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Gene Ammons – Got My Own (1972/2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 37:23 minutes | 1,42 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Craft Recordings
Recorded at the same sessions that resulted in the more commercial Big Bad Jug, this LP (whose contents have not yet been reissued on CD) is the better of the two thanks to the inclusion of four Billie Holiday-associated songs. Ammons (even with the electric rhythm section) is in strong form on “Lady Sings the Blues,” “God Bless the Child,” “Strange Fruit” and “Fine and Mellow.” The other three pieces (which include the theme from Ben and a Neal Diamond tune) are not as inspiring but Ammons’s huge sound makes the music worthwhile.
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Gene Ammons – Boss Tenor (1960) [Analogue Productions 2017]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 35:44 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 1,44 GB
or DSD64 Stereo (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Front/Rear Covers | 1,41 GB
or FLAC (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 723 MB
Tenor sax great Gene Ammons was called The Boss years before Bruce Springsteen came along. This album from 1960 features Ammons as the only horn player, accompanied by a quartet including the incomparable Tommy Flanagan on piano and Art Taylor on drums. Not to be confused with Ammons’ 1961 album Boss Tenors which featured guest Sonny Stitt.
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Gene Ammons – Bad Bossa Nova (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 34:16 minutes | 628 MB | Genre: Latin Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Music Manager
This was Ammons’ final recording before “being made an example of” and getting a lengthy jail sentence for possession of heroin; his next record would be cut over seven years later. The music is surprisingly upbeat, with Ammons joined by two guitars (Bucky Pizzarelli and Kenny Burrell), a fine rhythm section (pianist Hank Jones, bassist Norman Edge, and drummer Oliver Jackson), and the bongos of Al Hayes for a set of Latin-flavored jazz that was masquerading as bossa nova. The music is offbeat if not all that memorable, a decent effort but not essential. – Scott Yanow
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