Gene Ammons

1951-1953

Gene Ammons - 1951-1953

02/21/2006 | Classics France 

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All Music Guide Review

This fourth installment in the Classics Gene Ammons chronology sews together everything recorded and released under his name for the Prestige, Decca, and United record labels between June 1951 and June 1953. Instrumental highlights, in addition to Ammons' sensually charged tenor saxophone, include Sonny Stitt on supporting tenor (on tracks 13-16, Stitt plays baritone sax); trombonist J.J. Johnson (tracks 13-16); and trumpeter supreme Johnny Coles, who was destined to make outstanding records with James Moody and Charles Mingus (tracks 17-24). This particular slice of Gene Ammons' career is delightfully gutsy and easy to relate to. The Prestige material is classic Jug; his brief involvement with Decca is a thrilling sideshow, and those sanguine, sultry, scruffy sides for Chicago's tiny United record label are precious artifacts of inestimable worth. Note that the rocking "Jim Dawgs" is an entirely different entity from a similarly titled bop exercise recorded by Ike Quebec for Savoy Records in August of 1945. During his heyday, Gene Ammons represented the perfect blend of swing, bop, and R&B. This wonderful compilation presents a healthy stripe of vivid material from his label-hopping period during the years immediately preceding the Eisenhower era. ~ arwulf arwulf, All Music Guide

1951-1953 Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • lyrics
  • 1
  • Ammons Boogie
  • 3:01
  • Sound Clip for Ammons Boogie from 1951-1953


  • 2
  • Echo Chamber Blues
  • 3:15
  • Sound Clip for Echo Chamber Blues from 1951-1953


  • 3
  • Sirocco
  • 2:35
  • Sound Clip for Sirocco from 1951-1953


  • 4
  • Fine and Foxy
  • 2:41
  • Sound Clip for Fine and Foxy from 1951-1953


  • 5
  • Hot Stuff
  • 2:09
  • Sound Clip for Hot Stuff from 1951-1953


  • 6
  • Them There Eyes
  • 2:17
  • Sound Clip for Them There Eyes from 1951-1953


  • 7
  • When the Saints Go Marching In
  • 3:09
  • Sound Clip for When the Saints Go Marching In from 1951-1953


  • 8
  • Archie
  • 2:48
  • Sound Clip for Archie from 1951-1953


  • 9
  • Undecided
  • 2:41
  • Sound Clip for Undecided from 1951-1953


  • 10
  • Until the Real Thing Comes Along
  • 2:41
  • Sound Clip for Until the Real Thing Comes Along from 1951-1953


  • 11
  • Because of Rain
  • 2:48
  • Sound Clip for Because of Rain from 1951-1953


  • 12
  • Charmaine
  • 3:02
  • Sound Clip for Charmaine from 1951-1953


  • 13
  • I'll Walk Alone
  • 2:48
  • Sound Clip for I'll Walk Alone from 1951-1953


  • 14
  • Old Folks
  • 3:17
  • Sound Clip for Old Folks from 1951-1953


  • 15
  • Beezy
  • 2:44
  • Sound Clip for Beezy from 1951-1953


  • 16
  • Somewhere Along the Way
  • 2:59
  • Sound Clip for Somewhere Along the Way from 1951-1953


  • 17
  • Just Chips
  • 3:03
  • Sound Clip for Just Chips from 1951-1953


  • 18
  • Street of Dreams
  • 2:57
  • Sound Clip for Street of Dreams from 1951-1953


  • 19
  • The Beat (Good Time Blues)
  • 2:55
  • Sound Clip for The Beat (Good Time Blues) from 1951-1953


  • 20
  • Travelin' Light
  • 2:56
  • Sound Clip for Travelin' Light from 1951-1953


  • 21
  • Red Top
  • 3:07
  • Sound Clip for Red Top from 1951-1953


  • 22
  • Fuzzy
  • 3:08
  • Sound Clip for Fuzzy from 1951-1953


  • 23
  • Stairway to the Stars
  • 2:48
  • Sound Clip for Stairway to the Stars from 1951-1953


  • 24
  • Jim Dawgs
  • 3:01
  • Sound Clip for Jim Dawgs from 1951-1953


    • Credits of 1951-1953

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