Gene Ammons Catalog

1944 (age 19)

Billy Eckstine - Mr. B (Ember (E) FA 2010)

Gail Brockman, Dizzy Gillespie, Marion Hazel, Shorty McConnell (trumpet) Joe Taswell Baird, Chippy Outcalt, Howard Scott (trombone) Gerald "Gerry" Valentine (trombone, arranger) Bill Frazier, John Jackson (alto saxophone) Gene Ammons, Dexter Gordon (tenor saxophone) Leo Parker (baritone saxophone) John Malachi (piano, arranger) Connie Wainwright (guitar) Tommy Potter (bass) Art Blakey (drums) Sarah Vaughan (vocals) Billy Eckstine (vocals, valve trombone, conductor) Tadd Dameron (arranger)

NYC, December 5, 1944

118-2	If That's The Way You Feel
119-4	I Want To Talk About You
120-3	Blowing The Blues Away
121-2	Opus X
122	I'll Wait And Pray

Billy Eckstine - Blowing The Blues Away (Swingtime (E) ST 1015)

NYC, December 5, 1944

120	Blowing The Blues Away

Billy Eckstine/Maxine Sullivan - Mr. B (Audio Lab AL 1549)

NYC, December 5, 1944

123	The Real Thing Happened To Me

1945 (age 20)

Billy Eckstine - Together (Spotlite (E) SPJ 100)

Gail Brockman, Boonie Hazel, Shorty McConnell, Fats Navarro (trumpet) Joe Taswell Baird, Chippy Outcalt, Howard Scott, Gerald Valentine (trombone) Bill Frazier, John Jackson (alto saxophone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Budd Johnson (tenor saxophone, arranger) Leo Parker (baritone saxophone) Connie Wainwright (guitar) Tommy Potter (bass) Art Blakey (drums) Billy Eckstine, Lena Horne, Sarah Vaughan (vocals) Tadd Dameron, John Malachi, Jerry Valentine (arranger)

AFRS Jubilee broadcast, Los Angeles, CA, February, March, 1945

	Blue 'N' Boogie (theme)
	Blowin' The Blues Away
	'Deed I Do
	I Wanna Talk About You
	Blue 'N' Boogie (theme)
	-
	Together
	Mean To Me
	Without A Song
	Mr. Chips
	Blue 'N' Boogie (theme)
	-
	Air Mail Special
	Don't Blame Me
	If That's The Way You Feel
	Blue 'N' Boogie (theme)
	-
	Opus X
	Love Me Or Leave Me
	One O'Clock Jump (theme)

Billy Eckstine - Blues For Sale (EmArcy MG 36029)

Gail Brockman, Boonie Hazel, Shorty McConnell, Fats Navarro (trumpet) Joe Taswell Baird, Chippy Outcalt, Howard Scott (trombone) Gerald "Gerry" Valentine (trombone, arranger) Budd Johnson, Sonny Stitt (alto saxophone) Gene Ammons, Dexter Gordon (tenor saxophone) Leo Parker (baritone saxophone) John Malachi (piano) Connie Wainwright (guitar) Tommy Potter (bass) Art Blakey (drums) Billy Eckstine (vocals, valve trombone, conductor)

NYC, May 2, 1945

NSC53-1

Lonesome Lover Blues

Boonie Hazel, Shorty McConnell, Fats Navarro, Raymond Orr (trumpet) Walter Knox, Chippy Outcalt, Howard Scott, Gerald Valentine (trombone) John Cobbs, Budd Johnson (alto saxophone) Gene Ammons, Arthur Simmons (tenor saxophone) Teddy Cypron (baritone saxophone) Richard "Duke" Ellington (piano) Connie Wainwright (guitar) Tommy Potter (bass) Art Blakey (drums) Billy Eckstine (vocals)

NYC, September, 1945

NSC61	My Deep Blue Dream
NSC64	It Ain't Like That

same personnel

NYC, October, 1945

NSC71	All I Sing Is Blues
NSC72	Long, Long Journey

NYC, February, 1946

NSC114	Blue
NSC117	Tell Me Pretty Baby

Miles Davis, Hobart Dotson, Leonard Hawkins, King Kolax (trumpet) Water Knox, Chippy Outcalt, Gerald Velentine (trombone) John Cobbs, Sonny Stitt (alto saxophone) Gene Ammons, Arthur Sammons (tenor saxophone) Cecil Payne (baritone saxophone) Linton Garner (piano) Connie Wainwright (guitar) Tommy Potter (bass) Art Blakey (drums) Billy Eckstine (vocals, valve trombone)

Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA, October 5, 1946

NSC167

Jelly Jelly

Billy Eckstine - The Love Songs Of Mr. "B" (EmArcy MG 36030)

NYC, May 2, 1945

NSC54-3

A Cottage For Sale

NYC, September, 1945

NSC62

Prisoner Of Love

same personnel

NYC, October, 1945

NSC69	I'm In The Mood For Love
NSC70	You Call It Madness

Kenny Dorham, Boonie Hazel, Shorty McConnell, Raymond Orr (trumpet) Chippy Outcalt, Robert Scott, Gerald Valentine (trombone) Norris Turney, Bob "Junior" Williams (alto saxophone) Gene Ammons, Arthur Simmons (tenor saxophone) Tate Houston (baritone saxophone) possibly Richard Ellington (piano) Connie Wainwright (guitar) Bill McMahon (bass) Art Blakey (drums) Billy Eckstine (vocals)

NYC, January 3, 1946

NSC103

You're My Everything

Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA, October 5, 1946

NSC165

I Love The Loveliness Of You

add unidentified strings

Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA, October 6, 1946

NSC168	My Silent Love
NSC169	Time On My Hands
NSC170	All The Things You Are

Various Artists - The Advance Guard Of The '40s (EmArcy MG 36016)

NYC, May 2, 1945

NSC55-2

I Love The Rhythm In A Riff

NYC, February, 1946

NSC115

Second Balcony Jump

Jesse Miller (trumpet) Ernest McDonald (alto saxophone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Junior Mance (piano) Leo Blevens (guitar) Leroy Jackson (bass) Wesley Landers (drums) Marcel Daniels (vocals)

NYC, February 5, 1949

2501-1	Daddy Sauce's Airlines
2502-1	Little Irv

Billy Eckstine - You Call It Madness (Regent MG 6058)

NYC, May 2, 1945

NSC56

Last Night (And Now Tonight Again)

Billy Eckstine - Prisoner Of Love (Regent MG 6052)

NYC, September, 1945

NSC63

A Penny For Your Thoughts

1946

Billy Eckstine - Mr. B And The Band (Savoy SJL 2214)

NYC, January 3, 1946

NSC100	I Only Have Eyes For You
NSC105	The Jitney Man

Fats Navarro (trumpet) Josh Jackson (tenor saxophone) Leo Parker (baritone saxophone) possibly Jimmy Golden (piano) replaces Dorham, Simmons, Houston, Ellington

NYC, March, 1946

NSC125

Don't Take Your Love From Me

Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA, October 5, 1946

NSC164

Oo Bop Sh' Bam (alt. take)

Billy Eckstine Sings (Savoy SJL 1127)

NYC, January 3, 1946

NSC104

I've Got To Pass Your House

Billy Eckstine - My Deep Blue Dream (Regent MG 6054)

Boonie Hazel, Shorty McConnell, Fats Navarro, Raymond Orr (trumpet) Chippy Outcalt, Robert Scott, Gerald Valentine (trombone) Norris Turney, Bob "Junior" Williams (alto saxophone) Gene Ammons, Josh Jackson (tenor saxophone) Leo Parker (baritone saxophone) possibly Jimmy Golden (piano) Connie Wainwright (guitar) Bill McMahon (bass) Art Blakey (drums) Billy Eckstine (vocals): Fats Navarro (trumpet) Josh Jackson (tenor saxophone) Leo Parker (baritone saxophone) possibly Jimmy Golden (piano) replaces Dorham, Simmons, Houston, Ellington

NYC, February, 1946

NSC116

Gloomy Sunday

same personnel

NYC, March, 1946

NSC122

Love Is The Thing

Billy Eckstine - I Surrender, Dear (EmArcy MG 36010)

NYC, March, 1946

NSC123

Without A Song

Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA, October 5, 1946

NSC166

In The Still Of The Night

add unidentified strings

Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA, October 6, 1946

NSC171

In A Sentimental Mood

Various Artists - Boning Up The 'Bones (EmArcy MG 36038)

NYC, March, 1946

NSC124

Cool Breeze

Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA, October 5, 1946

NSC164

Oo Bop Sh' Bam

Various Artists - The Mercury Blues 'N' Rhythm Story 1945-1955 (Mercury 314 528 292-2)

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Albert Ammons (piano) Ike Perkins (guitar) Israel Crosby (bass) Jack Cooley (drums) Mildred Anderson (vocals -1)

Chicago, IL, April 8, 1946

1. 328-1	Doin' The Boogie Woogie
2. 330	Mr. Bell Boogie (Suitcase Blues)

Albert Ammons - Doin' The Boogie Woogie b/w Boogie Woogie At The Civic Opera (some pressings) (Mercury 8007 (alt.))

