Gene Ammons and Friends at Montreux

1973 live album by Gene Ammons
Gene Ammons and Friends at Montreux
Live album by
Gene Ammons
Released1973
RecordedJuly 7, 1973
Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland
GenreJazz
Length45:25
LabelPrestige
P 10078
ProducerOrrin Keepnews
Gene Ammons chronology
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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

On 'Treux Blue only add:

References

  1. ^ a b 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
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