Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt - Boss Tenors

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 79:49
Size: 184.8 MB
Styles: Saxophone jazz
Year: 1961/2012
Art: Front

[4:22] 1. Red Sails In The Sunset
[5:13] 2. My Foolish Heart
[6:34] 3. Autumn Leaves
[6:31] 4. There Is No Greater Love
[3:19] 5. A Mess
[8:48] 6. Blues Up And Down
[2:37] 7. Headin' West
[4:38] 8. A Pair Of Red Pants
[4:17] 9. But Not For Me
[3:56] 10. New Blues Up And Down
[7:12] 11. The One Before This
[4:33] 12. We'll Be Together Again
[9:39] 13. Counter Clockwise
[3:54] 14. Time On My Hands
[4:11] 15. Autumn Leaves (Alternate Take)

This encounter between tenor saxophonist Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt (who doubles on tenor and alto) is a true classic. Ammons and Stitt teamed together many times over a three-decade period, including co-leading a band during 1950-1952, but Boss Tenors is arguably their finest recording. Backed by pianist John Houston, bassist Buster Williams, and drummer George Brown, Ammons and Stitt battle it out on "There Is No Greater Love," Ammons' "The One Before This," "Autumn Leaves," "Blues Up and Down," and Stitt's "Counter Clockwise." This is competitive bebop at its best, with Stitt and Ammons proving to be equal matches. Essential music for all jazz collections. ~Scott Yanow

Boss Tenors

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