Gene Ammons and Friends at Montreux
performed by Gene Ammons, 1925-1974, Hampton Hawes, 1928-1977, Bob Cranshaw, 1932-2016, Kenny Clarke, 1914-1985 and Kenneth Nash (Prestige, 1999), 46 mins, 5 page(s)
Details
- Field of Interest
- Jazz
- Content Type
- Music recording
- Duration
- 46 mins
- Format
- Audio
- Sub Genre
- Jazz Fusion, Hard-Bop
- Label
- Prestige
- Page Count
- 5
- Performer
- Gene Ammons, 1925-1974, Hampton Hawes, 1928-1977, Bob Cranshaw, 1932-2016, Kenny Clarke, 1914-1985, Kenneth Nash
- Date Recorded
- 1973-07-07
- Release Date
- 1999
- Review
- Ammons, whose studio recordings of the period were somewhat commercial, is heard in excellent form playing a blues and three standards with the backing of a fine rhythm section: Hampton Hawes (who unfortunately sticks to electric piano), electric bassist Bob Cranshaw, drummer Kenny Clarke and Kenneth Nash on congas. Best of all is a 17-minute blues on which Ammons welcomes fellow tenor Dexter Gordon, cornetist Nat Adderley and altoist Cannonball Adderley; the four horns all get to trade off with each other. This is one of the better late-period Gene Ammons records. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
- Subject
- Jazz, Music & Performing Arts, Hard-Bop, Hard-Bop
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- Hard-Bop
