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Gene Ammons - The Chronological Classics: 1947-1949 '2002

The Chronological Classics: 1947-1949
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Album name The Chronological Classics: 1947-1949
Country
Date 2002
GenreJazz
Play time 70:50
Format / Bitrate Stereo 1420 Kbps / 44.1 kHz
MP3 320 Kbps
Media CD
Size 294 MB(+3\%)
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Tracks list

Tracklist

01. Concentration (3:06)
02. Red Top (3:10)
03. Idaho (2:49)
04. Concentration (2:25)
05. Blowing Reds Top (2:31)
06. McDougals Sprout (2:43)
07. Hold That Money (2:26)
08. Shermanski (2:46)
09. Harold the Fox (2:21)
10. Jeet Jet (2:37)
11. Odd-En-Dow (3:00)
12. Going for the Okey Doak (3:06)
13. E.A.A.K. Blues (2:51)
14. Blowing the Family Jewels (2:27)
15. Sugar-Coated (2:55)
16. Dues in Blues (2:50)
17. Jay Jay (2:22)
18. Daddy Sauces Airlines (2:58)
19. Little Irv (3:03)
20. Abdullahs Fiesta (2:58)
21. Brother Jugs Sermon (3:02)
22. Do You Really Mean It (2:47)
23. Bless You (3:06)
24. Stuffy (3:05)
25. Once in a While (3:26)

Gene Ammons, son of Albert, was a warm, approachable tenor saxophonist who
existed at the fulcrum of several genres, and styles within genres. He swung,
bopped, rocked, rolled, preached, and dished out sensuous songs of love and
heartbreak. These are his first recordings as a leader. Red Top, a portrait of
Genes wife Mildred (who was also T-Bone Walkers niece), was to be the
inspiration for a milestone vocalese rendition recorded six years later by King
Pleasure and Betty Carter, who sang words based upon Gail Brockmans trumpet
solo. Here on the original track, Ammons quotes Alice Blue Gown at the beginning
of his solo. This would become Alice Rosetta in King Pleasures translation. Even
if there werent any vocals for comparison, Red Top is a masterpiece and Idaho
the perfect flip side. These are object lessons in bop groove logic. Repeated
exposure to jazz of this sort will permanently alter your brain in all of the
hippest ways. Concentration does everything modern jazz was supposed to do. Its
intricate, fresh and inventive. Were lucky to have contrasting versions from two
different ensembles. Blowing Reds Bop should have been called Blowing Reds Top,
as it is clearly a remake of Red Top. Twelve sides from October and December
1947 paint a picture of Chicagos jazz scene in rapid transition. Shermanski
contains a wild ensemble vamp behind the sax that might rile your blood. Jeet
Jet is a ferocious bop line that includes a swift succession of nine hammer
strokes. The magnificently titled Blowing the Family Jewels rolls at about 65
mph. Earl Coleman sings like Billy Eckstine on Hold That Money. Contrary to what
the discography says, Coleman is not heard on Dues in Blues, a sultry cooker
that walks its way into Night Train territory. The session from February 1949 is
a good example of bebop you could dance to if you felt like it. Brother Jugs
Sermon has a spoken intro and handclaps behind a preaching tenor sax. Two
sentimental vocals, one by pianist Christine Chatman and the other by Mary F.
Graham, are included in the package to place Ammons music in context for the
year 1949. But the instrumentals are the gravy. Stuffy, a percolator by Coleman
Hawkins, comes across nice and solid. Ammons handling of Once in a While is
gorgeous, honest, personable and very, very cool.

Gene Ammons


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