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Gene Ammons|The Boss Is Back!

The Boss Is Back!

Gene Ammons

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The executives at Prestige must have been felt ecstatic when they heard Gene Ammons first play after his release from a very severe seven-year jail sentence. The great tenor proved to still be in his prime, his huge sound was unchanged and he was hungry to make new music. This CD, which completely reissues the first two LPs Ammons cut after his return (The Boss Is Back! and Brother Jug!) rewards repeated listenings. The first date (in an acoustic quintet with pianist Junior Mance) hints at his earlier bop-based music while the numbers from the following day (with organist Sonny Phillips) find Ammons playing over a couple of boogaloo vamps very much of the period. Actually it is his ballad statements (particularly "Here's That Rainy Day," "Feeling Good" and even "Didn't We") that really make this CD memorable, although on "He's a Real Gone Guy" Ammons shows that he had not forgotten how to jam the blues either.

© Scott Yanow /TiVo

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Gene Ammons

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1
Tastin' The Jug
00:07:28

Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Candido, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Porter, Producer - Junior Mance, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Frankie Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Buster Williams, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Gene Ammons, Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Prince James, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1969 Fantasy, Inc.

2
I Wonder
00:07:59

Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Candido, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Porter, Producer - Junior Mance, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Cecil Gant, ComposerLyricist - Frankie Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Buster Williams, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Raymond Leveen, ComposerLyricist - Gene Ammons, Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Prince James, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1969 Fantasy, Inc.

3
Ger-ru
00:08:49

Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Candido, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Porter, Producer - Junior Mance, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Frankie Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Buster Williams, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Gene Ammons, Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Prince James, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1970 Fantasy, Inc.

4
Here's That Rainy Day
00:06:07

Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Johnny Burke, ComposerLyricist - Candido, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Van Heusen, ComposerLyricist - Bob Porter, Producer - Junior Mance, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Frankie Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Buster Williams, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Gene Ammons, Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1969 Fantasy, Inc.

5
Madame Queen
00:06:48

Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Candido, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Porter, Producer - Junior Mance, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Frankie Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Buster Williams, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Gene Ammons, Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Prince James, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1969 Fantasy, Inc.

6
The Jungle Boss
00:05:36

Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Candido, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Porter, Producer - Junior Mance, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Frankie Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Buster Williams, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Julian Mance, ComposerLyricist - Gene Ammons, Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Houston Person, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Prince James, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1969 Fantasy, Inc.

7
Jungle Strut
00:05:11

Bernard Purdie, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Butler, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Bushnell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Porter, Producer - Sonny Phillips, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Ammons, Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1970 Fantasy, Inc.

8
Didn't We
00:06:04

Bernard Purdie, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Webb, ComposerLyricist - Bob Bushnell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Porter, Producer - Sonny Phillips, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Ammons, Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1970 Fantasy, Inc.

9
He's A Real Gone Guy
00:05:05

Bernard Purdie, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Bushnell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Porter, Producer - Sonny Phillips, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Ammons, Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nellie Lutcher, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1970 Fantasy, Inc.

10
Feeling Good
00:05:42

Bernard Purdie, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony Newley, ComposerLyricist - Leslie Bricusse, ComposerLyricist - Bob Bushnell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Porter, Producer - Sonny Phillips, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Ammons, Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1969 Fantasy, Inc.

11
Blue Velvet
00:04:06

Lee Morris, ComposerLyricist - Bernard Purdie, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Bushnell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bernie Wayne, ComposerLyricist - Bob Porter, Producer - Sonny Phillips, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Ammons, Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1970 Fantasy, Inc.

12
Son Of A Preacher Man
00:04:27

Bernard Purdie, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - John David Hurley, ComposerLyricist - Billy Butler, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Bushnell, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Porter, Producer - Sonny Phillips, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Ammons, Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ronnie Stephen Wilkins, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1970 Fantasy, Inc.

Album review

The executives at Prestige must have been felt ecstatic when they heard Gene Ammons first play after his release from a very severe seven-year jail sentence. The great tenor proved to still be in his prime, his huge sound was unchanged and he was hungry to make new music. This CD, which completely reissues the first two LPs Ammons cut after his return (The Boss Is Back! and Brother Jug!) rewards repeated listenings. The first date (in an acoustic quintet with pianist Junior Mance) hints at his earlier bop-based music while the numbers from the following day (with organist Sonny Phillips) find Ammons playing over a couple of boogaloo vamps very much of the period. Actually it is his ballad statements (particularly "Here's That Rainy Day," "Feeling Good" and even "Didn't We") that really make this CD memorable, although on "He's a Real Gone Guy" Ammons shows that he had not forgotten how to jam the blues either.

© Scott Yanow /TiVo

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© 1994 Fantasy, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1994 Fantasy, Inc.

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