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The Black Cat!

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Released
  
1971

Genre
  
Jazz

Label
  
Prestige PR 10006

Recorded
  
November 11, 1970

Length
  
34:34

Studio
  
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

The Black Cat! is an album by saxophonist Gene Ammons, recorded in 1970 and released on the Prestige label.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with its review by Stewart Mason stating, "One of Gene Ammons' best late-period albums, 1970's Black Cat is a bluesy, low-key album and a comparative anomaly: a primarily acoustic soul-jazz album! Ammons was experimenting heavily with the amplified, feedback-laced electric saxophone during this period, but for Black Cat he sticks to his familiar unamplified tenor, playing raunchy gutbucket lines".

Track listing

All compositions by Gene Ammons except where noted.

  1. "The Black Cat" – 5:36
  2. "Long Long Time" (Gary White) – 4:31
  3. "Piece to Keep Away Evil Spirits" – 7:49
  4. "Jug Eyes" – 8:10
  5. "Something" (George Harrison) – 3:20
  6. "Hi Ruth!" – 5:08

Personnel

  • Gene Ammons – tenor saxophone
  • Harold Mabern – piano, electric piano
  • George Freeman – guitar
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • Idris Muhammad – drums
  • Unidentified violins arranged by Bill Fischer (tracks 2 & 5)

    • References

    The Black Cat! Wikipedia
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