Gene Ammons - The Chronological Classics: 1947-1949 '2002
Artist | Gene Ammons Related artists |
Album name | The Chronological Classics: 1947-1949 |
Country | |
Date | 2002 |
Genre | Jazz |
Play time | 70:50 |
Format / Bitrate | Stereo 1420 Kbps
/ 44.1 kHz MP3 320 Kbps |
Media | CD |
Size | 294 MB(+3\%) |
Price | Download $2.95 |
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Tracklist 01. Concentration (3:06) 02. Red Top (3:10) 03. Idaho (2:49) 04. Concentration (2:25) 05. Blowing Reds Top (2:31) 06. McDougals Sprout (2:43) 07. Hold That Money (2:26) 08. Shermanski (2:46) 09. Harold the Fox (2:21) 10. Jeet Jet (2:37) 11. Odd-En-Dow (3:00) 12. Going for the Okey Doak (3:06) 13. E.A.A.K. Blues (2:51) 14. Blowing the Family Jewels (2:27) 15. Sugar-Coated (2:55) 16. Dues in Blues (2:50) 17. Jay Jay (2:22) 18. Daddy Sauces Airlines (2:58) 19. Little Irv (3:03) 20. Abdullahs Fiesta (2:58) 21. Brother Jugs Sermon (3:02) 22. Do You Really Mean It (2:47) 23. Bless You (3:06) 24. Stuffy (3:05) 25. Once in a While (3:26) Gene Ammons, son of Albert, was a warm, approachable tenor saxophonist who existed at the fulcrum of several genres, and styles within genres. He swung, bopped, rocked, rolled, preached, and dished out sensuous songs of love and heartbreak. These are his first recordings as a leader. Red Top, a portrait of Genes wife Mildred (who was also T-Bone Walkers niece), was to be the inspiration for a milestone vocalese rendition recorded six years later by King Pleasure and Betty Carter, who sang words based upon Gail Brockmans trumpet solo. Here on the original track, Ammons quotes Alice Blue Gown at the beginning of his solo. This would become Alice Rosetta in King Pleasures translation. Even if there werent any vocals for comparison, Red Top is a masterpiece and Idaho the perfect flip side. These are object lessons in bop groove logic. Repeated exposure to jazz of this sort will permanently alter your brain in all of the hippest ways. Concentration does everything modern jazz was supposed to do. Its intricate, fresh and inventive. Were lucky to have contrasting versions from two different ensembles. Blowing Reds Bop should have been called Blowing Reds Top, as it is clearly a remake of Red Top. Twelve sides from October and December 1947 paint a picture of Chicagos jazz scene in rapid transition. Shermanski contains a wild ensemble vamp behind the sax that might rile your blood. Jeet Jet is a ferocious bop line that includes a swift succession of nine hammer strokes. The magnificently titled Blowing the Family Jewels rolls at about 65 mph. Earl Coleman sings like Billy Eckstine on Hold That Money. Contrary to what the discography says, Coleman is not heard on Dues in Blues, a sultry cooker that walks its way into Night Train territory. The session from February 1949 is a good example of bebop you could dance to if you felt like it. Brother Jugs Sermon has a spoken intro and handclaps behind a preaching tenor sax. Two sentimental vocals, one by pianist Christine Chatman and the other by Mary F. Graham, are included in the package to place Ammons music in context for the year 1949. But the instrumentals are the gravy. Stuffy, a percolator by Coleman Hawkins, comes across nice and solid. Ammons handling of Once in a While is gorgeous, honest, personable and very, very cool.
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