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Albert Ammons (piano) Ike Perkins (guitar) Israel Crosby (bass) Jack Cooley (drums) Mildred Anderson (vocals)

Chicago, IL, April 8, 1946

328-4

Doin' The Boogie Woogie

Albert Ammons - Lady Be Good b/w Mr. Bell Boogie (Mercury 8115)

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Albert Ammons (piano) Ike Perkins (guitar) Israel Crosby (bass) Jack Cooley (drums)

Chicago, IL, April 8, 1946

329-1

Lady Be Good

Billy Eckstine - Rhythm In A Riff (Soundtrack) (Harlequin (E) HQ 2068)

Hobart Dotson, Leonard Hawkins, King Kolax, possibly Rostelle Reese (trumpet) Chippy Outcalt, Howard Scott, unknown, Gerald Valentine (trombone) Billy Eckstine (valve trombone, vocals) Porter Kilbert, possibly Robert "Junior" Williams (alto saxophone) Gene Ammons, Frank Wess (tenor saxophone) unknown (baritone saxophone) possibly Linton Garner or Jimmy Golden (piano) Connie Wainwright (guitar) Bill McMahon (bass) Art Blakey (drums) Ann Baker (vocals)

NYC, circa June, July, 1946

	Second Balcony Jump
	Rhythm In A Riff
	You Call It Madness
	Second Balcony Jump (alt. take)
	Lonesome Lover Blues
	Taps Miller
	I Cried For You
	I Want To Talk About You
	Our Delight
	Prisoner Of Love

Albert Ammons - Why I'm Leaving You (Mercury 8140)

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Albert Ammons (piano) Ike Perkins (guitar) Israel Crosby (bass) Jack Cooley (drums, vocals)

Chicago, IL, July 2, 1946

431-1

Why I'm Leaving You

Albert Ammons - Swanee River Boogie b/w I Don't Want To See You (Mercury 8022)

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Albert Ammons (piano) Ike Perkins (guitar) Israel Crosby (bass) Jack Cooley (drums, vocals): same session

Chicago, IL, July 2, 1946

432-3

I Don't Want To See You (If You Can't See You By Myself)

Albert Ammons - Swanee River Boogie b/w I Don't Want To See You (Mercury 70158x45)

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Albert Ammons (piano) Ike Perkins (guitar) Israel Crosby (bass) Jack Cooley (drums, vocals): same session

Chicago, IL, July 2, 1946

432-4

I Don't Want To See You (If You Can't See You By Myself)

** reissue of Mercury 70158.

Miles Davis - Boppin' The Blues (Black Lion (G) BLCD 760102)

Miles Davis (trumpet) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Linton Garner (piano) Connie Wainwright (guitar) Tommy Potter (bass) Art Blakey (drums) Earl Coleman (vocals)

Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA, October 18, 1946

168-1	Don't Sing Me The Blues
168-2	-
169-1	Don't Explain To Me Baby
169-2	-
169-3	-
169-4	-

Ann Baker (vocals) replaces Coleman

170-1	Baby, Won't You Make Up Your Mind
170-2	-
170-3	-
171-1	I've Always Got The Blues (incomplete)
171-2	I've Always Got The Blues
171-3	-

1947

Petite Swanson - Lawdy Miss Claudy b/w My Jockey Knows How To Ride (Sunbeam S-103)

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Marl Young (piano, arranger) Rail Wilson (bass) Petite Swanson (vocals)

Universal Recording Studios, Chicago, IL, March, 1947

U-654-IV	Lawdy Miss Claudy
U-655-IV	My Jockey Knows How To Ride

Petite Swanson - I'm Sorry b/w Did You Ever Feel Lucky (Sunbeam S-107)

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Marl Young (piano, arranger) Rail Wilson (bass) Petite Swanson (vocals): same session

Universal Recording Studios, Chicago, IL, March, 1947

	I'm Sorry
	Did You Ever Feel Lucky

Gene Ammons - Light, Bluesy, And Moody (Wing MGW 12156)

Gail Brockman (trumpet) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) James Craig (piano) Gene Wright (bass) Chuck Williams (drums) George Stone (arranger)

Chicago, IL, June 19, 1947

848	Concentration
9677	Red Top (vocal overdub)
850-1	Idaho

Gail Brockman (trumpet) Ernest McDonald (alto, baritone saxophone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Junior Mance (piano) Gene Wright (bass) Ellis Bartee (drums) Earl Coleman (vocals -2) George Stone (arranger)

Chicago, IL, October 23, 1947

1. 1133-2	McDougal's Sprout
2. 1134-2	Hold That Money
3. 1135-2	Shermanski

Gail Brockman (trumpet) John "Flaps" Dungee (alto, baritone saxophone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Junior Mance (piano) Gene Wright (bass) Ellis Bartee (drums) Earl Coleman (vocals) A.K. Salim (arranger)

Chicago, IL, December 1, 1947

1333-1

Odd-En-Dow

Josse Miller (trumpet) Matthew Gee (trombone) Ernest McDonald (alto, baritone saxophone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Junior Mance (piano) Leo Blevens (guitar) Leroy Jackson (bass) Wesley Landers (drums) Jimmy Mundy (arranger)

Chicago, IL, October 4, 1949

3001	Everything Depends On You
3002	Hot Springs
3003	When You're Gone
3004	Little Slam

Gene Ammons - Jug Sessions (EmArcy EMS 2-400)

Gail Brockman (trumpet) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) James Craig (piano) Gene Wright (bass) Chuck Williams (drums) George Stone (arranger)

Chicago, IL, June 19, 1947

849-1

Red Top

Marvin Randolph (trumpet -1,2) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Albert Ammons (piano) Ike Perkins (guitar) Israel Crosby (bass) Al Burroughs (drums)

Chicago, IL, August 6, 1947

1. 929-2	St. Louis Blues
2. 930-1	Shufflin' The Boogie
3. 931-1	S.P. Blues

Gail Brockman (trumpet) Ernest McDonald (alto, baritone saxophone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Junior Mance (piano) Gene Wright (bass) Ellis Bartee (drums) George Stone (arranger)

Chicago, IL, October 23, 1947

1136-1

Harold The Fox

Chicago, IL, December 1, 1947

1332-1	Jeet Jet
1334	Going For The Okey Doak
1335	E.A.A.K. Blues

Chicago, IL, December 10, 1947

1. 1390	Blowing The Family Jewels
2. 1391	Sugar-Coated
3. 1392-2	Dues In Blues

Jesse Miller (trumpet) Ernest McDonald (alto saxophone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Junior Mance (piano) Leo Blevens (guitar) Leroy Jackson (bass) Wesley Landers (drums) Marcel Daniels (vocals)

NYC, February 5, 1949

2503-1

Abdullah's Fiesta

Albert Ammons - St. Louis Blues b/w Shufflin' The Boogie (some pressings) (Mercury 8053 (alt.))

Marvin Randolph (trumpet) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Albert Ammons (piano) Ike Perkins (guitar) Israel Crosby (bass) Al Burroughs (drums)

Chicago, IL, August 6, 1947

929-3	St. Louis Blues (alt. take)
930-2	Shufflin' The Boogie

Albert Ammons - S.P. Blues b/w Hiroshima (Mercury 8063)

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Albert Ammons (piano) Ike Perkins (guitar) Israel Crosby (bass) Al Burroughs (drums)

Chicago, IL, August 6, 1947

932-1

Hiroshima

Gene Ammons - Concentration b/w Blowin' Red's Top (Aladdin 3012)

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Leo Parker (baritone, alto saxophone) Junior Mance (piano) Gene Wright (bass) Ellis Bartee (drums)

Toogood Studios, Chicago, IL, September 23, 1947

301-5	Concentration
303-8	Blowin' Red's Top

Gene Ammons - Red Top (Savoy SJL 1103)

Howard McGhee (trumpet) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Leo Parker (baritone saxophone) Junior Mance (piano) Gene Wright (bass) Charles Williams (drums)

Detroit, MI, October 4, 1947

DET800	El Sino
DET801	Ineta
DET802	Wild Leo
DET803	Leapin' Leo

Various Artists - Mercury 40th Anniversary V.S.O.P. Album (Mercury (J) 25PJ 58/61)

Gail Brockman (trumpet) John "Flaps" Dungee (alto, baritone saxophone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Junior Mance (piano) Gene Wright (bass) Ellis Bartee (drums) A.K. Salim (arranger)

Chicago, IL, December 10, 1947

1393

Jay Jay

1948

Various Artists - 1948-1956 Vintage Recordings: Chicago Boss Tenors (Chess CHV 414)

Gene Ammons, Tom Archia (tenor saxophone) Christine Chatman (piano) Leroy Jackson (bass) Wesley Landers (drums)

Chicago, IL, October 12, 1948

U7139

McKie's Jam Boppers (The Battle)

same session

U7140

Swingin' For Christmas (Swingin' For Xmas)

Jesse Miller (trumpet) Matthew Gee (trombone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Junior Mance (piano) Leo Blevins (guitar) Leroy Jackson (bass) Wesley Landers (drums)

Chicago, IL, January 8, 1950

U7234-alt.

More Moon

Bill Massey (trumpet) Matthew Gee (trombone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Sonny Stitt (baritone saxophone) Charlie Bateman (piano) Gene Wright (bass) Wesley Landers (drums)

Chicago, IL, August, 1950

U7265

Jug Head Ramble

Gene Ammons/Sonny Stitt - Jug And Sonny (Chess LP 1445)

Gene Ammons, Tom Archia (tenor saxophone) Christine Chatman (piano) Leroy Jackson (bass) Wesley Landers (drums)

Chicago, IL, October 12, 1948

U7139-alt.

