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AUDIOPHILE LP 2 x  45rpm, sealed, records mint, cover mint
MUSICIANS : Gene Ammons - tenor sax, Idrees Sulieman - trumpet, Pepper Adams - baritone sax, Mal Waldron - piano, Doug Watkins - bass, Arthur Taylor - drums, Ray Barretto - conga
TRACKS : blue gene - 13:54, scamperin' - 8:39, blue greens and beans - 9:00, hip tip - 8:58
REVIEW : Another of the mid-1950s Ammons studio jam sessions for Prestige, "Blue Gene" lives up to its title by utilizing blues changes as the basis for three of its four selections. Pianist Mal Waldron wrote all these lines and the minor-key ballad, ?Hip Tip.? Ammons was one of the most expressive saxophonists and, in Idrees Sulieman and Pepper Adams, he found soulmates among the other horns. Each man had jammed with Gene on Prestige previously
RECORDING : May 2 1958 RE RELEASED : July 2004 RATING : 5 Stars out of 5 PRESSING : Audiophil SOUND : Audiophil MADE IN : USA
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