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 BOSS ENVIDIA
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THE BOSS CALLE 2020 (feat. ABDEL KHALIK)
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KILLERS 2022
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THE BOSS MENTIROSA
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THE BOSS, Vol. 1
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Lay Down Your Firearms (The Boss)
Pop/Rock - Released by Engineer Records on Jul 3, 2006
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Prescription 2 Jaa Too Merai Val Hai
World - Released by The Boss & Dharam Seva on Feb 4, 2021
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Tu Vigilante Enamorado
Salsa - Released by Jonathan Beats on Jun 3, 2018
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No School Blazers
Rock - Released by Power House on Jul 11, 2016
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Rompe (House Remix)
Latin America - Released by MG Records [Powered by Planet Distribution] on Jul 8, 2022
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Party (House Remix)
Latin America - Released by MG Records [Powered by Planet Distribution] on Jul 8, 2022
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Explícale
The Witch Flow, Gene Ammons, Lil Alanis
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by La Granja de Pisco Flow LLC on May 30, 2019
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Kaake da Viyah (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Gene Ammons, Davvy- Singh, Jassi X
World - Released by White Hill Music on Apr 2, 2019
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Isn't It Romantic - Ballads Only!
Jazz - Released by nagel heyer records on Dec 11, 2018
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Take It Off
Jazz - Released by nagel heyer records on Nov 6, 2017
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