All Star Sessions
| All Star Sessions | ||||
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| Released | 1956 | |||
| Recorded | March 5 and October 28, 1950; January 13, 1951; and June 16, 1955 | |||
| Studio | New York City and Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 54:40 | |||
| Label | Prestige PRLP 7050 | |||
| Producer | Bob Weinstock | |||
| Gene Ammons chronology | ||||
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All Star Sessions is an album by saxophonist Gene Ammons recorded between 1950 and 1955 and released on the Prestige label.[1]
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
The Allmusic review by Stewart Mason stated: "A bop classic, All-Star Session was the recording debut of Gene Ammons as a leader with his group the Gene Ammons All-Stars, featuring his fellow tenor saxophonist Sonny Stitt... Those looking to explore Stitt and Ammons' enormous catalogs (both together and separately) could do much worse than starting right here".[2]
Track listing
All compositions by Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt, except where indicated.
- "Woofin' and Tweetin'" (Gene Ammons) – 15:05
- "Juggernaut" (Ammons) – 10:28
- "Blues Up and Down" [take 3] – 2:39
- "Blues Up and Down" [take 1] – 1:28 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Blues Up and Down" [take 2] – 2:23 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "You Can Depend on Me" [take 1] (Charlie Carpenter, Louis Dunlap, Earl Hines) – 2:50
- "You Can Depend on Me" [take 2] (Carpenter, Dunlap, Hines) – 2:50 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Stringin' the Jug" – 5:05
- "New Blues Up and Down" – 5:07
- "Bye Bye" (Jimmy Mundy) – 3:02 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "When I Dream of You" (Carpenter, Hines) – 2:55 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "A Lover Is Blue" (Carpenter, Mundy, James Oliver Young) – 2:46
Note
- Recorded in New York City on March 5, 1950 (tracks 3–7 & 10), October 28, 1950 (tracks 8, 11 & 12), January 31, 1951 (track 9) and at Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack New Jersey on June 15, 1955 (tracks 1 & 2)
Personnel
- Gene Ammons – tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
- Sonny Stitt – tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone (tracks 3–10)
- Art Farmer (tracks 1 & 2), Billy Massey (tracks 9 & 10) – trumpet
- Chippy Outcalt – trombone (track 9)
- Lou Donaldson – alto saxophone (tracks 1 & 2)
- Charlie Bateman (track 9), Duke Jordan (tracks 3–7 & 10), Junior Mance (track 8, 11 & 12), Freddie Redd (tracks 1 & 2) – piano
- Addison Farmer (tracks 1 & 2), Tommy Potter (tracks 3–7 & 10), Gene Wright (tracks 8, 9, 11 & 12) – bass
- Art Blakey (track 9), Kenny Clarke (tracks 1 & 2), Jo Jones (tracks 3–7 & 10), Wes Landers (tracks 8, 11 & 12) – drums
- Larry Townsend – vocals (track 9)
References
- ^ Gene Ammons discography accessed February 7, 2013
- ^ a b Mason, S. Allmusic Review, accessed February 7, 2013
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 8. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.