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Gene Ammons
Gene Ammons
Born: Apr 14, 1925 in Chicago, IL
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Died: Aug 6, 1974 in Chicago, IL
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Bop, Soul-Jazz, Hard Bop
Biography: 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 ...Read full biography
Boss Tenors: Straight Ahead From Chicago 1961
Boss Tenors: Straight Ahead From Chicago 1961
Released: 1961
Label: Verve Records
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Tenor saxophonists Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt co-led a small group in 1950, and this follow-up, taped in the studio in 1961, finds the two picking up where they left off. The highlight of the date is ...Read full review
The Happy Blues
The Happy Blues
Released: 1956
Label: Fantasy Inc.
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This is one of the great studio jam sessions. Tenor saxophonist Gene Ammons is teamed up with trumpeter Art Farmer, altoist Jackie McLean, pianist Duke Jordan, bassist Addison Farmer, drummer Art Taylor, ...Read full review
More Gene Ammons albums: Main Albums (55), Compilations (52)
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