GENE AMMONS
Soul Jazz / Hard Bop / Bop / RnB / Jazz Related Gospel / Bossa Nova / Big Band • United States
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Gene Ammons, who had a huge and immediately recognizable tone on tenor, was a very flexible player who could play bebop with the best (always battling his friend Sonny Stitt to a tie) yet was an influence on the R&B world. Some of his ballad renditions became hits and, despite two unfortunate interruptions in his career, Ammons remained a popular attraction for 25 years.
Son of the great boogie-woogie pianist Albert Ammons, Gene Ammons (who was nicknamed "Jug") left Chicago at age 18 to work with King Kolax's band. He originally came to fame as a key soloist with Billy Eckstine's orchestra during 1944-1947, trading off with Dexter Gordon on the famous Eckstine record Blowing the Blues Away. Other than a notable stint with Woody Herman's Third Herd in 1949 and an attempt at co-leading a two tenor group in the early '50s with Sonny Stitt, Ammons worked as a single
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Funky
Hard Bop
1957
5.00 |
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"Jug"
Soul Jazz
1961
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Preachin'
Jazz Related Gospel
1963
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Sock!
Bop
1965
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My Way
Soul Jazz
1971
4.00 |
1 ratings
Goodbye
Hard Bop
1975
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