Released 1962 Length 57:14 Boss Tenors in Orbit!
(1962) Soul Summit
(1962) Release date 1962 Genre Jazz | Recorded February 18, 1962 Boss Tenors in Orbit!
(1962) Soul Summit
(1962) Artists Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt Label Verve Records | |
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Boss Tenors in Orbit! is a 1962 studio album by American jazz tenor saxophonists Sonny Stitt and Gene Ammons.
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Reception
The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album four and a half stars and said that "The soulful Ammons and the bop-oriented Stitt meshed well whether playing standards, jamming on familiar melodies, or in ballad form. While not an out-and-out knock-down, drag-out event like their other recordings, this is still one of too few magical efforts with Ammons and Stitt together. Those who crave the live cutting sessions that made jazz very exciting in the early '60s might also consider this tamer studio effort."
Track listing
- "Long Ago (and Far Away)" (Ira Gershwin, Jerome Kern) - 6:17
- "Walkin'" (Jimmy Mundy) - 5:21
- "Why Was I Born?" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Kern) - 8:20
- "John Brown's Body" (Traditional) - 7:22
- "Bye Bye Blackbird" (Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson) - 9:58
Personnel
Songs
1Long Ago and Far Away6:19
2Walkin'5:24
3Why Was I Born?8:24
References
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