| | Gene Ammons 1951-1953 CD Gene Ammons Discography of CDs
This CHRONOLOGICAL CLASSICS set features some of the early recordings by the great tenor sax player Gene Ammons. While Ammons would later move in more experimental directions, his early albums, most notably those for Prestige, fell into a smooth, swinging bebop mode that showed the heavy influence of Charlie Parker. The music is very much of its era, but Ammons's full, earthy sax tone is heard to fine effect on these sides, making 1951-1953 a compelling portrait of the artist as a young man.
This CD contains a rousing performance much in the style as the tracks Ammons had cut with his father for Mercury a few years before. "Echo Chamber Blues" with its eerie sound is not entirely convincing, but such audio experiments were not unusual at the
Personnel: Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone); Sonny Stitt (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Eli Dabney (tenor saxophone, trombone); McKinley Easton, Rudy Williams (baritone saxophone); Johnny Coles, Bill Massey (trumpet); J. Alan Johnson (trombone); Clarence "Sleepy" Anderson, John Houston (piano); George Brown , Bob & Pauline Wilson, Teddy Stewart (drums).
Liner Note Author: Anatol Schenker.
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