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God Bless Jug and Sonny

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Released
  
2001

Producer
  
Eric Miller

Release date
  
2001

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
68:02

Artists
  
Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt

Label
  
Prestige Records

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Recorded
  
June 24, 1973 Left Bank Jazz Society at the Famous Ballroom in Baltimore, Maryland

God Bless Jug and Sonny (1973)
  
Left Bank Encores (1973)

God Bless Jug and Sonny (1973)
  
Left Bank Encores (1973)

Similar
  
Gene Ammons albums, Jazz albums

God Bless Jug and Sonny is a live album by saxophonists Sonny Stitt and Gene Ammons recorded in Baltimore in 1973 and released on the Prestige label in 2001.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review stated "Unlike some of their 1940s/early '50s encounters, God Bless Jug and Sonny falls short of essential. But this 1973 reunion is still enjoyable and will interest the saxophonists' hardcore fans".

Track listing

  1. "Blue 'N' Boogie" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) - 16:36
  2. "Stringin' the Jug" (Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt) - 14:58
  3. "God Bless the Child" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.) - 5:48
  4. "Autumn in New York" (Vernon Duke) - 5:05
  5. "Ugetsu" (Cedar Walton) - 7:44
  6. "Bye Bye Blackbird" (Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson) - 17:51

Personnel

  • Gene Ammons - tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 3 & 6)
  • Sonny Stitt - tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 2 & 6), alto saxophone (track 4)
  • Cedar Walton - piano
  • Sam Jones - bass
  • Billy Higgins - drums

    • Songs

    1Blue 'n' Boogie16:36
    2Stringin' the Jug14:59
    3God Bless the Child5:48

    References

    God Bless Jug and Sonny Wikipedia
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