The Gene Ammons Story: The 78 Era

Gene Ammons

The Gene Ammons Story The 78 Era

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RELEASE DATE: 21 Sep 1992

PRCD-24058-2

LABEL: PRESTIGE

GENRE: JAZZ

Bye Bye, Chabootie, Walkin', Easy Glide, I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Back in Your Own Backyard, Sweet Jennie Lou, Seven Eleven, When I Dream of You, A Lover Is Blue, 'Round About 1 A.M., Jug, Wow, Blue and Sentimental, Ammons Boogie, Echo Chamber Blues, Hot Stuff, Them There Eyes, When the Saints Go Marching In, Archie, Undecided, (It Will Have to Do) Until the Real Thing Comes Along, Sock, What I Say, This Is Always, Blue Roller, Love Is Here to Stay

with Clarence “Sleepy” Anderson, Charles Batemen, Art Blakey, Gene Easton, Matthew Gee, Bennie Green, Jo Jones, Duke Jordan, Junior Mance, Bill Massey, Earl May, Tommy Potter, Teddy Stewart, Sonny Stitt, Nate Woodyard, Rudy Williams, Gene Wright, and others

Recorded between 1950 and 1955.


TRACKLISTING

  • 1. Bye Bye
  • 2. Chabootie
  • 3. Walkin'
  • 4. Easy Glide
  • 5. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
  • 6. Back In Your Own Backyard
  • 7. Sweet Jennie Lou
  • 8. Seven Eleven
  • 9. When I Dream Of You
  • 10. A Lover Is Blue
  • 11. 'Round About 1 A.M.
  • 12. Jug
  • 13. Wow
  • 14. Blue And Sentimental
  • 15. Ammons Boogie
  • 16. Echo Chamber Blues
  • 17. Hot Stuff
  • 18. Them There Eyes
  • 19. When The Saints Go Marching In
  • 20. Archie
  • 21. Undecided
  • 22. (It Will Have To Do) Until The Real Thing Comes Along
  • 23. Sock
  • 24. What I Say
  • 25. This Is Always
  • 26. Blue Roller
  • 27. Love Is Here To Stay

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