Boss Tenor

by Gene Ammons

Product Description:

Personnel: Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone); Tommy Flanagan (piano); Doug Watkins (bass); Art Taylor (drums); Ray Barretto (congas).

Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on June 16, 1960. Originally released on Prestige (7180). Includes liner notes by LeRoi Jones.

Digitally remastered using 20-bit technology by Kazushige Yamazaki (JVC Studios).

Personnel: Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone); Tommy Flanagan (piano); Doug Watkins (bass); Art Taylor (drums); Ray Barretto (congas).

Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on June 16, 1960. Originally released on Prestige (7180). Includes liner notes by LeRoi Jones.

Digitally remastered using 20-bit K2 Super Coding System technology.

This is part of the Prestige Records 50th Anniversary Commemorative Special Edition series.

Personnel: Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone); Tommy Flanagan (piano); Doug Watkins (upright bass); Arthur Taylor (drums); Ray Barretto (congas).

The late great tenor saxophonist Gene Ammons was of the generation of Swing Era players that easily adapted to bop. But though he was a modernist, Ammons maintained that breathy, old-school romantic approach to the tenor. BOSS TENOR, a quintet session from 1960, is one of Ammons's very best albums ever. Ray Barretto's congas subtly add a bit of Latin spice, but otherwise TENOR is a collection of standards rendered with a gorgeous late-night bluesy feel. Accompaniment by Tommy Flanagan, one of the best mainstream pianists ever, certainly doesn't hurt, either. A gem.