Velvet Soul
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| Velvet Soul | ||||
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| Studio album by Gene Ammons | ||||
| Released | 1964 | |||
| Recorded | June 17, 1960, June 13, 1961 and September 5, 1962 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey |
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| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 38:24 | |||
| Label | Prestige PR 7320 |
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| Producer | Esmond Edwards | |||
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| Allmusic |    [1] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [2] |
Velvet Soul is an album by saxophonist Gene Ammons compiling sessions recorded between 1960 and 1962 and released on the Prestige label in 1964.[3]
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 2½ stars with its review by Stewart Mason stating, "Released as Gene Ammons was starting a long prison sentence for possession of narcotics, Velvet Soul is a collection of outtakes pieced together from three different 1960-1962 sessions. As a result, it barely hangs together as an album".[1]
Track listing
All compositions by Mal Waldron except as indicated
- "Light'n Up" - 4:02
- "In Sid's Thing" (Gene Ammons) - 5:25
- "Salome's Tune" - 4:16
- "A Stranger in Town" (Mel Tormé) - 6:02
- "Velvet Soul" (Johnny "Hammond" Smith) - 8:54
- "The Song Is You" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 9:45
- Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs New Jersey on June 17, 1960 (tracks 2 & 5), June 13, 1961 (track 6) and September 5, 1962 (tracks 1, 3 & 4)
Personnel
- Gene Ammons - tenor saxophone
- Hobart Dotson, Clark Terry - trumpet (track 6)
- Oliver Nelson - alto saxophone, arranger (track 6)
- George Barrow, Red Holloway - tenor saxophone (track 6)
- Frank Wess - tenor saxophone, flute (tracks 2 & 5)
- Bob Ashton - baritone saxophone (track 6)
- Mal Waldron (tracks 1, 3 & 4), Richard Wyands (track 6) - piano
- Johnny "Hammond" Smith - organ (tracks 2 & 5)
- Wendell Marshall (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 6), Doug Watkins (tracks 2 & 5) - bass
- Bill English (track 6), Art Taylor (tracks 2 & 5), Ed Thigpen (tracks 1, 3 & 4) - drums
- Ray Barretto - congas (track 6)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mason, S. Allmusic Review, accessed December 13, 2012
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- ↑ Gene Ammons discography accessed December 13, 2012
