Brother Jug!

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Brother Jug!
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Studio album by
Gene Ammons
Released1970
RecordedNovember 10–11, 1969
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Length33:42
Label Prestige
PR 7792
Producer Bob Porter
Gene Ammons chronology
The Boss Is Back!
(1969)		Brother Jug!
(1970)		 Night Lights
(1970)
Professional ratings
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Brother Jug! is an album by saxophonist Gene Ammons recorded in 1969 and released on the Prestige label. [3] It contains material from the same two dates as The Boss Is Back! (1969).

Contents

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars with its review by Stewart Mason stating, "A swinging soul-jazz set from just before the point where soul-jazz turned once and for all into fusion, 1970's Brother Jug is very much an album of its time... while the album doesn't have the classic timelessness of Gene Ammons' best '50s and early-'60s work, Brother Jug is one of Ammons' better albums released soon after the tenor saxophonist's release from a seven-year prison sentence". [1]

"Jungle Strut" was covered by Santana in the 1971 album Santana III .

Track listing

All compositions by Gene Ammons except where noted.

  1. "Son of a Preacher Man" (John Hurley, Ronnie Wilkins) – 4:27
  2. "Didn't We" (Graham Lyle, Troy Seals) – 6:04
  3. "He's a Real Gone Guy" (Nellie Lutcher) – 5:05
  4. "Jungle Strut" – 5:11
  5. "Blue Velvet" (Lee Morris, Bernie Wayne) – 4:06
  6. "Ger-Ru" – 8:49

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Mason, S. AllMusic Review, accessed December 12, 2012
  2. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp.  9. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  3. ↑ Gene Ammons discography accessed December 12, 2012
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