Gene Ammons & Friends At Montreux

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合計収録時間 : 00:45:25
Personnel: Gene Ammons, Dexter Gordon (tenor saxophone); Cannonball Adderley (alto saxophone); Nat Adderley (trumpet); Hampton Hawes (electric piano); Bob Cranshaw (electric bass); Kenny Clarke (drums); Kenneth Nash (congas). Recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland on July 7, 1973. Digitally remastered by Kirk Felton (1999, Fantasy, Berkeley, California). Personnel: Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone); Cannonball Adderley (alto saxophone); Dexter Gordon, Julian Gordon (tenor saxophone); Nat Adderley (cornet); Hampton Hawes (electric piano); Bob Cranshaw (electric bass); Kenny Clarke (drums); Kenneth Nash (congas). Audio Remasterer: Kirk Felton. Audio Remixer: Jim Stern. Recording information: Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland (07/07/1973). Photographer: Tony Lane. This set was recorded in 1973 at the Montreux Jazz Festival. Ammons, who had been working regularly for about four years at this time, sadly died a year later. In this final period of his career, he enthusiastically embraced modern changes in the jazz landscape, working with younger players and electric instruments. AT MONTREUX finds Ammons in the company of Hampton Hawes on electric piano, Bob Cranshaw on electric bass, drummer Kenny Clarke, and conga player Kenneth Nash. For Ammons' own tune, the 16-minute "'Treux Bleu," the combo is expanded with Nat and Cannonball Adderly and Dexter Gordon. While much continued and deserved high regard comes from Ammons' strength as a balladeer, it's riveting to hear him fronting a straight-ahead, swinging, post-bebop ensemble. That's not to say that he can't slow things down. Two numbers (Buddy Johnson's "Since I Fell for You" and Duke Ellington's "Sophisticated Lady") glide into the smoky grooves of late-night romance.
録音 : ステレオ (Live)