Search - Gene Ammons :: Jammin' With Gene

Another all-star session

Bomojaz | South Central PA, USA | 02/27/2005

(3 out of 5 stars)

"This blowing session is not quite as impressive as some of Gene's other Prestige outings in the mid-50s. Along with the two trumpeters Art Farmer and Donald Byrd, we have the usually-present Jackie McLean on alto, Mal Waldron on piano, and the rhythm section of Doug Watkins and Art Taylor. The title track is a medium blues, while "We'll be together again" starts slow, then goes up. The best track is the 16-minute "Not really the blues," taken up-tempo. Not a bad album by any means, it's just that other better ones were on the horizon."