Gene Ammons
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."
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Brother Jack Meets The Boss
Jazz - Released by CoolNote on 1 jan. 2000
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Boss Tenor
Jazz - Released by Firefly Entertainment on 16 jun. 1960
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I Like My Morning Jacket
Jazz - Released by Music Is Life on 12 jul. 2020
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Soul Summit, Vol. 2 (Original Album Plus Bonus Tracks 1962)
Gene Ammons, Etta Jones, Jack McDuff
Jazz - Released by Jazz Classics on 1 jan. 1963
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Boss Tenors in Orbit!
Jazz - Released by Stardust Records on 1 aug. 2013
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Groovin' With Jug
Richard Groove Holmes, Gene Ammons
Jazz - Released by CoolNote on 1 jan. 1961
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Stompin' at the Savoy
Jazz - Released by Jazz Arena on 18 sep. 2014
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Three Classic Albums Plus (Groove Blues / Boss Tenor / Blue Gene) (Digitally Remastered)
Jazz - Released by Avid Entertainment on 12 jun. 2011
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Records For You
Jazz - Released by Remasterings FoYoNo on 13 mrt. 2014
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Jammin' in Hi-Fi
Jazz - Released by Supreme Media on 18 jul. 2013
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Soul Summit
Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt, Jack McDuff
Wereldmuziek - Released by TP4 Music on 14 feb. 2023
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The Gene Ammons Story: Organ Combos
Jazz - Released by CoolNote on 1 jan. 2000
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Congo
House - Released by Strictly Rhythm Records on 5 jul. 2017
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Gene Ammons Swinging the Jugg (Deluxe Edition)
Bebop - Released by Stone Music Family, LLC on 29 mrt. 2019
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