Puneet Varma (Editor)

Boss Tenors

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Released
  
1961

Boss Tenors(1961)
  
Just Jug(1961)

Release date
  
1961

Label
  
Universal Music LLC

Length
  
38:36

Artists
  
Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt

Producer
  
Creed Taylor

Genre
  
Jazz

Boss Tenors httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediaenthumb5

Recorded
  
August 27, 1961Chicago, Illinois

Boss Tenors(1961)
  
Stitt Meets Brother Jack(1962)

Similar
  
Gene Ammons albums, Jazz albums

Autumn leaves gene ammons sonny stitt boss tenors 1961


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.

Contents

Reception

The 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".

Track listing

  1. "There Is No Greater Love" (Isham Jones, Marty Symes) - 6:30
  2. "The One Before This" (Gene Ammons) - 7:09
  3. "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert) - 6:32
  4. "Blues Up and Down" (Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt) - 8:47
  5. "Counter Clockwise" (Sonny Stitt) - 9:38

Personnel

  • Gene Ammons - tenor saxophone
  • Sonny Stitt - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
  • John Houston - piano
  • Buster Williams - bass
  • George Brown - drums

    • Songs

    1There Is No Greater Love6:30
    2The One Before This7:12
    3Autumn Leaves6:32

    References

    Boss Tenors Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


    Similar Topics