The Ultimate Jazz Archive Vol.98 – Gene Ammons [1947-1953] [2005]

01.El Sino
02.Ineta
03.Wild Leo
04.Leaping Leo
05.You Go To My Head
06.Jug Head Rumble
07.Goodbye
08.Don’t Do Me Wrong
09.My Foolish Heart
10.Baby, Won’t You Please Say Yes
11.Prelude To A Kiss
12.You’re Not The Kind
13.Just Chips
14.Street Of Dreams
15.Good Time Blues
16.Travellin’ Light
17.Redtop
18.Fuzzy
19.Stairway To The Stars
20.Jim Dawgs

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 in his career, Ammons remained a popular attraction for 25 years.

Son of the great boogie-woogie pianist Albert Ammons, Gene Ammons (who was nicknamed "Jug") left Chicago at age 18 to work with King Kolax's band. He originally came to fame as a key soloist with Billy Eckstine's orchestra during 1944-1947, trading off with Dexter Gordon on the famous Eckstine record Blowing the Blues Away. Other than a notable stint with Woody Herman's Third Herd in 1949 and an attempt at co-leading a two tenor group in the early '50s with Sonny Stitt, Ammons worked as a single throughout his career, recording frequently (most notably for Prestige) in settings ranging from quartets and organ combos to all-star jam sessions. Drug problems kept him in prison during much of 1958-1960 and, due to a particularly stiff sentence, 1962-1969. When Ammons returned to the scene in 1969, he opened up his style a bit, including some of the emotional cries of the avant-garde while utilizing funky rhythm sections, but he was still able to battle Sonny Stitt on his own terms. Ironically the last song that he ever recorded (just a short time before he was diagnosed with terminal cancer) was "Goodbye." –Scott Yanow, Rovi

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