Jug & Dodo

Jug & Dodo
Studio album by
Gene Ammons and Dodo Marmarosa
Released1972
RecordedMay 4, 1962
Chicago, Illinois
GenreJazz
Length70:00
LabelPrestige
PR 24021
Gene Ammons chronology
Preachin'
(1962) 		Jug & Dodo
(1972) 		Velvet Soul
(1960-62)
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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

Jug & Dodo is a 1972 double album featuring pianist Dodo Marmarosa and saxophonist Gene Ammons. It was recorded in 1962, but was not released until ten years later, on the Prestige label.[4]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "This historical curiosity contains plenty of hard-swinging performances and is worth picking up".[1]

Track listing

  1. "Georgia" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) - 5:35
  2. "For You" (Johnny Burke, Al Dubin) - 4:26
  3. "You're Driving Me Crazy" (Walter Donaldson) - 6:48
  4. "Where or When" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 6:57
  5. "The Song Is You" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 7:36
  6. "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) - 5:20
  7. "Yardbird Suite" [take 1] (Charlie Parker) - 3:54
  8. "Yardbird Suite" [take 2] (Parker) - 4:23
  9. "I Remember You" (Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger) - 3:45
  10. "Bluzarumba" (Gene Ammons) - 3:34
  11. "The Moody Blues" (Dodo Marmarosa) - 4:13
  12. "Falling in Love with Love" [take 1] (Hart, Rodgers) - 4:56
  13. "Falling in Love With Love" (Hart, Rodgers) - 3:38
  14. "The Very Thought of You" (Ray Noble) - 4:02

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed December 12, 2012
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 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. 32. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
  4. ^ Gene Ammons discography accessed December 12, 2012