Gene Ammons - Funky (1957)

Artist: Gene Ammons
Title Of Album: Funky
Year Of Release: 1957
Label: OJC
Genre: Jazz, Hard Bop
Format: Flac/Cue/Log/Artwork
Quality: Lossless
Total Time: 39:40
Total Size: 210 MB(+3%)

Tracklist

01 - Funky
02 - Pint Size
03 - Stella By Starlight
04 - King Size

personnel :

Gene Ammons - tenor saxophone
Jackie McLean - alto saxophone
Art Farmer - trumpet
Mal Waldron - piano
Kenny Burrell - guitar
Doug Watkins - bass
Art Taylor - drums

The Gene Ammons all-star jam session recordings of the 1950's are all quite enjoyable and this one is no exception. The great tenor is matched with trumpeter Art Farmer, altoist Jackie McLean, guitarist Kenny Burrell, pianist Mal Waldron, bassist Doug Watkins and drummer Art Taylor for lengthy versions of "Stella By Starlight," the Burrell blues "Funky" and a pair of numbers by arranger Jimmy Mundy. All of the horns plus Burrell and Waldron get ample solo space and Ammons seems to really inspire his sidemen on these soulful bop jams.

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Gene Ammons - A Stranger in Town (2002)

Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt - Boss Tenors in Orbit! (1962)

Gene Ammons' All Stars - The Big Sound (1958)

Gene Ammons - The Gene Ammons Story: The 78 Era

Gene Ammons - All-Star Sessions With Sonny Stitt (1955)

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