Jam For Boppers

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Christine Chatman (piano, vocals) Leo Blevins (guitar) Lowell Pointer (bass) Ike Day (drums) Mary Graham (vocals)

Chicago, IL, February 28, 1949

U7180

Stuffy (Tenor Eleven)

Jesse Miller (trumpet) Matthew Gee (trombone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Junior Mance (piano) Leo Blevins (guitar) Leroy Jackson (bass) Wesley Landers (drums)

Chicago, IL, January 8, 1950

U7232	The Last Chance (The Last Mile)
U7233	Cha-Bootie
U7234	Full Moon

Bill Massey (trumpet) Matthew Gee (trombone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Charlie Bateman (piano) Gene Wright (bass) Wesley Landers (drums)

Chicago, IL, May 2, 1950

U7247

Tenor Eleven

add Sonny Stitt (baritone saxophone)

Chicago, IL, August, 1950

U7267

Don't Do Me Wrong

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Junior Mance (piano) Gene Wright (bass) Teddy Stewart (drums)

Chicago, IL, May 3, 1951

U7337	Baby, Won't You Please Say Yes
U7340	Im's Not The Kind Of Guy (You're Not The Kind Of Girl)

** also issued on Chess CH 91549.

The Soulful Saxophone Of Gene Ammons (Chess LP 1442)

Gene Ammons, Tom Archia (tenor saxophone) Christine Chatman (piano) Leroy Jackson (bass) Wesley Landers (drums)

Chicago, IL, October 12, 1948

U7142

It's The Talk Of The Town

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Christine Chatman (piano, vocals) Leo Blevins (guitar) Lowell Pointer (bass) Ike Day (drums) Mary Graham (vocals)

Chicago, IL, February 28, 1949

U7181

Once In A While

Jesse Miller (trumpet) Matthew Gee (trombone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Junior Mance (piano) Leo Blevins (guitar) Leroy Jackson (bass) Wesley Landers (drums)

Chicago, IL, January 8, 1950

U7231

Pennies From Heaven

Bill Massey (trumpet) Matthew Gee (trombone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Charlie Bateman (piano) Gene Wright (bass) Wesley Landers (drums)

Chicago, IL, May 2, 1950

U7248	Goodbye
U7249	You Go To My Head
U7250	My Foolish Heart

add Sonny Stitt (baritone saxophone)

Chicago, IL, August, 1950

U7266	Can Anyone Explain
U7268	Prelude To A Kiss

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Junior Mance (piano) Gene Wright (bass) Teddy Stewart (drums)

Chicago, IL, May 3, 1951

U7338	Happiness Is Just A Thing Called Joe
U7339	It's You Or No One

** also issued on Cadet LP 783 entitled "Makes It Happen".

1949

Various Artists - Battle Of The Saxes (EmArcy MG 36023)

Jesse Miller (trumpet) Ernest McDonald (alto saxophone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Junior Mance (piano) Leo Blevens (guitar) Leroy Jackson (bass) Wesley Landers (drums)

NYC, February 5, 1949

2504-1

Brother Jug's Sermon

Gene Ammons - Early Visions (Cadet 2CA 60038)

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Christine Chatman (piano, vocals) Leo Blevins (guitar) Lowell Pointer (bass) Ike Day (drums) Mary Graham (vocals)

Chicago, IL, February 28, 1949

U7178	Do You Really Mean It
U7179	Bless You

** also issued on Chess CH2 92514.

Woody Herman - Keeper Of The Flame (Capitol CDP 7 98453-2)

Stan Fishelson, Al Porcino, Ernie Royal, Charlie Walp (trumpet) Shorty Rogers (trumpet, arranger) Bill Harris, Earl Swope, Ollie Wilson (trombone) Bart Varsalona (bass trombone) Woody Herman (clarinet, alto saxophone, vocals) Sam Marowitz (alto saxophone) Gene Ammons, Buddy Savitt (tenor saxophone) Jimmy Giuffre (tenor saxophone, arranger) Serge Chaloff (baritone saxophone) Lou Levy (piano) Oscar Pettiford (bass) Shelly Manne (drums) Mary Ann McCall (vocals) Neal Hefti, Johnny Mandel (arranger)

NYC, May 26, 1949

3794-4

The Crickets

Stan Fishelson, Al Porcino, Ernie Royal, Charlie Walp (trumpet) Shorty Rogers (trumpet, arranger) Bill Harris, Earl Swope, Ollie Wilson (trombone) Bart Varsalona (bass trombone) Woody Herman (clarinet, alto saxophone, vocals) Sam Marowitz (alto saxophone) Gene Ammons, Buddy Savitt (tenor saxophone) Jimmy Giuffre (tenor saxophone, arranger) Serge Chaloff (baritone saxophone) Terry Gibbs (vibraphone) Lou Levy (piano) Joe Mondragon (bass) Shelly Manne (drums) Mary Ann McCall (vocals) Neal Hefti, Johnny Mandel (arranger)

Hollywood, CA, July 14, 1949

4670-1

More Than You Know

same personnel

Hollywood, CA, July 20, 1949

4675-5

(I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You Rascal, You

same personnel

Hollywood, CA, July 21, 1949

	In The Beginning
	You've Got A Date With The Blues

Woody Herman - Capitol Jazz Classics, Vol. 9: Early Autumn (Capitol M 11034)

NYC, May 26, 1949

3795-2

More Moon

Stan Fishelson, Al Porcino, Ernie Royal, Charlie Walp (trumpet) Shorty Rogers (trumpet, arranger) Bill Harris, Earl Swope, Ollie Wilson (trombone) Bart Varsalona (bass trombone) Woody Herman (clarinet, alto saxophone, vocals) Sam Marowitz (alto saxophone) Gene Ammons, Buddy Savitt (tenor saxophone) Jimmy Giuffre (tenor saxophone, arranger) Serge Chaloff (baritone saxophone) Terry Gibbs (vibraphone) Lou Levy (piano) Joe Mondragon (bass) Shelly Manne (drums) Mary Ann McCall (vocals) Neal Hefti, Johnny Mandel (arranger)

Hollywood, CA, July 14, 1949

4666-2	Detour Ahead
4667-3	Jamaica Rhumba
4668-2	Not Really The Blues
4669-1	The Great Lie

same personnel

Hollywood, CA, July 20, 1949

4673-3	Tenderly
4674-1	Lollypop
4679-3	Rhapsody In Wood

Woody Herman - The California Concerts 1949 (Artistry 109)

Stan Fishelson, Al Porcino, Ernie Royal, Charlie Walp (trumpet) Shorty Rogers (trumpet, arranger) Bill Harris, Earl Swope, Ollie Wilson (trombone) Bart Varsalona (bass trombone) Woody Herman (clarinet, alto saxophone, vocals) Sam Marowitz (alto saxophone) Gene Ammons, Buddy Savitt (tenor saxophone) Jimmy Giuffre (tenor saxophone, arranger) Serge Chaloff (baritone saxophone) Terry Gibbs (vibraphone) Lou Levy (piano) Oscar Pettiford (bass) Shelly Manne (drums) Mary Ann McCall (vocals) Neal Hefti, Johnny Mandel (arranger): Oscar Pettiford (bass) replaces Mondragon

"Rendezvous Ballroom", Balboa Beach, CA, July 2, 1949

	More Moon
	I Ain't Gonna Wait Too Long
	Everywhere
	That's Right

Joe Mondragon (bass) replaces Pettiford

"Rendezvous Ballroom", Balboa Beach, CA, July 16, 1949

Early Autumn

Stan Fishelson, Al Porcino, Shorty Rogers, Ernie Royal, Charlie Walp (trumpet) Bill Harris, Earl Swope, Ollie Wilson (trombone) Bart Varsalona (bass trombone) Woody Herman (clarinet, alto saxophone, vocals) Sam Marowitz (alto saxophone) Gene Ammons, Jimmy Giuffre, Buddy Savitt (tenor saxophone) Serge Chaloff (baritone saxophone) Terry Gibbs (vibraphone) Lou Levy (piano) Joe Mondragon (bass) Shelly Manne (drums) Mary Ann McCall (vocals)

"The Shrine Auditorium", Los Angeles, CA, August, 1949

	Keen And Peachy
	Pennies From Heaven

same session

Lemon Drop

Woody Herman And His Orchestra (no details) (First Heard (E) FH 29)

"Rendezvous Ballroom", Balboa Beach, CA, July 29, 1949

	I Ain't Gonna Wait Too Long
	Four Brothers

same personnel

"The Shrine Auditorium", Los Angeles, CA, August, 1949

Rhapsody In Wood

Charlie Barnet Versus Woody Herman - One Night With The Battle Of The Bands (Joyce LP 1012)

MBS broadcast, "Rendezvous Ballroom", Balboa Beach, CA, July 30, 1949

	Lollypop
	I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
	Four Brothers
	Early Autumn
	That's Right
	Ornithology

Woody Herman And The Four Brothers Live (Queen-disc (It) Q-005)

"The Shrine Auditorium", Los Angeles, CA, August, 1949

	Terry And The Pirates
	Man, Don't Be Ridiculous
	Summer Sequence, Pt. 1/3

1950 (age 25)

Count Basie (RCA Victor LPM 1112)

Harry Edison (trumpet) Dicky Wells (trombone) Georgie Auld (tenor saxophone) Gene Ammons (tenor, baritone saxophone) Count Basie (piano) Freddie Green (guitar) Al McKibbon (bass) Gus Johnson (drums) "Google Eyes" (vocals) The Deep River Boys: J. August, H. Douglas, E. Ware, G. Lawson, V. Gardner (vocal group) Buck Clayton (arranger)

NYC, February 6, 1950

E0VB3187-1	If You See My Baby
E0VB3189-1	Rat Race
E0VB3190-1	Sweets

** also issued on RCA Victor LSP 1112.

Count Basie 1949-1950, Vol. 3 (RCA (F) 741042)

NYC, February 6, 1950

E0VB3188-1

Solid As A Rock

Miles Davis - Dick Hyman - Sonny Stitt (Ozone 1)

Sonny Stitt (alto saxophone -2) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Dick Hyman (piano) Gene Ramey (bass) Art Blakey (drums)

WNYC radio broadcast, "Birdland", NYC, February 18, 1950

1.	The Way You Look Tonight
2.	Fine And Dandy

Gene Ammons - Blues Up And Down, Vol. 1 (Prestige PR 7823)

Bill Massey (trumpet) Eph Greenlea (trombone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Sonny Stitt (tenor, baritone saxophone) Duke Jordan (piano) Tommy Potter (bass) Jo Jones (drums)

NYC, March 5, 1950

BL1220	Bye Bye
BL1221	Let It Be

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Sonny Stitt (tenor, baritone saxophone) Duke Jordan (piano) Tommy Potter (bass) Jo Jones (drums) Teddy Williams (vocals)

