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Released
  
1970

Brother Jug! (1969)
  
Night Lights (1970)

Release date
  
1970

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
November 10–11, 1969

Artist
  
Gene Ammons

Label
  
Prestige Records

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Studio
  
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Similar
  
The Boss Is Back!, Got My Own, Blue Gene, Free Again, Big Bad Jug

Brother Jug!' is an album by saxophonist Gene Ammons recorded in 1969 and released on the Prestige label. It contains material from the same two dates as The Boss Is Back!

Contents

Gene ammons brother jug track b1 jungle strut


Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars with its review by Stewart Mason stating, "A swinging soul-jazz set from just before the point where soul-jazz turned once and for all into fusion, 1970's Brother Jug is very much an album of its time... while the album doesn't have the classic timelessness of Gene Ammons' best '50s and early-'60s work, Brother Jug is one of Ammons' better albums released soon after the tenor saxophonist's release from a seven-year prison sentence".

"Jungle Strut" was covered by Santana in the 1971 album Santana III.

Track listing

All compositions by Gene Ammons except where noted.

  1. "Son of a Preacher Man" (John Hurley, Ronnie Wilkins) – 4:27
  2. "Didn't We" (Graham Lyle, Troy Seals) – 6:04
  3. "He's a Real Gone Guy" (Nellie Lutcher) – 5:05
  4. "Jungle Strut" – 5:11
  5. "Blue Velvet" (Lee Morris, Bernie Wayne) – 4:06
  6. "Ger-Ru" – 8:49
  • Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on November 10 (track 6) and November 11 (tracks 1-5), 1969

    • Personnel

  • Gene Ammons – tenor saxophone
  • Junior Mance – piano (track 6)
  • Sonny Phillips organ (tracks 1-5)
  • Buster Williams – bass (track 6)
  • Billy Butler – guitar (tracks 1-5)
  • Bob Bushnell – electric bass (tracks 1-5)
  • Frankie Jones (track 6), Bernard Purdie (tracks 1-5) – drums
  • Candido – congas (track 6)

    • Songs

    1Son of a Preacher Man4:25
    2Didn't We6:00
    3He's a Real Gone Guy5:05

    References

    Brother Jug! Wikipedia
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