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Music from two different occasions are combined on this CD reissue. The four songs from 1960 match the great tenor Gene Ammons with Frank Wess (doubling on flute and tenor), organist Johnny "Hammond" Smith, bassist Doug Watkins, and drummer Art Taylor. Wess, one of jazz's great flutists, battles Ammons on tenor to a draw on "Water Jug," while the leader takes "Angel Eyes" as his memorable feature. In addition, Ammons is heard in 1962 with pianist Mal Waldron, bassist Wendell Marshall, and drummer Ed Thigpen playing with great warmth on the ballads "You Go to My Head" and "It's the Talk of the Town." The latter set was one of Ammons' final ones before serving a long prison sentence (drug-related), yet his interpretations are full of optimism. Recommended.
© Scott Yanow /TiVo
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Frank Wess, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Doug Watkins, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Art Taylor, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Smith, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Ammons, Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Esmond Edwards, Producer - Arthur Taylor, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 Fantasy, Inc.
Frank Wess, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Lorenz Hart, Author - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Doug Watkins, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Art Taylor, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Smith, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Ammons, Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Esmond Edwards, Producer - Arthur Taylor, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 Fantasy, Inc.
Wendell Marshall, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - J. Fred Coots, ComposerLyricist - Haven Gillespie, ComposerLyricist - Ed Thigpen, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Ammons, Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Esmond Edwards, Producer
℗ 1965 Fantasy, Inc.
Frank Wess, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Doug Watkins, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Art Taylor, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Dennis, ComposerLyricist - Johnny Smith, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Earl K. Brent, ComposerLyricist - Gene Ammons, Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Esmond Edwards, Producer - Arthur Taylor, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 Fantasy, Inc.
Frank Wess, Flute, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Doug Watkins, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Art Taylor, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Smith, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Ammons, Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Esmond Edwards, Producer - Arthur Taylor, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 Fantasy, Inc.
Wendell Marshall, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Marty Symes, ComposerLyricist - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jerry Livingston, ComposerLyricist - Ed Thigpen, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Al J. Neiburg, ComposerLyricist - Gene Ammons, Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Esmond Edwards, Producer
℗ 1965 Fantasy, Inc.
Album review
Music from two different occasions are combined on this CD reissue. The four songs from 1960 match the great tenor Gene Ammons with Frank Wess (doubling on flute and tenor), organist Johnny "Hammond" Smith, bassist Doug Watkins, and drummer Art Taylor. Wess, one of jazz's great flutists, battles Ammons on tenor to a draw on "Water Jug," while the leader takes "Angel Eyes" as his memorable feature. In addition, Ammons is heard in 1962 with pianist Mal Waldron, bassist Wendell Marshall, and drummer Ed Thigpen playing with great warmth on the ballads "You Go to My Head" and "It's the Talk of the Town." The latter set was one of Ammons' final ones before serving a long prison sentence (drug-related), yet his interpretations are full of optimism. Recommended.
© Scott Yanow /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 6 track(s)
- Total length: 00:36:37
- Main artists: Gene Ammons
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Original Jazz Classics
- Genre: Jazz
© 1998 Fantasy, Inc. ℗ 1965 Fantasy, Inc.
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