BL1224

A Touch Of The Blues

Bill Massey (trumpet) Bennie Green (trombone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Sonny Stitt (baritone saxophone) Duke Jordan (piano) Tommy Potter (bass) Art Blakey (drums)

NYC, April 26, 1950

85	Chabootie
86	Who Put The Sleeping Pills (In Rip Van Winkle's Coffee)
87	Gravy (Walkin')
88	Easy Glide

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Duke Jordan (piano) Gene Wright (bass) Wes Landers (drums)

NYC, June 28, 1950

89	I Wanna Be Loved
91	I Can't Give You Anything But Love

Gene Ammons All Star Sessions (Prestige PRLP 7050)

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Sonny Stitt (tenor, baritone saxophone) Duke Jordan (piano) Tommy Potter (bass) Jo Jones (drums)

NYC, March 5, 1950

BL1222-1	Blues Up And Down
BL1222-2	-
BL1222-3	-
BL1223-1	You Can Depend On Me
BL1223-2	-

Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt (tenor saxophone) Junior Mance (piano) Gene Wright (bass) Wes Landers (drums)

NYC, October 28, 1950

116	Stringin' The Jug, Pt. 1
117	Stringin' The Jug, Pt. 2

Billy Massey (trumpet) Chippy Outcalt (trombone) Sonny Stitt (tenor saxophone) Gene Ammons (baritone saxophone) Charlie Bateman (piano) Gene Wright (bass) Art Blakey (drums) Larry Townsend (vocals)

NYC, January 31, 1951

136A	New Blues Up And Down, Pt. 1
137A	New Blues Up And Down, Pt. 2

Art Farmer (trumpet) Lou Donaldson (alto saxophone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Freddie Redd (piano) Addison Farmer (bass) Kenny Clarke (drums)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, June 15, 1955

755	Juggernaut
756	Woofin' And Tweetin'

** also issued on Prestige PRLP 7050 (alt.) entitled "Woofin' And Tweetin'". Original Jazz Classics OJC 014, OJCCD 014-2.

Teddy Williams - A Touch Of The Blues b/w Dumb Woman Blues (Prestige 715)

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Sonny Stitt (tenor, baritone saxophone) Duke Jordan (piano) Tommy Potter (bass) Jo Jones (drums) Teddy Williams (vocals)

NYC, March 5, 1950

BL1225

Dumb Woman Blues

The Gene Ammons Story - The 78 Era (Prestige P 24058)

Bill Massey (trumpet) Matthew Gee (trombone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Sonny Stitt (baritone saxophone) Charlie Bateman (piano) Gene Wright (bass) Wes Landers (drums)

NYC, July 27, 1950

100	Back In Your Own Backyard
101	Sweet Jennie Lou
103	Seven Eleven

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Junior Mance (piano) Gene Wright (bass) Wes Landers (drums)

NYC, October 28, 1950

118	When I Dream Of You
119	A Lover Is Blue

Billy Massey (trumpet) Matthew Gee (trombone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Sonny Stitt (tenor, baritone saxophone) Junior Mance (piano) Gene Wright (bass) Teddy Stewart (drums)

NYC, January 16, 1951

124A	Around About One A.M.
125	Jug
126B	Wow!
127B	Blue And Sentimental

Billy Massey (trumpet) Eli Dabney (trombone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Ruddy Williams (baritone saxophone) Clarence Anderson (piano) Earl May (bass) Teddy Stewart (drums)

NYC, June 29, 1951

148	Ammons Boogie
149	Echo Chamber Blues

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Clarence Anderson (piano) Earl May (bass) Teddy Stewart (drums)

NYC, August 14, 1951

160C	Hot Stuff
161A	Them There Eyes
162B	When The Saints Go Marching In
163A	Archie

Bill Massey (trumpet) Eli Dabney (trombone) Sonny Stitt (alto, baritone saxophone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Clarence Anderson (piano) Ernie Shepard (bass) Teddy Stewart (drums)

NYC, November 14, 1951

255	Undecided
256	Until The Real Thing Comes Along

Nat Howard (trumpet) Henderson Chambers (trombone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Gene Easton (baritone saxophone) John Houston (piano) Ben Stuberville (bass) George Brown (drums) Earl Coleman (vocals -1)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, February 8, 1955

1. 694	This Is Always
2. 695	Blues Roller
3. 697	Our Love Is Here To Stay

** also issued on Prestige PRCD 24058-2.

Gene Ammons Tenor Sax, Vol. 1 (Prestige PRLP 112)

Bill Massey (trumpet) Matthew Gee (trombone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Sonny Stitt (baritone saxophone) Charlie Bateman (piano) Gene Wright (bass) Wes Landers (drums)

NYC, July 27, 1950

102	La Vie En Rose

Sonny Stitt - Stitt's Bits, Vol. 1 (Prestige PR 7585)

Bill Massey (trumpet) Matthew Gee (trombone) Sonny Stitt (tenor saxophone) Gene Ammons (baritone saxophone) Junior Mance (piano) Gene Wright (bass) Wes Landers (drums) Larry Townsend (vocals)

NYC, October 8, 1950

112	To Think You've Chosen Me

Sonny Stitt - Stitt's Bits (Prestige PRLP 7133)

Bill Massey (trumpet) Matthew Gee (trombone) Sonny Stitt (tenor saxophone) Gene Ammons (baritone saxophone) Junior Mance (piano) Gene Wright (bass) Wes Landers (drums) Larry Townsend (vocals): same session

NYC, October 8, 1950

113	After You've Gone
114	Our Very Own
115	'S Wonderful

1951

Sonny Stitt - Stitt's Bits, Vol. 2 (Prestige PR 7612)

Billy Massey (trumpet) Chippy Outcalt (trombone) Sonny Stitt (tenor saxophone) Gene Ammons (baritone saxophone) Charlie Bateman (piano) Gene Wright (bass) Teddy Stewart (drums) Larry Townsend (vocals)

NYC, January 31, 1951

138	The Thrill Of Your Kiss
139	If The Moon Turns Green

The Vibes Are On Sonny Stitt-Gene Ammons/Al Cohn-Zoot Sims (Chazzer 2004)

Bill Massey (trumpet) Wade Marcus (trombone) Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt (tenor saxophone) Junior Mance (piano) Gene Wright (bass) Teddy Stewart (drums)

radio broadcast, "Birdland", NYC, March 10, 1951

	More Moon
	After You've Gone
	Ain't Misbehavin'
	Blues Up And Down

Gene Ammons Favorites, Vol. 2 (Prestige PRLP 127)

Billy Massey (trumpet) Eli Dabney (trombone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Ruddy Williams (baritone saxophone) Clarence Anderson (piano) Earl May (bass) Teddy Stewart (drums) Sally Early (vocals -2)

NYC, June 29, 1951

1. 150	Sirocco
2. 151	Fine And Foxy (Fine And Dandy)

Gene Ammons Favorites, Vol. 2 (Prestige PRLP 149)

Bill Massey (trumpet) Eli Dabney (trombone) Sonny Stitt (alto, baritone saxophone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Clarence Anderson (piano) Ernie Shepard (bass) Teddy Stewart (drums)

NYC, November 14, 1951

257	Because Of Rain
258	Charmaine

1952

Gene Ammons - I'll Walk Alone b/w Old Folks (Decca 28094)

Bill Massey (trumpet) J.J. Johnson (trombone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Sonny Stitt (baritone saxophone) John Houston (piano) Ernie Shepard (bass) Bob Wilson (drums)

NYC, March 24, 1952

82532	I'll Walk Alone
82533	Old Folks

Gene Ammons - Beezy b/w Somewhere Along The Way (Decca 28222)

Bill Massey (trumpet) J.J. Johnson (trombone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Sonny Stitt (baritone saxophone) John Houston (piano) Ernie Shepard (bass) Bob Wilson (drums): same session

NYC, March 24, 1952

82534	Beezy
82535	Somewhere Along The Way

Gene Ammons - Golden Saxophone (Savoy MG 14033)

John Coles (trumpet) Lino Murray (trombone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) McKinley Easton (baritone saxophone) John Huston (piano) unknown (guitar) Benny Stuberville (bass) George Brown (drums)

Chicago, IL, November 18, 1952

U1163	Just Chips
U1164-2	Street Of Dreams
U1165-2	The Beat (Good Time Blues)
U1166	Traveling Light

same personnel

Chicago, IL, April 15, 1953

S302

Red Top

same personnel

Chicago, IL, June 8, 1953

U1331	Fuzzy
U1332	Stairway To The Stars
U1333	Jim Dawgs
U1334	Big Slam

1954

Gene Ammons - Sock! (Prestige PR 7400)

Nat Howard (trumpet) Henderson Chambers (trombone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Gene Easton (baritone saxophone) John Houston (piano) Ben Stuberville (bass) George Brown (drums)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, November 26, 1954

643	Sock!
644	What I Say
645	Count Your Blessings
646	Cara Mia

Nat Woodyard (trumpet) Edwin Moore (trombone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Cecil Payne (baritone saxophone) Lawrence Wheatley (piano) Ernie Shapherd (bass) George Brown (drums)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, November 4, 1955

810	Blues For Turfers
811	Rock-Roll

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Patti Bown (piano) George Duvivier (bass) Walter Perkins (drums) Etta Jones (vocals)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, April 13, 1962

3488

Scam

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Mal Waldron (piano) Wendell Marshall (bass) Ed Thigpen (drums)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, September 5, 1962

3574	Short Stop
3575	They Say You're Laughing At Me
3578	Blue Coolade

1955 (age 30)

Earl Coleman Returns (Original Jazz Classics OJCCD 187-2)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, February 8, 1955

696	My Last Affair

Nat Woodyard (trumpet) Edwin Moore (trombone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Cecil Payne (baritone saxophone) Lawrence Wheatley (piano) Ernie Shapherd (bass) George Brown (drums) Earl Coleman (vocals)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, November 4, 1955

812	Ghost Of A Chance
813	Haven't Changed A Thing

** reissue of Prestige PRLP 7045 + 4 bonus tracks.

1956

Gene Ammons - The Happy Blues (Prestige PRLP 7039)

Art Farmer (trumpet) Jackie McLean (alto saxophone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Duke Jordan (piano) Addison Farmer (bass) Art Taylor (drums) Candido (congas)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, April 23, 1956

880	The Happy Blues
881	The Great Lie
882	Can't We Be Friends
883	Madhouse

** also issued on Prestige PR 7654 entitled "Gene Ammons Jam Sessions, Vol. 1 - The Happy Blues". Original Jazz Classics OJC 013, OJCCD 013-2.

