Jammin' in Hi Fi with Gene Ammons

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Jammin' in Hi Fi with Gene Ammons
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Studio album by
Released1957
RecordedApril 12, 1957
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Length50:12
Label Prestige
PRLP 7110
Producer Bob Weinstock
Gene Ammons chronology
Funky
(1957)
Jammin' in Hi Fi with Gene Ammons
(1957)
The Big Sound
(1958)

Jammin' in Hi Fi with Gene Ammons (also rereleased as The Twister) is an album by saxophonist Gene Ammons recorded in 1957 and released on the Prestige label. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
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The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
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Allmusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated: "Tenorman Gene Ammons headed a series of notable studio jam session in the 1950s and this is one of the better ones... The results are an accessible and often exciting brand of bebop". [2]

Track listing

  1. "The Twister" (Mal Waldron) - 12:15
  2. "Four" (Miles Davis) - 13:02
  3. "Pennies from Heaven" (Johnny Burke, Arthur Johnston) - 13:02
  4. "Cattin'" (Waldron) - 11:58

Personnel

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References

  1. Gene Ammons discography accessed December 6, 2012
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed December 6, 2012
  3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 9. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  4. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 32. ISBN   978-0-14-103401-0.