Gene Ammons - My Way

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1971
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 28:18
Size: 65,4 MB
Art: Front

(3:33)  1. Chicago Breakdown
(4:18)  2. What's Going On
(3:45)  3. A House Is Not A Home
(6:21)  4. Sack Full of Dreams
(4:18)  5. Back in Mérida
(6:01)  6. My Way

Although late in the Prestige jazz funk years, and not in the small combo mode of some of Ammons' best early 70s sides, this is still an excellent batch of tracks thanks to hip arrangements from Bill (William S?) Fisher! The format's almost in a Kudu/CTI mode, as larger arrangements envelope Jug's soulful tenor funking away with a blacksploitation on tracks like "Chicago Breakdown", "Back In Merida", and a great cover of "What's Going On", all done with tight horns, compressed guitar, and even a bit of strings. There's a few mellower numbers that aren't as great but these tracks more than make the album worth having! © 1996-2017, Dusty Groove, Inc.https://www.dustygroove.com/item/40417?s=Gene+Ammons&incl_oos=1&incl_cs=1&kwfilter=Gene+Ammons&sort_order=artist
 

Personnel:  Gene Ammons - tenor saxophone;  Robert Prado, Ernie Royal - trumpet (tracks 1, 2 & 4-6);  Garnett Brown - trombone (tracks 1, 2 & 4-6);  Richard Landry - tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 2 & 4-6);  Babe Clark - baritone saxophone (tracks 1, 2 & 4-6);  Roland Hanna - electric piano (tracks 1-3); Billy Butler (tracks 4-6), Ted Dunbar (tracks 1 & 2) – guitar;  Ron Carter - bass (tracks 4-6);  Chuck Rainey - electric bass (tracks 1 & 2);  Idris Muhammad - drums (tracks 1, 2 & 4-6);  Omar Clay - percussion (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 5);  Yvonne Fletcher, Patricia Hall, Loretta Ritter, Linda Wolfe - vocals (tracks 2 & 4)

My Way

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