Friday, November 13, 2009

Gene AMMONS - Jammin' With Gene 1956


Gene AMMONS - Jammin' With Gene 1956

Jazz

This blowing session is not quite as impressive as some of Gene's other Prestige outings in the mid-50s. Along with the two trumpeters Art Farmer and Donald Byrd, we have the usually-present Jackie McLean on alto, Mal Waldron on piano, and the rhythm section of Doug Watkins and Art Taylor. The title track is a medium blues, while "We'll be together again" starts slow, then goes up. The best track is the 16-minute "Not really the blues," taken up-tempo. Not a bad album by any means, it's just that other better ones were on the horizon
By  Bomojaz.
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Yet another in the Gene Ammons jam session series, this one stars Ammons's puissant, soulful tenor saxophone, surrounded by two trumpets Donald Byrd and Art Farmer (Farmer had been on the two preceding jams), alto man Jackie McLean, pianist Mal Waldron, bassist Doug Watkins, and drummer Arthur Taylor.
The three long tracks are Johnny Mandel's "Not Really the Blues," Gene's feature in Woody Herman's band; "We'll Be Together Again," done in both ballad and up-tempo, and the title number blues. Extended jamming allows the soloists to build their solos, something at which Jug, as Ammons was nicknamed, was particularly skillful.
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A1. Jammin' With Gene  
A2. We'll Be Together Again  
B1. Not Really the Blues
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