Free Again (Gene Ammons album)

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Free Again
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Released1972
RecordedMarch 20, 1972
Los Angeles, California
Genre Jazz
Label Prestige
PR 10040
Producer Ozzie Cadena and Ray Shanklin
Gene Ammons chronology
Chicago Concert
(1971)
Free Again
(1972)
Got My Own
(1972)
Professional ratings
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Free Again is an album by saxophonist Gene Ammons recorded in 1972 and released on the Prestige label. [3]

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars. [1]

Track listing

  1. "Crazy Mary" - 4:50
  2. "Free Again" (Armand Canfora, Joss Baselli, Robert Colby) - 6:20
  3. "Fru Fru" (Gene Ammons, Bobby Bryant) - 4:35
  4. "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand) - 4:37
  5. "Jaggin'" (Bobby Bryant) - 5:05
  6. "Jackson" (Gene Ammons, Bobby Bryant) - 5:25

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Allmusic Review, accessed December 17, 2012
  2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 9. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  3. Gene Ammons discography accessed December 17, 2012