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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Got My Own (Remastered 2023)
Jazz - Editado por Craft Recordings el 1/01/1973
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Classic Ammons, Vol. 6: Boss Tenor
Jazz - Editado por Top Tracks el 30/10/2013
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Jazz Legends Collection
Jazz - Editado por Bubble Jazz Records el 12/12/2016
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Complete Jazz Series 1950 - 1953
Jazz - Editado por Complete Jazz Series el 15/10/2008
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Brother Jack Meets The Boss
Jazz - Editado por CoolNote el 1/01/2000
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Boss Tenor
Jazz - Editado por Firefly Entertainment el 16/06/1960
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Soul Summit, Vol. 2 (Original Album Plus Bonus Tracks 1962)
Gene Ammons, Etta Jones, Jack McDuff
Jazz - Editado por Jazz Classics el 1/01/1963
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Boss Tenors in Orbit!
Jazz - Editado por Stardust Records el 1/08/2013
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Groovin' With Jug
Richard Groove Holmes, Gene Ammons
Jazz - Editado por CoolNote el 1/01/1961
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Stompin' at the Savoy
Jazz - Editado por Jazz Arena el 18/09/2014
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Three Classic Albums Plus (Groove Blues / Boss Tenor / Blue Gene) (Digitally Remastered)
Jazz - Editado por Avid Entertainment el 12/06/2011
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Records For You
Jazz - Editado por Remasterings FoYoNo el 13/03/2014
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Soul Summit
Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt, Jack McDuff
World music - Editado por TP4 Music el 14/02/2023
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The Gene Ammons Story: Organ Combos
Jazz - Editado por CoolNote el 1/01/2000
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