Gene Ammons - Jammin' With Gene (Prestige PRLP 7060)

Donald Byrd, Art Farmer (trumpet) Jackie McLean (alto saxophone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Mal Waldron (piano) Doug Watkins (bass) Art Taylor (drums)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, July 13, 1956

940	Jammin' With Gene
941	We'll Be Together Again
942	Not Really The Blues

** also issued on Prestige PR 7781 entitled "Gene Ammons Jam Sessions, Vol. 2 - Jammin' With Gene". Original Jazz Classics OJC 211, OJCCD 211-2.

1957

Gene Ammons - Funky (Prestige PRLP 7083)

Art Farmer (trumpet) Jackie McLean (alto saxophone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Mal Waldron (piano) Kenny Burrell (guitar) Doug Watkins (bass) Art Taylor (drums)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, January 11, 1957

1054	Pint Size
1055	King Size
1056	Funky
1057	Stella By Starlight

** also issued on Original Jazz Classics OJC 244, OJCCD 244-2.

Jammin' In Hi Fi With Gene Ammons (Prestige PRLP 7110)

Idrees Sulieman (trumpet) Jackie McLean (alto saxophone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Mal Waldron (piano) Kenny Burrell (guitar) Paul Chambers (bass) Art Taylor (drums)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, April 12, 1957

1184	The Twister
1185	Cattin'
1186	Pennies From Heaven
1187	Four

** also issued on Prestige PRLP 7110 (alt.), PRLP 7176 entitled "The Twister". Original Jazz Classics OJC 129, OJCCD 129-2.

1958

Gene Ammons - Groove Blues (Prestige PRLP 7201)

Jerome Richardson (flute -1,2,4) John Coltrane (alto saxophone -1/3) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Paul Quinichette (tenor saxophone -1,2) Pepper Adams (baritone saxophone -1,2) Mal Waldron (piano) George Joyner (bass) Art Taylor (drums)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, January 3, 1958

1. 1426	Ammons's Joy
2. 1427	Groove Blues
3. 1430	It Might As Well Be Spring
4. 1432	Jug Handle

** also issued on Original Jazz Classics OJCCD 723-2.

Gene Ammons - The Big Sound (Prestige PRLP 7132)

Jerome Richardson (flute) John Coltrane (alto saxophone -1) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Paul Quinichette (tenor saxophone -1) Pepper Adams (baritone saxophone -1,2) Mal Waldron (piano) George Joyner (bass) Art Taylor (drums)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, January 3, 1958

1. 1428	The Real McCoy
2. 1429	That's All
3. 1431	Cheek To Cheek
4. 1433	Blue Hymn

** also issued on Original Jazz Classics OJC 651, OJCCD 651-2.

Bennie Green - Soul Stirrin' (Blue Note BLP 1599)

Bennie Green (trombone, vocals) Gene Ammons, Billy Root (tenor saxophone) Sonny Clark (piano) Ike Isaacs (bass) Elvin Jones (drums) Babs Gonzales (vocals -2,4)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, April 28, 1958

1. tk.2	Lullaby Of The Doomed
2. tk.5	We Wanna Cook
3. tk.9	That's All
4. tk.12/13	Soul Strrin' (mono take)
5. tk.15	B.G. Mambo
6. tk.19	Black Pearl

** also issued on Blue Note CDP 7243 8 59381-2.

Bennie Green - Soul Stirrin' (Blue Note BST 81599)

Bennie Green (trombone, vocals) Gene Ammons, Billy Root (tenor saxophone) Sonny Clark (piano) Ike Isaacs (bass) Elvin Jones (drums) Babs Gonzales (vocals)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, April 28, 1958

tk.12

Soul Strrin' (stereo take)

Gene Ammons - Blue Gene (Prestige PRLP 7146)

Idrees Sulieman (trumpet) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Pepper Adams (baritone saxophone) Mal Waldron (piano) Doug Watkins (bass) Art Taylor (drums) Ray Barretto (congas)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, May 2, 1958

1509	Blue Greens And Beans
1510	Hip Tip
1511	Scamperin'
1512	Blue Gene

** also issued on Original Jazz Classics OJC 192, OJCCD 192-2.

Bennie Green And Gene Ammons - The Swingin'est (Vee-Jay VJLP 1005)

Nat Adderley (cornet) Bennie Green (trombone) Gene Ammons, Frank Foster (tenor saxophone) Frank Wess (tenor saxophone, flute) Tommy Flanagan (piano) Eddie Jones (bass) Albert Heath (drums)

Bell Sound Studios, NYC, November 12, 1958

	Juggin' Around
	Going South
58-860	Jim Dog
58-859	Sermonette
	A Little Ditty

** also issued on Vee-Jay VJSR 1005, NVJ2-905.

Bennie Green And Gene Ammons - The Swingin'est (Vee-Jay NVJ2-905)

Nat Adderley (cornet) Bennie Green (trombone) Gene Ammons, Frank Foster (tenor saxophone) Frank Wess (tenor saxophone, flute) Tommy Flanagan (piano) Eddie Jones (bass) Albert Heath (drums): same session

Bell Sound Studios, NYC, November 12, 1958

tk.1	Juggin' Around
-	Jim Dog
tk.7	Sermonette

** reissue of Vee-Jay VJLP 1005 + 4 bonus tracks.

Various Artists - Juggin' Around (Vee-Jay VJLP 3024)

Bell Sound Studios, NYC, November 12, 1958

Swingin' For Benny

** also issued on Vee-Jay VJSR 3024.

Bennie Green/Gene Ammons - Juggin' Around, Pt. 1&2 (Vee-Jay VJ 320)

Bell Sound Studios, NYC, November 12, 1958

59-1140	Juggin' Around, Pt. 1
59-1141	Juggin' Around, Pt. 2

1960 (age 35)

Gene Ammons - Boss Tenor (Prestige PRLP 7180)

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Tommy Flanagan (piano) Doug Watkins (bass) Art Taylor (drums) Ray Barretto (congas)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 16, 1960

2303	Close Your Eyes
2304	Stompin' At The Savoy
2305	Blue Ammons
2306	Confirmation
2307	Hittin' The Jug
2308	Canadian Sunset
2309	My Romance

** also issued on Prestige PR 7534; Original Jazz Classics OJC 297, OJCCD 297-2.

Gene Ammons - Angel Eyes (Prestige PR 7369)

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Frank Wess (tenor saxophone, flute) Johnny "Hammond" Smith (organ) Doug Watkins (bass) Art Taylor (drums)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 17, 1960

2310	Gettin' Around
2311	Blue Room
2312	Water Jug
2313	Angel Eyes

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Mal Waldron (piano) Wendell Marshall (bass) Ed Thigpen (drums)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, September 5, 1962

3576	It's The Talk Of The Town
3580	You Go To My Head

** also issued on Original Jazz Classics OJCCD 980-2.

Gene Ammons - Velvet Soul (Prestige PRLP 7320)

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Frank Wess (tenor saxophone, flute) Johnny "Hammond" Smith (organ) Doug Watkins (bass) Art Taylor (drums)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 17, 1960

2314	Velvet Soul
2315	In Sid's Thing

Hobart Dotson, Clark Terry (trumpet) Oliver Nelson (alto saxophone, arranger) Gene Ammons, George Barrow, Red Holloway (tenor saxophone) Bob Ashton (baritone saxophone) Richard Wyands (piano) Wendell Marshall (bass) Bill English (drums) Ray Barretto (congas)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 13, 1961

3085	The Song Is You

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Mal Waldron (piano) Wendell Marshall (bass) Ed Thigpen (drums)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, September 5, 1962

3573	Light'n Up
3577	Salome's Tune
3579	A Stranger In Town

1961

Gene Ammons - Nice An' Cool (Moodsville MVLP 18)

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Richard Wyands (piano) Doug Watkins (bass) J.C. Heard (drums)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, January 26, 1961

2843	I Remember You
2844	Willow Weep For Me
2845	Someone To Watch Over Me
2846	Something Wonderful
2847	Till There Was You
2848	Something I Dreamed Last Night
2849	Answer Me, My Love
2850	Little Girl Blue

** part of Prestige P 24079, PRCD 24079-2.

Gene Ammons - Jug (Prestige PRLP 7192)

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Richard Wyands (piano -1/4,7,8) Clarence Anderson (organ, piano -5,6) Doug Watkins (bass) J.C. Heard (drums)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, January 27, 1961

1. 2851	Miss Lucy
2. 2852	Exactly Like You
3. 2853	Ol' Man River
4. 2854	Easy To Love
5. 2855	Namely You
6. 2856	Let It Be You
7. 2857	Seed Shack
8. 2858	Tangerine

** also issued on Original Jazz Classics OJCCD 701-2.

Gene Ammons - Late Hour Special (Prestige PRLP 7287)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 13, 1961

3079	Things Ain't What They Used To Be
3080	Makin' Whoopee
3081	I Want To Be Loved
3082	Lullaby Of The Leaves

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Patti Bown (piano) George Duvivier (bass) Walter Perkins (drums) Etta Jones (vocals)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, April 13, 1962

3484	The Party's Over
3486	Lascivious
3487	Soft Winds

** also issued on Original Jazz Classics OJCCD 942-2.

Gene Ammons/Etta Jones/Jack McDuff - Soul Summit, Vol. 2 (Prestige PRLP 7275)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 13, 1961

