Title: Boss Tenors: Straight Ahead from Chicago 1961 Artist: Gene Ammons with Sonny Stitt Release Date: 8/27/1961 Label: Verve Duration: 38:36 Album Type(s): Instrumental UPC: 042283744028 Genre: Jazz Styles: Bop, Soul-Jazz, Hard Bop Moods: Amiable/Good-Natured, Earthy, Energetic, Organic, Rousing, Bravado, Dramatic, Earnest, Exuberant, Freewheeling, Greasy, Passionate, Playful, Rambunctious, Sophisticated, Street-Smart, Warm, Witty, Wry Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. There Is No Greater Love
2. The One Before This
3. Autumn Leaves
4. Blues Up and Down
5. Counter Clockwise

Year Type Label Catalog # 1992 CD Verve 837440-2

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Tenor saxophonists Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt co-led a small group in 1950, and this follow-up, taped in the studio in 1961, finds the two picking up where they left off. The highlight of the date is the jointly written "Blues up and Down," a classic jam which has since inspired a number of other tenor match ups to record it, especially Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Johnny Griffin. Ammons' repetitious one-note melody within "The One Before This," like Duke Ellington's deceptively simple two-note theme "C Jam Blues," leads to some inspired improvising by both men. Stitt switches to alto sax for a loping take of "There Is No Greater Love," during which Ammons' tenor provides the perfect foil. The rhythm section includes bassist Buster Williams, along with the somewhat obscure pianist John Houston and drummer George Brown. This rewarding date has become hard to find since this 1992 CD reissue lapsed from print. ~ Ken Dryden, All Music Guide

Name Credits Buster Williams Bass Charles Williams Bass Creed Taylor Producer Gene Ammons Sax (Tenor), Performer, Main Performer George Brown Drums John Houston Piano Paul Ramey Preparation, ? Phil Schaap Research Pompeo Posar Photography Richard Seidel CD Preparation Sonny Stitt Performer, Sax (Tenor), Sax (Alto) Tom "Curly" Ruff Digital Remastering