
Gene Ammons "Legends of Acid Jazz" Prestige cd
The man with the horn that could do it all, from swing to funk and beyond.
Bass – Ron Carter (tracks: 1 to 6)
Drums – Billy James (tracks: 13, 14), Idris Muhammad (tracks: 1 to 12)
Guitar – George Freeman (tracks: 1 to 12), Paul Weeden (tracks: 13, 14)
Organ – Don Patterson (tracks: 13, 14), Leon Spencer (tracks: 7 to 12)
Piano, Electric Piano – Harold Mabern (track 1 to 6)
Tenor Saxophone – Gene Ammons (tracks: 1 to 7, 9 to 14), Sonny Stitt (tracks: 7 to 10, 12)
1-6 recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ on Nov. 11, 1970 and originally released on Prestige 10006 as Gene Ammons - The Black Cat!
7-12 recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ on Feb. 8, 1971 and originally released on Prestige 10019 as Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt - You Talk That Talk!
13 and 14 recorded in Chicago, May 1962 and originally released on Prestige 7791 as Various - The Soul/Jazz Giants