3083	Too Marvelous For Words
3084	Love, I've Found You

Gene Ammons, Harold Vick (tenor saxophone) Jack McDuff (organ) Eddie Diehl (guitar) Joe Dukes (drums)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, January 23, 1962

3362	Ballad For Baby

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Patti Bown (piano) George Duvivier (bass) Walter Perkins (drums) Etta Jones (vocals)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, April 13, 1962

3482	But Not For Me
3483	If You Are But A Dream
3485	Cool, Cool Daddy

** part of Prestige PRCD 24118-2.

Richard Holmes/Gene Ammons - Groovin' With Jug (Pacific Jazz PJ 32)

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Richard "Groove" Holmes (organ) Gene Edwards (guitar) Leroy Henderson (drums)

"The Black Orchid", Los Angeles, CA, August 15, 1961

	Happy Blues (Good Vibrations)
	Willow Weep For Me
	Juggin' Around

same personnel

Los Angeles, CA, afternoon August 15, 1961

	Groovin' With Jug
E8295	Morris The Minor
E8296	Hey You, What's That

** also issued on Pacific Jazz ST 32, CDP 7 92930-2.

Richard Holmes/Gene Ammons - Groovin' With Jug (Pacific Jazz CDP 7 92930-2)

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Richard "Groove" Holmes (organ) Gene Edwards (guitar) Leroy Henderson (drums): same personnel

"The Black Orchid", Los Angeles, CA, August 15, 1961

Exactly Like You

** reissue of Pacific Jazz PJ 32 + 2 bonus tracks.

Richard "Groove" Holmes - Tell It Like It Tis (Pacific Jazz PJ 10105)

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Richard "Groove" Holmes (organ) Gene Edwards (guitar) Leroy Henderson (drums): same session

"The Black Orchid", Los Angeles, CA, August 15, 1961

Hittin' The Jug

** also issued on Pacific Jazz ST 20105.

Gene Ammons/Sonny Stitt - Dig Him! (Argo LP 697)

Sonny Stitt (alto, tenor saxophone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) John Houston (piano) Buster Williams (bass) George Brown (drums)

Chicago, IL, August 26, 1961

11183	A Mess
11184	New Blues Up And Down
11185	Time On My Hands
11186	We'll Be Together Again
11187	My Foolish Heart
11188	Red Sails In The Sunset
11189	Headin' West (Water Jug)
11190	A Pair Of Red Pants
11191	Autumn Leaves
11192	But Not For Me

** also issued on Prestige PR 7606; Original Jazz Classics OJCCD 708-2 entitled "We'll Be Together Again".

Gene Ammons - Greatest Hits, Vol. 1, The Sixties (Original Jazz Classics OJCCD 6005-2)

Sonny Stitt (alto, tenor saxophone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) John Houston (piano) Buster Williams (bass) George Brown (drums): same session

Chicago, IL, August 26, 1961

My Foolish Heart (alt. take)

** reissue of Original Jazz Classics OJC 6005 + 2 bonus tracks.

Gene Ammons/Sonny Stitt - Boss Tenors (Verve V/V6 8426)

Sonny Stitt (alto, tenor saxophone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) John Houston (piano) Charles Williams (bass) George Brown (drums)

Chicago, IL, August 27, 1961

61VK380	Blues Up And Down
61VK384	Counter Clockwise
61VK385	There Is No Greater Love
61VK386	The One Before This
61VK387	Autumn Leaves

** part of Verve 2V6S 8812.

Gene Ammons - Just Jug (Argo LP 698)

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Eddie Buster (organ) Gerald Donovan (drums)

"D.J. Lounge", Chicago, IL, August 29, 1961

11200	Foot Tappin'
11201	It Could Happen To You
11202	Sweet Georgia Brown
11203	Falling In Love With Love
11204	Please Send Me Someone To Love
11205	Scrapple From The Apple
11206	A.M.-P.M. (Jug's Blue Blues)
11207	Fast Track

** also issued on Prestige PR 7495; Original Jazz Classics OJC 395, OJCCD 395-2 entitled "Live! In Chicago".

Gene Ammons - Live! In Chicago (Original Jazz Classics OJCCD 395-2)

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Eddie Buster (organ) Gerald Donovan (drums): same session

"D.J. Lounge", Chicago, IL, August 29, 1961

11198	C Jam Blues
11199	But Not For Me

** reissue of Argo LP 698 entitled "Just Jug" + 2 bonus tracks.

Gene Ammons - Up Tight! (Prestige PRLP 7208)

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Walter Bishop Jr. (piano) Art Davis (bass) Art Taylor (drums) Ray Barretto (congas)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, October 17, 1961

3233	The Breeze And I
3235	Moonglow
3238	Jug's Blue Blues
3239	Lester Leaps In

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Patti Bown (piano) George Duvivier (bass) Art Taylor (drums) Ray Barretto (congas)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, October 18, 1961

3240	The Five O'Clock Whistle
3241	I Sold My Heart To The Junkman
3243	Up Tight!

** part of Prestige PRCD 24140-2.

Gene Ammons - Boss Soul! (Prestige PR 7445)

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Walter Bishop Jr. (piano) Art Davis (bass) Art Taylor (drums) Ray Barretto (congas)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, October 17, 1961

3234	Carbow
3236	The Masquerade Is Over
3237	I'm Beginning To See The Light

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Patti Bown (piano) George Duvivier (bass) Art Taylor (drums) Ray Barretto (congas)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, October 18, 1961

3242	Song Of The Islands
3244	Travelin'
3245	Soft Summer Breeze
3246	Don't Go To Strangers

** part of Prestige PRCD 24140-2.

Gene Ammons/Joe Newman/Jack McDuff - Twisting The Jug (Prestige PRLP 7238)

Joe Newman (trumpet) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Jack McDuff (organ) Wendell Marshall (bass) Walter Perkins (drums) Ray Barretto (congas)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, November 28, 1961

3288	Stormy Monday Blues
3289	Satin Doll
3290	Twistin' The Jug
3291	Born To Be Blue
3292	Down The Line
3293	Moten Swing

1962

Jack McDuff And Gene Ammons - Brother Jack Meets The Boss (Prestige PRLP 7228)

Gene Ammons, Harold Vick (tenor saxophone) Jack McDuff (organ) Eddie Diehl (guitar) Joe Dukes (drums)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, January 23, 1962

3360	Watch Out
3361	Mellow Gravy
3363	Strollin'
3364	Mr. Clean
3365	Christopher Columbus
3366	Buzzin' Around

** also issued on Original Jazz Classics OJC 326, OJCCD 326-2.

Gene Ammons/Sonny Stitt/Jack McDuff - Soul Summit (Prestige PRLP 7234)

Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt (tenor saxophone) Jack McDuff (organ) Charlie Persip (drums)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, February 19, 1962

3403	Dumplin'
3404	Tubby
3405	Shuffle Twist
3406	Sleeping Susan
3407	Out In The Cold Again
3408	When You Wish Upon A Star

** also issued on Prestige PR 7454 entitled "Gene Ammons/Sonny Stitt/Brother Jack McDuff - Soul Summit".
** part of Prestige PRCD 24118-2.

Gene Ammons/Sonny Stitt - Boss Tenors In Orbit! (Verve V/V6 8468)

Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt (tenor saxophone) Don Patterson (organ) Paul Weeden (guitar) Billy James (drums)

NYC, February, 1962

62VK267	Long Ago And Far Away
62VK268	Walkin'
62VK269	Why Was I Born
62VK270	John Brown's Body
62VK271	Bye Bye Blackbird

** part of Verve 2V6S 8812.

Soulful Moods Of Gene Ammons (Moodsville MVLP 28)

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Patti Bown (piano) George Duvivier (bass) Ed Shaughnessy (drums)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, April 14, 1962

3489	Two Different Worlds
3490	But Beautiful
3491	Skylark
3492	On The Street Of Dreams
3493	You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
3494	Under A Blanket Of Blue
3495	I'm Glad There Is You
3496	Three Little Words

** part of Prestige P 24079, PRCD 24079-2.

Gene Ammons - Blue Groove (Prestige MPP 2514)

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Clarence "Sleepy" Anderson (organ, piano) unknown (guitar) unknown (bass) unknown (drums) unknown (vocals)

Chicago, IL, April 27, 1962

11664	Blue Groove
11665	Yea!
11666	It Never Goes Away
11667	Blinky
11669	Someone To Watch Over Me
11671	Sleepy
11672	You Better Go Now
11673	The Masquerade Is Over

Gene Ammons - Preachin' (Prestige PRLP 7270)

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Clarence "Sleepy" Anderson (organ) Sylvester Hickman (bass) Dorral Anderson (drums)

Chicago, IL, May 3, 1962

	Sweet Hour
	Yield Not
	Abide With Me
	Blessed Assurance
	The Prayer
	You'll Never Walk Alone
	I Believe
	Precious Memories
	What A Friend
	Holy, Holy
	The Light

** also issued on Original Jazz Classics OJCCD 792-2.

Gene Ammons/Dodo Marmarosa - Jug And Dodo (Prestige PR 24021)

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Dodo Marmarosa (piano) Sam Jones (bass) Marshall Thompson (drums)

Chicago, IL, May 4, 1962

	Georgia
	For You
	You're Driving Me Crazy
	Where Or When
	Bluzarumba
	Falling In Love With Love (take 1)
	Falling In Love With Love (take 2)

** also issued on Prestige PRCD 24021-2.

Various Artists - The Soul Giants (Prestige PR 7791)

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Don Patterson (organ) Paul Weeden (guitar) Billy James (drums)

Chicago, IL, circa May, 1962

11704	I Can't Stop Loving You
11705	My Babe

Howard McGhee And The Three Blazers - House Warmin'! (Winley LP 6005)

Howard McGhee (trumpet) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Jake Fisher (guitar) Barney Richmond (bass) Willie Mashburn (drums) Waco (bongos)

Chicago, IL, circa May, 1962

	House Warmin'
	Jivin' Around
	Nothing But Soul (Jazz With A Beat)
	Jug And McGhee (Muggin' McGhee)

** also issued on Argo LP 4020.

Gene Ammons - Bad! Bossa Nova (Prestige PRLP 7257)

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Hank Jones (piano) Kenny Burrell, Bucky Pizzarelli (guitar) Norman Edge (bass) Oliver Jackson (drums) Al Hayes (bongos)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, September 9, 1962

3614	Pagan Love Song
3615	Anna
3616	Ca' Purange (Jungle Soul!)
3617	Yellow Bird
3618	Cae Cae
3619	Moito Mato Grosso

** also issued on Prestige PRLP 7257 (alt.) entitled "Jungle Soul! (Ca' Purange)". Prestige PR 7552 entitled "Jungle Soul". Original Jazz Classics OJC 351, OJCCD 351-2.

