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Jammin' with Gene

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Jammin' with Gene
Studio album by
Released1956
RecordedJuly 13, 1956
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length40:21
LabelPrestige
PRLP 7060
Gene Ammons chronology
The Happy Blues
(1956)
Jammin' with Gene
(1956)
Funky
(1957)

Jammin' with Gene is an album by saxophonist Gene Ammons recorded in 1956 and released on the Prestige label.[1]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
DownBeat[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[5]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "this is an excellent (and rather spontaneous) straightahead session".[2]

Track listing

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  1. "Jammin' With Gene" (Gene Ammons) - 14:15
  2. "We'll Be Together Again" (Carl T. Fischer, Frankie Laine) - 10:00
  3. "Not Really the Blues" (Johnny Mandel) - 16:06

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Gene Ammons discography accessed December 6, 2012
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed December 6, 2012
  3. ^ Hentoff, Nat (23 January 1957). "Gene Ammons: Jammin' with Gene". DownBeat. Vol. 24, no. 2. p. 24.
  4. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 9. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  5. ^ 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.