Groovin' with Jug
Groovin' with Jug | ||||
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Live album by Richard Holmes and Gene Ammons | ||||
Released | 1961 | |||
Recorded | August 15, 1961 The Black Orchid, Los Angeles, California | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 54:32 | |||
Label | Pacific Jazz PJ 32 | |||
Producer | Richard Bock | |||
Richard Holmes chronology | ||||
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Gene Ammons chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Down Beat | [2] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
Groovin' with Jug is a live album (with three tracks recorded in the studio) by organist Richard Holmes and saxophonist Gene Ammons recorded in 1961 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.[4]
Reception
The Allmusic review called it an "excellent album, which finds Ammons and Richard "Groove" Holmes co-leading a soul-jazz/hard bop organ combo... three of the eight selections were produced by Richard Bock in a Los Angeles studio in the afternoon, while the other five were recorded several hours later an L.A. club called the Black Orchid. Ammons and Holmes prove to be a strong combination in both settings, although their playing is somewhat looser at the Orchid".[1]
Track listing
All compositions by Gene Ammons except as indicated
- "Good Vibrations" (Art Farmer) - 8:38
- "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) - 7:04
- "Juggin' Around" (Frank Foster) - 3:20
- "Hittin' the Jug" - 7:20 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Exactly Like You" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) - 9:05 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Groovin' With Jug" - 4:19
- "Morris the Minor" (Richard Holmes) - 7:53
- "Hey You, What's That?" - 6:53
- Recorded in studio on the afternoon of August 15, 1961 (tracks 6–8) and at The Black Orchid on the evening of August 15, 1961 (tracks 1–5)
Personnel
- Gene Ammons - tenor saxophone
- Richard Holmes - organ
- Gene Edwards - guitar
- Leroy Henderson - drums
References
- v
- t
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- All Star Sessions
- The Happy Blues
- Jammin' with Gene
- Funky
- Jammin' in Hi Fi with Gene Ammons
- The Big Sound
- Groove Blues
- Blue Gene
- The Swingin'est
- Boss Tenor
- Nice an' Cool
- Jug
- Dig Him!
- Boss Tenors
- Just Jug
- Up Tight!
- Boss Soul!
- Twisting the Jug
- Brother Jack Meets the Boss
- Boss Tenors in Orbit!
- Soul Summit
- Soul Summit Vol. 2
- Late Hour Special
- The Soulful Moods of Gene Ammons
- Blue Groove
- Preachin'
- Jug & Dodo
- Velvet Soul
- Angel Eyes
- Sock!
- Bad! Bossa Nova
- The Boss Is Back!
- Brother Jug!
- Night Lights
- The Black Cat!
- You Talk That Talk!
- My Way
- Free Again
- Got My Own
- Big Bad Jug
- Brasswind
- Together Again for the Last Time
- Goodbye