Jug and Dodo

Gene Ammons, Dodo Marmarosa | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 11, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Prestige
• ASIN: B000000ZCX
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #247,241 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Relaxed Jazz played by Masters, October 7, 2003

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This review is from: Jug and Dodo (Audio CD)

If you like relaxed melodic jazz that sounds effortless, has great solos and swings like the clappers, this is for you.

5.0 out of 5 stars "Jug and Dodo" - a treasure, December 27, 2011

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jsa (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jug and Dodo (Audio CD)

Scott Yanow called Dodo Marmarosa "one of the finest pianists of the bop era," a bold claim given the paucity of evidence to support it. Marmarosa didn't have much of a career and recorded almost nothing, which is a shame because he had plenty of technique and, even better, loads of charisma. But he left behind one glorious record, "Jug and Dodo,"a 1962 session that includes a number of tracks with tenor great Gene Ammons.

The trio tracks are marvelous, showing Marmarosa to be musically inventive, swinging and not a cliche-ridden bopper. Ammons was a respectful partner on the tracks on which they collaborate- in other words, he shared the mike rather than dominated it - and that's part of what makes this disc such satisfying listening. Marmarosa is not just an accompanist; he has a lot to say here and it's even more interesting than Ammons.

This set has been in my collection since it was issued as a double LP and I've never grown tired of it. In fact, contrary to my typical disdain for alternate takes, I love the alternates of "Yardbird Suite" and "Falling in Love with Love" included here.

Five stars.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars "Jug & Dodo" would be better off just "Dodo", August 31, 2003

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"douglasnegley" (Pittsburgh, Pa. United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jug and Dodo (Audio CD)

This, to me, is a rather strange pairing - and it shows in the material. Ammons ("Jug")seems to have no fire on this. Given, most of the stuff he is playing are soul/blues ("Georgia On My Mind" - the first 'listening sample', mislabled as is the CD song list) and ballads. The reason I give this 3 Stars is because of the brilliance of Gene "Dodo" Marmarosa. About one-third of this CD is his trio without Ammons, and it is far and away the best material on the CD. Check out 'listening sample #5' below - it is Marmarosa's trio doing "The Song Is You". This will give you a small taste of the rest of his stuff on the CD - two takes, totally different ideas, of "Yardbird Suite", and a beautiful rendition of Ray Noble's "The Very Thought Of You". Marmarosa's stuff is 5-Star, but there is not enough of it, and it is paired badly with the rest of the CD. What a shame. Marmarosa's career sort of mirrored this kind of luck. Man, what could have been...