Review by Stewart Mason
As a general rule, any derivation of the word "Twist" in a jazz album title from the early '60s is a clue that at best one can look forward to some campy fun. Gene Ammons' 1961 session Twistin' the Jug features not only the powerhouse tenor playing at the top of his form, but a killer set of sidemen featuring the great Hammond organist "Brother" Jack McDuff and conga player Ray Barretto. The results, particularly on the supple, funky title track and a Latinized, uptempo version of the Duke Ellington standard "Satin Doll," are surprisingly appealing. The album title is clearly an inappropriate marketing tool; anyone attempting to do the Twist to the opening track, a slowed-down, funky blues take on "Stormy Monday," would nod off halfway through. Still, bad album title or not, this is a fun, listenable early soul-jazz session featuring two of the greats of the field.
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Reseña de Stewart Mason
Como regla general, cualquier derivación de la palabra "Twist" en un título de un álbum de jazz de principios de los 60 es una pista de que como mucho se puede esperar algo de diversión campestre. La sesión de 1961 de Gene Ammons, Twistin' the Jug, presenta no sólo al poderoso tenor que está en su mejor momento de forma, sino también a un conjunto de músicos secundarios con el gran organista de Hammond "Brother" Jack McDuff y el conguero Ray Barretto. Los resultados, particularmente en la flexible y funky canción del título y una versión latinizada y uptempo del estándar de Duke Ellington "Satin Doll", son sorprendentemente atractivos. El título del álbum es claramente una herramienta de marketing inapropiada; cualquiera que intente hacer el twist del primer tema, una versión más lenta y funky de "Stormy Monday", se quedaría dormido a mitad de camino. Aún así, mal título del álbum o no, esta es una divertida y escuchable sesión de soul-jazz temprana con dos de los grandes del campo.
Tracklist
A1 Twisting The Jug
A2 Born To Be Blue
A3 Satin Doll
B1 Moten Swing
B2 Stormy Monday Blues
B3 Down The Line
Credits
Bass – Wendell Marshall
Congas – Ray Barretto
Drums – Walter Perkins
Organ – Brother Jack McDuff
Trumpet – Joe Newman
Tenor Saxophone – Gene Ammons
Label: Prestige – 7238
Released: 1961
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, November 28, 1961
info from Gene Ammons Catalog
Gene Ammons/Joe Newman/Jack McDuff - Twisting The Jug (Prestige PRLP 7238)
Joe Newman (trumpet) Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone) Jack McDuff (organ) Wendell Marshall (bass) Walter Perkins (drums) Ray Barretto (congas)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, November 28, 1961
3288 Stormy Monday Blues
3289 Satin Doll
3290 Twistin' The Jug
3291 Born To Be Blue
3292 Down The Line
3293 Moten Swing
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