pictures, sound samples, albums, etc. Free again is an album by saxophonist gene ammons recorded in 1972 and released on the prestige label. Complete song listing of gene ammons on gene ammons songs list covid19. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from gene ammons and his orchestra at the discogs marketplace. Blue gene is an album by saxophonist gene ammons recorded in 1958 and released on the prestige label. Blue ammons by gene ammons on amazon music unlimited. Eugene jug ammons was a jazz tenor saxophone player, and the son of boogiewoogie pianist albert ammons. The rise of unabashedly funky souljazz was a natural match for ammons driving, bluesy sound, and he was again able to lend his arresting tone to a number of successful projects. Find gene ammons discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from gene ammons.
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Albums include boss tenors straight ahead from chicago 1961, boss tenors in orbit, and well be together again. Gene ammons, american jazz tenor saxophonist, noted for his big sound and bluesinflected, soulful improvising. Lp1442 soulful saxophone gene ammons 1159 my foolish heartprelude to a kissits you or no onecan anyone explaingoodbyepennies from heavenhappiness is a thing called joeyou go to my headonce in a whileits the talk of the town. Hi all, i thought id start off the new year by adding a transcription of a gene ammons solo on autumn leaves to my website. He was a flexible and technically proficient player who could play in many musical idioms as well as being an incredible balladeer. Gene ammons an anthology by montecarlo jazz recordings. Eugene jug ammons april 14, 1925 august 6, 1974, also known as the boss, was an american jazz tenor saxophonist.
Born in chicago, illinois, ammons studied music with instructor walter dyett at dusable high school. Ill add sonny stitts solo from the same recording next week. Gene plays to the crowd by blasting out standards and newbees. We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. In accordance with the directives of government and health authorities, we have temporarily suspended operations. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from gene ammons all stars at the discogs marketplace. I 2018 flac i 2018 flac flac 16 bit country folk 24122018, 22. View all albums and help us complete gene ammons discography. The son of outstanding boogiewoogie pianist albert ammons, gene ammons grew up in chicago and first became nationally known as a member of billy eckstines innovative bebop big band. Eugene jug ammons april 14, 1925 july 23, 1974 also known as the boss, was an american jazz tenor saxophonist, and the son of boogiewoogie pianist albert ammons. Originally released on the prestige label, this edition was released in 1999 by fantasy jazz using the 20bit k2 super coding system and is remastered by kazushige yamazaki. Ojccd1922 gene ammons blue gene prestige pr 7306 gene ammons biggest soul hits original jazz classics ojccd602 gene ammons greatest hits.
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