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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The Big Sound (Album Version)
Jazz - Erschienen bei Original Jazz Classics am 03.01.1958
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FUNKY
Jazz - Erschienen bei Original Jazz Classics am 11.01.1957
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Boss Tenor (Remastered)
Jazz - Erschienen bei Avid Entertainment am 16.06.1960
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The Complete Recordings: 1951-1958
Bebop - Erschienen bei Tritone am 21.04.2014
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Blue Gene (Album Version)
Jazz - Erschienen bei Original Jazz Classics am 03.05.1958
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Soulful Mood Of Gene Ammons (Original Album)
Jazz - Erschienen bei Jazz Classics am 30.09.2016
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Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 - The Sixties
Jazz - Erschienen bei Original Jazz Classics am 01.01.1988
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Soul Summit
Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt, Jack McDuff
Jazz - Erschienen bei Prestige am 01.01.1962
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We'll Be Together Again
Jazz - Erschienen bei Prestige am 26.08.1961
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