Released 1962 Just Jug(1961) Up Tight!(1961) Release date 1962 | Label ArgoLP 698 | |
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Recorded August 29, 1961The DJ Lounge, Chicago, Illinois Similar Blue Groove, Night Lights, Groovin' with Jug, Together Again for the Last T, Up Tight! | ||
Just Jug is a live album by saxophonists Gene Ammons recorded in Chicago in 1961 and originally released on the Argo label in 1962. The album was subsequently rereleased as Gene Ammons Live! in Chicago with two bonus tracks on the Prestige label.
Contents
Reception
The Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "This is one of many Gene Ammons recordings from the 1961-62 period; virtually all are worth getting".
Track listing
All compositions by Gene Ammons except as indicated
- "Scrapple from the Apple" (Charlie Parker) - 5:17
- "Falling in Love With Love" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 4:44
- "Please Send Me Someone to Love" (Percy Mayfield) - 5:08
- "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard) - 4:24
- "It Could Happen to You" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 4:21
- "Foot Tappin'" - 6:51
- "Jug's Blue Blues" - 5:39
- "Fast Track" - 4:02
- "C Jam Blues" (Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington) - 8:08 Bonus track on Gene Ammons Live! in Chicago CD reissue
- "But Not for Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 5:33 Bonus track on Gene Ammons Live! in Chicago CD reissue
Personnel
References
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