Gene Ammons and Friends at Montreux

Gene Ammons and Friends at Montreux
Live album by Gene Ammons
Released	1973
Recorded	July 7, 1973 Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland
Genre	Jazz
Length	45:25
Label	Prestige P 10078
Producer	Orrin Keepnews
Gene Ammons chronology
Left Bank Encores (1973) Gene Ammons and Friends at Montreux (1973) Gene Ammons in Sweden (1973)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

Gene Ammons and Friends at Montreux is a live album by saxophonist Gene Ammons recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1973 and released on the Prestige label. ^[4]

Reception

The AllMusic review states "This is one of the better late-period Gene Ammons records". ^[1]

Track listing

1. "Yardbird Suite" (Charlie Parker) - 7:20
2. "Since I Fell for You" (Buddy Johnson) - 8:13
3. "New Sonny's Blues" (Sonny Stitt) - 7:23
4. "Sophisticated Lady" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish) - 5:32
5. "'Treux Bleu" (Gene Ammons) - 16:57

Personnel

• Gene Ammons - tenor saxophone
• Hampton Hawes - piano, electric piano
• Bob Cranshaw - electric bass
• Kenny Clarke - drums
• Kenneth Nash - congas

On 'Treux Blue only add:

• Cannonball Adderley - alto saxophone
• Nat Adderley - cornet
• Dexter Gordon - tenor saxophone

References

1. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed December 19, 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. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 33. ISBN   978-0-14-103401-0.
4. Gene Ammons discography accessed December 19, 2012