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Gene Ammons - All-Star Session with Sonny Stitt
Original Released : 1955 Label: Prestige Remastered : 1991 Label : Original Jazz Classics Format : Flac  A bop classic, All-Star Session was the recording debut of Gene Ammons as a leader with his group the Gene Ammons All-Stars, featuring his fellow tenor saxophonist Sonny Stitt. At the time, Ammons and Stitt were legendary on the New York bop scene for the extended cutting contests they would get into on-stage; wisely, the album re-creates that excitement on its first two extended tracks, "Woofin' and Tweetin" (whose 15-minutes-plus took up nearly an entire side of the original 1950 LP, still a daring move at the time) and the even-more-exciting ten-minute blast "Juggernaut." Stitt and Ammons make an intriguing pair, with Ammons' Lester Young-influenced style going up against the bluesier, rawer sound of the Charlie Parker disciple Stitt; neither back down, and even the ten brief 78 sides and studio outtakes that fill out this CD feature some hot solos. A pair of ballads recorded around the same time, "When I Dream of You" and "A Lover Is Blue," provide a much-needed breather and a bit of relaxation after the previous ten tracks' worth of classic hard bop. Those looking to explore Stitt and Ammons' enormous catalogs (both together and separately) could do much worse than starting right here. ~ Stewart Mason Tracklist 1. Woofin' And Tweetin' 2. Juggernaut Art Farmer (tp) Lou Donaldson (as) Gene Ammons (ts) Freddie Redd (p) Addison Farmer (b) Kenny Clarke (d) Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, June 15, 1955 3. Blues Up And Down - (take 3) 4. Blues Up And Down - (take 1) 5. Blues Up And Down - (take 2) 6. You Can Depend On Me - (take 1) 7. You Can Depend On Me - (take 2) Gene Ammons (ts) Sonny Stitt (ts, bars) Duke Jordan (p) Tommy Potter (b) Jo Jones (d) NYC, March 5, 1950 8. Stringin' The Jug Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt (ts) Junior Mance (p) Gene Wright (b) Wes Landers (d) NYC, October 28, 1950 9. New Blues Up And Down Billy Massey (tp) Chippy Outcalt (tb) Sonny Stitt (ts) Gene Ammons (bars) Charlie Bateman (p) Gene Wright (b) Art Blakey (d) Larry Townsend (vo) NYC, January 31, 1951 10. Bye Bye - (bonus track) Bill Massey (tp) Eph Greenlea (tb) Gene Ammons (ts) Sonny Stitt (ts, bars) Duke Jordan (p) Tommy Potter (b) Jo Jones (d) NYC, March 5, 1950 11. When I Dream Of You - (bonus track) 12. Lover Is Blue, A - (bonus track) Gene Ammons (ts) Junior Mance (p) Gene Wright (b) Wes Landers (d) NYC, October 28, 1950 Tracks 10-12 previously released on The Gene Ammons Story-The 78 Era (Prestige 24058 ) Related Torrents
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