Gene Ammons - Swinging The Jugg (Roots 1002)

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) and others

circa 1962

	Swinging The Jugg
	'Round Midnight
	Look Of Love
	Lover Man
	Just The Blues
	Confessin' The Blues

1968 (age 43)

Richard Boone With Ray Allen Orchestra (no details) (Nocturne NRS 703)

Gary Grant, Jack Laubach, Ralph Osborn, Bob Yance (trumpet) George Bohanon, Dick Leith, Lon Norman, Ray Sikora (trombone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Lanny Aplanalp, William Byrne, Dave Edwards, Dick Houlgate (reeds) Cliff Bryant (piano) Billy Fender (guitar) John Heard (bass) Jimmie Smith (drums) Richard Boone (vocals) Bob Harrington, Roger Neumann (arranger)

Los Angeles, CA, June-July, 1968

	I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
	There's No Business Like Show Business
	Beyond The Moon
	Framed
	All Or Nothing At All

1969

Gene Ammons - The Boss Is Back! (Prestige PR 7739)

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Prince James, Houston Person (tenor saxophone -5) Junior Mance (piano) Buster Williams (bass) Frankie Jones (drums) Candido (congas)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, November 10, 1969

1.	Tastin' The Jug
2.	I Wonder
3.	Here's That Rainy Day
4.	Madame Queen
5.	The Jungle Boss

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Sonny Phillips (organ) Bob Bushnell (electric bass) Bernard Purdie (drums)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, November 11, 1969

Feeling Good

** also issued on Prestige PR 10023.
** part of Prestige PRCD 24129-2.

Gene Ammons - Brother Jug! (Prestige PR 7792)

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Junior Mance (piano) Buster Williams (bass) Frankie Jones (drums) Candido (congas)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, November 10, 1969

Ger-Ru

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Sonny Phillips (organ) Billy Butler (guitar) Bob Bushnell (electric bass) Bernard Purdie (drums)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, November 11, 1969

	Jungle Strut
	Didn't We
	He's A Real Gone Guy
	Blue Velvet
	Son Of A Preacher Man

** also issued on Prestige PR 10021.
** part of Prestige PRCD 24129-2.

1970 (age 45)

Gene Ammons - Night Lights (Prestige PR 7862)

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Wynton Kelly (piano) George Duvivier (bass) Rudy Collins (drums) Pucho (congas -1)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, February 2, 1970

1.	Calypso Blues
2.	Night Lights
3.	Nature Boy
4.	The Christmas Song
5.	Sweet Lorraine
6.	Lush Life

Various Artists - 25 Years Of Prestige (Prestige PR 24046)

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Wynton Kelly (piano) George Duvivier (bass) Rudy Collins (drums)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, February 2, 1970

The Christmas Song (alt. take)

Dexter Gordon (tenor saxophone) Jodie Christian (piano) Rufus Reid (bass) Wilbur Campbell (drums)

"Noth Park Hotel", Chicago, IL, evening set, July 26, 1970

Wee Dot

Gene Ammons/Dexter Gordon - The Chase! (Prestige PR 10010)

Dexter Gordon (tenor saxophone -1) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone -2) John Young (piano) Cleveland Eaton (bass) Steve McCall (drums)

"Noth Park Hotel", Chicago, IL, afternoon set, July 26, 1970

1.	Polka Dots And Moonbeams
2.	The Happy Blues

Gene Ammons, Dexter Gordon (tenor saxophone) Jodie Christian (piano) Rufus Reid (bass) Wilbur Campbell (drums) Vi Redd (vocals -2)

"Noth Park Hotel", Chicago, IL, evening set, July 26, 1970

1.	The Chase!
2.	Lonesome Lover Blues, No. 1

** also issued on Prestige PRCD 24166-2.

Gene Ammons/Dexter Gordon - The Chase! (Prestige PRCD 24166-2)

Gene Ammons, Dexter Gordon (tenor saxophone) Jodie Christian (piano) Rufus Reid (bass) Wilbur Campbell (drums)

"Noth Park Hotel", Chicago, IL, evening set, July 26, 1970

Ballad Medley: Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be) / I Can't Get Started / My Funny Valentine / Misty

** reissue of Prestige PR 10010 + 2 bonus tracks.

Hooray For John Coltrane/Gene Ammons (Session Disc 126)

King Kolax (trumpet) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Wallace Burton (piano) George Freeman (guitar) Chester Williamson (bass) Bob Guthrie (drums)

television broadcast, "Just Jazz TV Show", Chicago, IL, July, 1970

	Jug's Delight
	Madame Queen
	Didn't We
	The Jungle Strut

Gene Ammons - The Black Cat! (Prestige PR 10006)

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Harold Mabern (piano, electric piano) George Freeman (guitar) Ron Carter (bass) Idris Muhammad (drums) Bill Fischer (arranger -2,5) 9 violins (-2,5)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, November 11, 1970

1. F-2895	The Black Cat!
2.	Long Long Time
3.	Pieces To Keep Away Evil Spirits
4.	Jug Eyes
5. F-2896	Something
6.	Hi Ruth!

** part of Prestige PRCD 24188-2.

1971

Gene Ammons/Sonny Stitt - You Talk That Talk! (Prestige PR 10019)

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Sonny Stitt (tenor saxophone, varitone) Leon Spencer (organ) George Freeman (guitar) Idris Muhammad (drums)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, February 8, 1971

	You Talk That Talk!
	Body And Soul
	The People's Choice
	Katea's Dance
	The Sun Died
	Out Of It

** part of Prestige PRCD 24188-2.

Gene Ammons - My Way (Prestige PR 10022)

Robert Prado, Ernie Royal (trumpet) Garnett Brown (trombone) Gene Ammons, Richard Landry (tenor saxophone) Billy Butler (guitar) Ron Carter (bass) Idris Muhammad (drums) Omar Clay (percussion -1,3) Yvonne Fletcher, Patricia Hall, Loretta Ritter, Linda Wolfe (voice -1,3) Bill Fischer (arranger, conductor) unidentified strings (-1,2)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, July 26, 1971

1.	Sack Full Of Dreams
2. F-2972	My Way
3.	Back To Merida

Robert Prado, Ernie Royal (trumpet -1,2) Garnett Brown (trombone -1,2) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Richard Landry (tenor saxophone -1,2) Roland Hanna (electric piano) Ted Dunbar (guitar -1,2) Chuck Rainey (electric bass -1,2) Idris Muhammad (drums -1,2) Omar Clay (percussion -1,2) Yvonne Fletcher, Patricia Hall, Loretta Ritter, Linda Wolfe (voice -1,2) Bill Fischer (arranger, conductor -1,2) unidentified strings (-1)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, July, 1971

1.	What's Goin' On
2. F-2973	Chicago Breakdown
3.	A House Is Not A Home

Gene Ammons/James Moody - Chicago Concert (Prestige P 10065)

Gene Ammons, James Moody (tenor saxophone) Jodie Christian (piano) Cleveland Eaton (bass) Marshall Thompson (drums)

"North Park Hotel", Chicago, IL, November 21, 1971

	Just In Time
	Work Song
	Have You Met Miss Jones
	Jim-Jam-Jug
	I'll Close My Eyes
	C Jam Blues

** also issued on Original Jazz Classics OJCCD 1091-2.

Gene Ammons/James Moody - Chicago Concert (Original Jazz Classics OJCCD 1091-2)

Gene Ammons, James Moody (tenor saxophone) Jodie Christian (piano) Cleveland Eaton (bass) Marshall Thompson (drums): same session

"North Park Hotel", Chicago, IL, November 21, 1971

Yardbird Suite

** reissue of Prestige P 10065 + 1 bonus track.

Richard Boone - I've Got The Right To Sing The Blues (Jazz Chronicles JCS 703)

George Bohanon (trombone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Billy Fender (guitar) John Heard (bass) Jimmie Smith (drums) Richard Boone (vocals) and others

1971

	I've Got The Right To Sing The Blues
	Hard Hearted Hannah
	No Business Like Show Business
	Cocoa Joe
	Beyond The Moon
	Old Folks
	Framed
	All Or Nothing At All

1972

Charles Mingus And Friends In Concert (Columbia KG 31614)

Jon Faddis, Lonnie Hillyer, Lloyd Michaels, Eddie Preston (trumpet) Eddie Bert (bass trombone) Richard Berg, Sharon Moe (French horn) Robert Stewart (tuba) Howard Johnson (tuba, bass saxophone) James Moody (flute) Lee Konitz, Charles McPherson, Richie Perri (alto saxophone) Gene Ammons, George Dorsey (tenor saxophone) Bobby Jones (tenor saxophone, clarinet) Gerry Mulligan (baritone saxophone) John Foster, Randy Weston (piano) Milt Hinton (bass) Charles Mingus (bass, arranger) Joe Chambers (drums) Dizzy Gillespie, Honey Gordon (vocals) Bill Cosby (vocals, announcer) Sy Johnson (arranger) Teo Macero (arranger, conductor)

