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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Boss Tenor
Jazz - Erschienen bei Firefly Entertainment am 16.06.1960
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I Like My Morning Jacket
Jazz - Erschienen bei Music Is Life am 12.07.2020
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Soul Summit, Vol. 2 (Original Album Plus Bonus Tracks 1962)
Gene Ammons, Etta Jones, Jack McDuff
Jazz - Erschienen bei Jazz Classics am 01.01.1963
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Boss Tenors in Orbit!
Jazz - Erschienen bei Stardust Records am 01.08.2013
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Groovin' With Jug
Richard Groove Holmes, Gene Ammons
Jazz - Erschienen bei CoolNote am 01.01.1961
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Stompin' at the Savoy
Jazz - Erschienen bei Jazz Arena am 18.09.2014
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Three Classic Albums Plus (Groove Blues / Boss Tenor / Blue Gene) (Digitally Remastered)
Jazz - Erschienen bei Avid Entertainment am 12.06.2011
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Records For You
Jazz - Erschienen bei Remasterings FoYoNo am 13.03.2014
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Soul Summit
Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt, Jack McDuff
World Music - Erschienen bei TP4 Music am 14.02.2023
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Soul Summit
Jazz - Erschienen bei Stardust Records am 01.01.1962
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The Gene Ammons Story: Organ Combos
Jazz - Erschienen bei CoolNote am 01.01.2000
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Congo
House - Erschienen bei Strictly Rhythm Records am 05.07.2017
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Boss Tenors
Jazz - Erschienen bei Stardust Records am 01.05.2012
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Gene Ammons Swinging the Jugg (Deluxe Edition)
Bebop - Erschienen bei Stone Music Family, LLC am 29.03.2019
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Classy Jazz Collection: Gene Ammons, Vol. 1
Jazz - Erschienen bei Nuova Canaria am 25.11.2015
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