Boss Tenors (subtitled Straight Ahead from Chicago August 1961) is an album by saxophonists Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt recorded in Chicago in 1961 and originally released on the Verve label.[3]
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| Released | 1961 | |||
| Recorded | August 27, 1961 Chicago, Illinois | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 38:36 | |||
| Label | Verve V/V6 8426 | |||
| Producer | Creed Taylor | |||
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| Gene Ammons chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Down Beat | [2] |
Reception
editThe Allmusic review stated "Tenor saxophonists Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt co-led a small group in 1950, and this follow-up, taped in the studio in 1961, finds the two picking up where they left off".[1]
Track listing
edit- "Blues Up and Down" (Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt) - 8:47
- "Counter Clockwise" (Sonny Stitt) - 9:38
- "There Is No Greater Love" (Isham Jones, Marty Symes) - 6:30
- "The One Before This" (Gene Ammons) - 7:09
- "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert) - 6:32
Personnel
edit- Gene Ammons - tenor saxophone
- Sonny Stitt - tenor saxophone (tracks 2-5), alto saxophone (tracks 1 and 3)
- John Houston - piano
- Buster Williams - bass
- George Brown - drums
References
edit- ^ a b Dryden, K. Allmusic Review accessed December 10, 2012
- ^ Down Beat: February 15, 1962 vol. 29, no. 4
- ^ Gene Ammons discography accessed December 10, 2012