Gene Ammons and Friends at Montreux

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
Left Bank Encores
(1973) 		Gene Ammons and Friends at Montreux
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(1973)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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