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Released
  
1962

Just Jug (1961)
  
Up Tight! (1961)

Release date
  
1962

Label
  
Argo LP 698

Artist
  
Gene Ammons

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
August 29, 1961 The 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

  1. "Scrapple from the Apple" (Charlie Parker) - 5:17
  2. "Falling in Love With Love" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 4:44
  3. "Please Send Me Someone to Love" (Percy Mayfield) - 5:08
  4. "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard) - 4:24
  5. "It Could Happen to You" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 4:21
  6. "Foot Tappin'" - 6:51
  7. "Jug's Blue Blues" - 5:39
  8. "Fast Track" - 4:02
  9. "C Jam Blues" (Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington) - 8:08 Bonus track on Gene Ammons Live! in Chicago CD reissue
  10. "But Not for Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 5:33 Bonus track on Gene Ammons Live! in Chicago CD reissue

Personnel

  • Gene Ammons - tenor saxophone
  • Eddie Buster - organ
  • Gerald Donovan - drums

    • References

    Just Jug Wikipedia
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