Gene Ammons - A Stranger in Town

Gene Ammons - A Stranger in Town
Жанр: Hard Bop, Soul Jazz
Год издания диска: 2002 (rec. 1954-1970)
Издатель (лейбл): Prestige
Номер по каталогу: 00025218526623
Аудио кодек: (MP3 + FLAC) (*.flac)
Тип рипа: tracks+.cue
Битрейт аудио: (lossy + lossless)
Продолжительность: 68:25
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Треклист:
01. The Song Is You
02. Light'n Up
03. Short Stop
04. They Say You're Laughing at Me
05. Salome's Tune
06. Blue Coolade
07. A Stranger in Town
08. Scam
09. Count Your Blessings
10. Cara Mia
11. Night Lights
12. Nature Boy
13. Calypso Blues

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Содержание индексной карты (.CUE)

Review by Alex Henderson

For those who love Gene Jug Ammons' playing, there are various reasons to be frustrated. First, the tenor titan was only 49 when he died of cancer on August 6, 1974 -- in an ideal world, a player that masterful would have had as long a life as Benny Carter. And second, there is the fact that Ammons was imprisoned for heroin use from 1962-1969; the harsh sentence that he received makes an excellent case for combating drug abuse with treatment rather than incarceration. But here's the good news: When Ammons wasn't behind bars, he recorded frequently and his work was -- despite his drug problems -- amazingly consistent. If Fantasy decided to put together a 20-CD Ammons box set, there would be a wealth of five-star material to choose from. This 68-minute CD, which Fantasy assembled in 2002, focuses on different periods of Ammons' career and draws on three Prestige LPs: Night Lights, Sock!, and Velvet Soul. The oldest tracks (Count Your Blessings and a soulful version of the Italian ballad Cara Mia) are from 1954, while the most recent (Calypso Blues, Night Lights, and the Eden Ahbez standard Nature Boy) are from 1970. Meanwhile, the early '60s are nicely represented by, among other things, four Mal Waldron pieces and a heartfelt performance of Mel Tormé's A Stranger in Town, which, like Cara Mia, reminds listeners how expressive a ballad player Ammons could be. Thankfully, Jug wasn't the sort of musician who had periods of good recordings followed by periods of bad recordings -- again, Ammons' work was quite consistent when he wasn't locked up on drug charges. This rewarding CD demonstrates that Jug had as much going for him in the early '70s as he did in the early '60s and in 1954.

Состав

Ray Barretto - Conga
Gene Ammons - Sax (Tenor)
Red Holloway - Sax (Tenor)
Wynton Kelly - Piano
Oliver Nelson - Sax (Alto)
Walter Perkins - Drums
Mal Waldron - Piano
Patti Bown - Piano
Billy Gene English - Drums
Richard Wyands - Piano
Ed Thigpen - Drums
George Duvivier - Bass
Bob Ashton - Sax (Baritone)
George Barrow - Sax (Tenor)
George Funky Brown - Drums
Henderson Chambers - Trombone
Clark Terry - Trumpet
Rudy Collins - Drums
Hobart Dotson - Trumpet
Gene Easton - Sax (Baritone)
Esmond Edwards - Supervisor
John Houston - Piano
Wendell Marshall - Bass
Bob Weinstock - Supervisor
Nat Woodward - Trumpet
Joe Tarantino - Remastering
Jamie Putnam - Art Direction
Tony Lane - Cover Photo
Jack McKinney - Liner Notes
Henry Pucho Brown - Conga