Boss Tenors
1961 studio album by Sonny Stitt and Gene Ammons
Boss Tenors | ||||
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Studio album by Sonny Stitt and Gene Ammons | ||||
Released | 1961 | |||
Recorded | August 27, 1961 Chicago, Illinois | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 38:36 | |||
Label | Verve V/V6 8426 | |||
Producer | Creed Taylor | |||
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Gene Ammons chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Down Beat | [2] |
Boss Tenors (subtitled Straight Ahead from Chicago August 1961) is an album by saxophonists Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt recorded in Chicago in 1961 and originally released on the Verve label.[3]
Reception
The Allmusic review stated "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".[1]
Track listing
- "Blues Up and Down" (Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt) - 8:47
- "Counter Clockwise" (Sonny Stitt) - 9:38
- "There Is No Greater Love" (Isham Jones, Marty Symes) - 6:30
- "The One Before This" (Gene Ammons) - 7:09
- "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert) - 6:32
Personnel
- Gene Ammons - tenor saxophone
- Sonny Stitt - tenor saxophone (tracks 2-5), alto saxophone (tracks 1 and 3)
- John Houston - piano
- Buster Williams - bass
- George Brown - drums
References
- v
- t
- e
- All Star Sessions
- The Happy Blues
- Jammin' with Gene
- Funky
- Jammin' in Hi Fi with Gene Ammons
- The Big Sound
- Groove Blues
- Blue Gene
- The Swingin'est
- Boss Tenor
- Nice an' Cool
- Jug
- Dig Him!
- Boss Tenors
- Just Jug
- Up Tight!
- Boss Soul!
- Twisting the Jug
- Brother Jack Meets the Boss
- Boss Tenors in Orbit!
- Soul Summit
- Soul Summit Vol. 2
- Late Hour Special
- The Soulful Moods of Gene Ammons
- Blue Groove
- Preachin'
- Jug & Dodo
- Velvet Soul
- Angel Eyes
- Sock!
- Bad! Bossa Nova
- The Boss Is Back!
- Brother Jug!
- Night Lights
- The Black Cat!
- You Talk That Talk!
- My Way
- Free Again
- Got My Own
- Big Bad Jug
- Brasswind
- Together Again for the Last Time
- Goodbye