Released 1961 Producer Richard Bock Release date 1961 | Length 54:32 Groovin' with Jug(1961) Dig Him!(1961) Label Capitol Records | |
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Recorded August 15, 1961The Black Orchid, Los Angeles, California Groovin' with Jug(1961) Somethin' Special(1962) Similar Gene Ammons albums, Jazz albums | ||
Groovin' with Jug is a live album (with three tracks recorded in the studio) by organist Richard Holmes and saxophonist Gene Ammons recorded in 1961 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.
Contents
Reception
The Allmusic review called it an "excellent album, which finds Ammons and Richard "Groove" Holmes co-leading a soul-jazz/hard bop organ combo... three of the eight selections were produced by Richard Bock in a Los Angeles studio in the afternoon, while the other five were recorded several hours later an L.A. club called the Black Orchid. Ammons and Holmes prove to be a strong combination in both settings, although their playing is somewhat looser at the Orchid".
Track listing
All compositions by Gene Ammons except as indicated
- "Good Vibrations" (Art Farmer) - 8:38
- "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) - 7:04
- "Juggin' Around" (Frank Foster) - 3:20
- "Hittin' the Jug" - 7:20 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Exactly Like You" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) - 9:05 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Groovin' With Jug" - 4:19
- "Morris the Minor" (Richard Holmes) - 7:53
- "Hey You, What's That?" - 6:53
Personnel
Songs
1Happy Blues (Good Vibrations)8:44
2Willow Weep for Me7:13
3Juggin' Around3:26