Boss Tenor

Gene Ammons | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 1, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ojc
• ASIN: B000000YGL
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #304,425 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best, August 26, 1999

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This review is from: Boss Tenor (Audio CD)

Late night, low light. Sip your drink, sink in your chair. Alone. Befriended. You can't beat this record. You simply can't. Each and every song is a stern rebuke to the Kenny Gs of the world. Flows and flows and sooths. A great companion to this is 'Jug'.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gene is back!, October 31, 2005

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Bomojaz (South Central PA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Boss Tenor (Audio CD)

After a two year "forced layoff" (the usual culprit for Gene: drugs), this marked his return album (6/16/60), which would be the first in a long string of albums (22) over the next two years. And it's a terrific one. The great Tommy Flanagan is aboard on piano ("The first time I ever played with him," Flanagan recalled), and the rhythm section is solid (Doug Watkins-b; Art Taylor-d; Ray Barretto-conga).

Tempos vary, as does the material. HITTIN THE JUG is a slow blues with good down-home Ammons. BLUE AMMONS is another blues, this time medium tempo. CONFIRMATION, the bop standard, is taken up and features some very relaxed Ammons. MY ROMANCE is taken a tad too slow and could use the double-time chorus, which is missing here, that Gene often employed when doing very slow ballads like this. Flanagan is excellent - I wish there was more of him solo-wise. This is a good return date for Ammons. Definitely worth checking out.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jug in Velvet, March 29, 2010

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William R. Bettler (Indiana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Boss Tenor (Audio CD)

Gene Ammons' tone never sounded so velvety. His trademark tone-shadings are highly in evidence on this outing. As other reviewers have noted, this album is perfect for late-night listening sessions, with its dark hues and moody song selection. A special note: if you can get the XRCD version it has especially good sound quality and the instruments are particularly 3-dimensional. A classic straight-ahead jazz album!