"Philharmonic Hall", Lincoln Center, NYC, February 4, 1972

CO112563	Honeysuckle Rose
CO112564	Jump Monk
CO112565	E.S.P.
CO112566	Ecclusiastics
CO112567	Eclipse
CO112568	Us Is Two
CO112570	Mingus Blues
CO112571	Little Royal Suite
CO112574	E's Flat, Ah's Flat Too
CO113019	Ool-Ya-Koo

** also issued on Columbia/Legacy C2K 64975.

Charles Mingus And Friends In Concert (Columbia/Legacy C2K 64975)

"Philharmonic Hall", Lincoln Center, NYC, February 4, 1972

	Introduction By Bill Cosby
CO112569	Taurus In The Arena Of Life (Number One Grandson)
	Introduction To Little Royal Suite By Bill Cosby
	Introduction To Strollin' By Bill Cosby
CO112572	Strollin'
CO112573	The I Of Hurricane Sue
	Portrait
	Don't Be Afraid, The Clown's Afraid Too

** reissue of Columbia KG 31614 + 8 bonus tracks.

Gene Ammons - Free Again (Prestige PR 10040)

Cat Anderson, John Audino, Gene Coe, Reunald Jones (trumpet) Jimmy Cleveland, Benny Powell, Mike Wemberley, Britt Woodman (trombone) David Duke, Henry Sigismonti (French horn) Tommy Johnson (tuba) Gene Ammons, Red Holloway (tenor saxophone) Jack Nimitz, Jerome Richardson, Herman Riley, Ernie Watts (reeds) Joe Sample (piano) Dennis Budimir (guitar) Bob Saravia (bass) Candy Finch (drums) Bob Noris (congas) Bobby Bryant (arranger, conductor)

Los Angeles, CA, March 20, 1972

	Free Again
	What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life
	Jackson

Al Aarons, Cat Anderson, John Audino, Buddy Childers, Gene Coe, Reunald Jones (trumpet) Jimmy Cleveland, Grover Mitchell, Benny Powell, Mike Wemberley, Britt Woodman (trombone) David Duke, Henry Sigismonti (French horn) Tommy Johnson (tuba) Gene Ammons, Pete Christlieb (tenor saxophone) Jack Nimitz, Jerome Richardson, Herman Riley, Ernie Watts (reeds) Dennis Budimir, Dwight Dickerson (piano) Arthur Adams (guitar) Bob Saravia (bass) Chuck Rainey (electric bass) Paul Humphrey (drums) Bobby Bryant (arranger, conductor)

Los Angeles, CA, 1972

	Crazy Mary
	Fru Fru
	Juggin'

Gene Ammons - Get My Own (Prestige P 10058)

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Ernie Hayes (organ) Hank Jones (electric piano) Joe Beck (guitar) Ron Carter (bass, electric bass) Idris Muhammad (drums) Ed Bogas (arranger) unidentified strings

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, October 28, 1972

	Lady Sings The Blues
	Play Me
	Ben

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Ernie Hayes (organ -1) Hank Jones (electric piano) Joe Beck (guitar -1) Ron Carter (bass, electric bass) Mickey Roker (drums -1)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, October 30, 1972

1.	Fine And Mellow
2.	Strange Fruit

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Sonny Phillips (piano, organ) Maynard Parker (guitar) Ron Carter (bass, electric bass) Billy Cobham (drums)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, November 1, 1972

	God Bless The Child
	Tin Shack Out Back

** part of Prestige PRCD 24281-2.

Gene Ammons - Big Bad Jug (Prestige P 10070)

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Ernie Hayes (organ) Hank Jones (electric piano) Joe Beck (guitar) Ron Carter (bass, electric bass) Idris Muhammad (drums)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, October 28, 1972

	Fly Me
	Fuzz

Mickey Roker (drums) replaces Muhammad

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, October 30, 1972

Big Bad Jug

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Sonny Phillips (piano, organ) Maynard Parker (guitar) Ron Carter (bass, electric bass) Billy Cobham (drums)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, November 1, 1972

	Lady Mama
	I Can't Help Myself
	Lucille
	Papa Was A Rolling Stone

** part of Prestige PRCD 24281-2.

1973

Gene Ammons/Sonny Stitt - God Bless Jug And Sonny (Prestige PRCD 11019-2)

Sonny Stitt (alto, tenor saxophone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Cedar Walton (piano) Sam Jones (bass) Billy Higgins (drums)

"Left Bank Jazz Society", "Famous Ballroom", Baltimore, MD, June 24, 1973

	Blue 'N' Boogie
	Stringin' The Jug
	God Bless The Child
	Autumn In New York
	Ugetsu
	Bye Bye Blackbird

Gene Ammons/Sonny Stitt - Left Bank Encores (Prestige PRCD 11022-2)

Sonny Stitt (alto, tenor saxophone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Cedar Walton (piano) Sam Jones (bass) Billy Higgins (drums) Etta Jones (vocals)

"Left Bank Jazz Society", "Famous Ballroom", Baltimore, MD, June 24, 1973

	Just In Time
	They Can't Take That Away From Me
	Theme From Love Story
	Exactly Like You
	Don't Go To Strangers
	Autumn Leaves
	Blues Up And Down

Gene Ammons And Friends At Montreux (Prestige P 10078)

Nat Adderley (cornet -5) Cannonball Adderley (alto saxophone -5) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Dexter Gordon (tenor saxophone -5) Hampton Hawes (piano, electric piano) Bob Cranshaw (electric bass) Kenny Clarke (drums)

"Montreux Jazz Festival", "Casino De Montreux", Switzerland, July 7, 1973

1.	Yardbird Suite
2.	Since I Fell For You
3.	New Sonny's Blues
4.	Sophisticated Lady
5.	Treux Bleu

** also issued on Original Jazz Classics OJCCD 1023-2.

Gene Ammons In Sweden (Enja (G) 3093)

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Horace Parlan (piano) Red Mitchell (bass) Ed Jones (drums)

"Ahus Jazz Festival", Ahus, Sweden, July 14, 1973

	Billie's Bounce
	There Is No Greater Love
	Polka Dots And Moonbeams (Polka And Moonbeams)
	Lover Man
	Ahus Jazz

** part of Enja (G) ENJ 2038-2.

Gene Ammons - Brasswind (Prestige P 10080)

Allen DeRienzo, Snooky Young (trumpet) George Bohanon (trombone) Bill Green, Jay Migliori (flute, alto flute, alto saxophone) Jim Horn (flute, alto flute, baritone saxophone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) George Duke (keyboards) Michael Howell, Don Peake (guitar) Carol Kaye (electric bass) John Guerin (drums) Berkeley Nash (percussion) David Axelrod (arranger, conductor)

Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, October 30, 1973

	Cantaro
	Cariba
	Once I Loved
	Brasswind
	Rozzie

Allen DeRienzo, Snooky Young (trumpet) George Bohanon (trombone) Bill Green, Jay Migliori (flute, alto flute, alto saxophone) Jim Horn (flute, alto flute, baritone saxophone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) George Duke (electric piano) Michael Howell (guitar) Walter Booker (bass) Roy McCurdy (drums) David Axelrod (arranger, conductor)

Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, February 13, 1974

	Solitario
	'Round Midnight

Gene Ammons/Sonny Stitt - Together Again For The Last Time (Prestige P 10100)

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Junior Mance (piano) Sam Jones (bass) Mickey Roker (drums)

NYC, November 20, 1973

I'll Close My Eyes

Sonny Stitt (tenor saxophone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone -2) Junior Mance (piano) Sam Jones (bass) Mickey Roker (drums)

NYC, November 21, 1973

1.	For All We Know
2.	One Of Amos

Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Sonny Stitt (tenor saxophone -2,3) Junior Mance (piano, electric piano) Sam Jones (bass) Ajaramu J. Shelton (drums) Warren Smith (percussion)

NYC, December 10, 1973

1.	The More I See You
2.	Saxification
3.	The Window Pain

1974 (aged 49)

David Axelrod - Heavy Axe (Fantasy F 9456)

Oscar Brashear, Allan DeRienzo, Snooky Young (trumpet) George Bohanon, Dick Hyde (trombone) William Green (alto flute, flute, alto, tenor saxophone) Jackie Kelso (flute, alto flute, alto, tenor, baritone saxophone) Jay Migliori (flute, alto flute, tenor, bass saxophone) Cannonball Adderley (alto saxophone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Alexander Neiman, Jerome Reisler, Henry Roth (violin) Jack Shulman (violin, leader) William Hymason, Gary Nuttycombe (viola) Nathan Gershman, Walter Rower (cello) George Duke (piano, electric piano, synthesizer) Rudy Copeland (synthesizer) Billy Fender, Don Peake, Johnny "Guitar" Watson (guitar) Roy McCurdy (drums) King Errisson (congas) Olga James Adderley, Billie Barnum, Greg Owens, Stephanie Spruill (vocals) David Axelrod (arranger, conductor)

Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, February 11, 1974

	Get Up Off Your Knees
	Cast Your Fate To The Wind
	You're So Vain
	My Family
	Mucho Chupar
	Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing
	It Ain't For You
	Everything Counts

** also issued on Fantasy F 9685, FCD 9685-2 entitled "The Axelrod Chronicles".

Gene Ammons - Goodbye (Prestige P 10093)

Nat Adderley (cornet) Gary Bartz (alto saxophone) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Kenny Drew (piano) Sam Jones (bass) Louis Hayes (drums) Ray Barretto (congas)

NYC, March 18, 1974

	Jeannine
	Alone Again (Naturally)
	Out In The Sticks

same personnel

NYC, March 19, 1974

	Geru's Blues
	It Don't Mean A Thing

omit Barretto

NYC, March 20, 1974

Goodbye

** also issued on Original Jazz Classics OJCCD 1081-2.

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