Gene Ammons

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Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt were co-leaders of their own group in the early 50s, but though it took them almost ten years to get back together again, they were as incendiary a pair as ever.

Stitts legendary quickness of thought and execution were, as always, outstanding, but Ammons passion and adroit, canny way of developing his solos made him an ideal partner for these two-tenor jousts Stitt, by the way, also picks up his alto for a lyrical No Greater Love. John Houston, who had played with Ammons and Stitt in the early 50s, is the only familiar name in a solid rhythm section.

PERSONNEL:

• Gene Ammons - (tenor sax)
• Sonny Stitt - (tenor & alto sax)
• John Houston - (piano)
• Charles Williams - (bass)
• George Brown - (drums)

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Blues Up & Down
• A2. Counter Clockwise

• SIDE B
• B1. No Greater Love
• B2. The One Before This
• B3. Autumn Leaves