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Album · 1959

Filed under Bop
By GENE AMMONS

Tracklist

A1 My Foolish Heart
A2 Prelude to a Kiss
A3 It's You or No One
A4 Can Anyone Explain
A5 Goodbye
B1 Pennies From Heaven
B2 Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe
B3 You Go to My Head
B4 Once in a While
B5 It's the Talk of the Town

Line-up/Musicians

Contrabass – Gene Wright (tracks: A1 to A5, B2, B3), Leroy Jackson (tracks: B1, B5), Lowell Pointer (tracks: B4)
Drums – Ike Day (tracks: B4), Teddy Stewart (tracks: A5, B2), Wesley Landers (tracks: A1, A3, B1, B3, B5)
Guitar – Leo Blevins (tracks: B1, B4)
Other – Sonny Stitt (tracks: A2, A4)
Piano – Charlie Bateman (tracks: A1, A2, A4, A3, B3), Junior Mance (tracks: B1, B2, A5)
Piano, Vocals – Christine Chatman (tracks: B4, B5)
Tenor Saxophone – Gene Ammons, Tom Archia (tracks: B5)
Trombone – Matthew Gee (tracks: A1, A3, B1, B3)
Trumpet – Bill Massey (tracks: A1, A2, A4, A3, B3), Jesse Miller (tracks: B1)
Vocals – Mary Graham (tracks: B4)

About this release

Chess LP 1442 (US)

Reissued in 1967 as "Makes It Happen" (Cadet LPS-783)

B1 - Chicago, IL, January 8, 1950
B4 - Chicago, IL, February 28, 1949
B5 - Chicago, IL, October 12, 1948
A5, B2 - Chicago, IL, May 3, 1951
A1, A3, B3 - Chicago, IL, May 2, 1950
A2, A4 - Chicago, IL, August, 1950

Thanks to snobb for the addition

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