Gene Ammons • Boss Soul!

Reviews:
One of Gene Ammons' classics from the 60s, and a straight ahead session of soul jazz tenor and piano, with drums by Art Taylor and a bit of extra conga from Ray Barretto. Nice rolling 60's soul jazz groove, and some nice piano comping behind Jug by Patti Brown and Walter Bishop Jr. Tracks include "Travelin", "Soft Summer Breeze", "Carbow", and "Song of The Islands". © Dusty Groove, Inc.

 

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Reseñas:
Uno de los clásicos de Gene Ammons de los años 60, y una sesión directa de soul jazz tenor y piano, con la batería de Art Taylor y un poco de conga extra de Ray Barretto. Un buen groove de soul jazz de los 60, y una buena composición de piano detrás de Jug por Patti Brown y Walter Bishop Jr. Los temas incluyen "Travelin", "Soft Summer Breeze", "Carbow", y "Song of The Islands". © Dusty Groove, Inc.

Tracks:
A1. Soft Summer Breeze (Eddie Heywood) (4:50)
A2. Don't Go To Strangers (Arthur Kent, David Mann, Redd Evans) (6:24)
A3. Song Of The Islands (Charles E. King) (5:12)
A4. Travelin' (Gene Ammons) (3:39)
B1. Carbow (Gene Ammons) (6:07)
B2. I'm Afraid The Masquerade Is Over (Allie Wrubel, Herbert Magidson) (6:01)
B3. I'm Beginning To See The Light (Don George, Duke Ellington, Harry James, Johnny Hodges) (4:48)

Musicians:
Gene Ammons - Tenor Saxophone
Patti Bown - Piano (#A1-A4)
Walter Bishop Jr. - Piano (#B1-B3)
George Duvivier - Bass (#A1-A4)
Art Davis - Bass (#B1-B3)
Art Taylor - Drums
Ray Barretto - Congas

Total Time: 37:01
Label: Prestige Records
Catalog#: PRST 7445
Released: 1966
Genre: Jazz
Style: Soul Jazz

Recorded 17th (#B1-B3) & 18th October (#A1-A4), 1961 At Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Recorded during the same two-day 1961 session as Up Tight! (but not released until a few years later, when Gene Ammons was in prison), Boss Soul is a mellow, ballad-heavy set. Ammons fronts a piano (Walter Bishop on side one, Patti Bown on side two), bass (Art Davis on side one, George Duvivier on side two), and drums (Art Taylor on both sessions) trio with light conga accompaniment by Ray Barretto, playing relaxed, post-Kind of Blue hard bop leavened with a cool West Coast jazz influence. Eddie Heywood's "Soft Summer Breeze," for example, is taken at an almost stately pace, with the interplay of Ammons and Bown recalling that of Paul Desmond and Dave Brubeck. The ballad "Don't Go to Strangers" sounds like one of Gil Evans' Miles Davis arrangements, with a similarly light, almost spacy feel thanks to Bown's suspended piano chords and the near-ambient weightlessness of Taylor and Barretto's subtle percussion. Boss Soul is not a top-drawer Gene Ammons release, but it's thoroughly enjoyable throughout. ~ by Stewart Mason, AMG. Source: https://www.allmusic.com/album/boss-soul-mw0000871398

Session Info:
Gene Ammons - Tenor Saxophone
Walter Bishop Jr. - Piano
Art Davis - Bass
Art Taylor - Drums
Ray Barretto - Congas
Recorded 17th October, 1961 At Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

3234    B1. Carbow (Gene Ammons) (6:07)
3236    B2. I'm Afraid The Masquerade Is Over (Allie Wrubel, Herbert Magidson) (6:01)
3237    B3. I'm Beginning To See The Light (Don George, Duke Ellington, Harry James, Johnny Hodges) (4:48)

Gene Ammons - Tenor Saxophone
Patti Bown - Piano
George Duvivier - Bass
Art Taylor - Drums
Ray Barretto - Congas
Recorded 18th October, 1961 At Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

3242    A3. Song Of The Islands (Charles E. King) (5:12)
3244    A4. Travelin' (Gene Ammons) (3:39)
3245    A1. Soft Summer Breeze (Eddie Heywood) (4:50)
3246    A2. Don't Go To Strangers (Arthur Kent, David Mann, Redd Evans) (6:24)

Prestige Records, PRST 7445, 1966 

 

 

 

 

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