Jammin' with Gene is an album by saxophonist Gene Ammons recorded in 1956 and released on the Prestige label.[1]

Jammin' with Gene
Studio album by
Released1956
RecordedJuly 13, 1956
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length40:21
LabelPrestige
PRLP 7060
Gene Ammons chronology
The Happy Blues
(1956)
Jammin' with Gene
(1956)
Funky
(1957)

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [2]
DownBeat     [3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide     [4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [5]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "this is an excellent (and rather spontaneous) straightahead session".[2]

Track listing edit

  1. "Jammin' With Gene" (Gene Ammons) - 14:15
  2. "We'll Be Together Again" (Carl T. Fischer, Frankie Laine) - 10:00
  3. "Not Really the Blues" (Johnny Mandel) - 16:06

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ Gene Ammons discography accessed December 6, 2012
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed December 6, 2012
  3. ^ Hentoff, Nat (23 January 1957). "Gene Ammons: Jammin' with Gene". DownBeat. Vol. 24, no. 2. p. 24.
  4. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 9. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.