Groovin' With Jug

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Full performer name: Richard Groove Holmes/Gene Ammons. Personnel: Richard "Groove" Holmes (organ); Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone); Gene Edwards (guitar); Leroy Henderson (drums). Recorded at The Black Orchid and Pacific Jazz Studio, Los Angeles, California on August 15, 1961. Reissue produced by Michael Cuscuna. Digitally remastered by Ron McMaster. Personnel: Richard "Groove" Holmes (organ); Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone); Gene Edwards (guitar); Leroy Henderson (drums). Liner Note Author: Bob Porter. Recording information: Black Orchid, Los Angeles, CA (08/15/1961); Pacific Jazz Studios, Los Angeles, CA (08/15/1961). Ironically, Gene "Jug" Ammons tended to be critical of organists; he was quoted as saying that "organ players don't know any changes." However, as critical the Chicago tenor saxman might have been of organists -- most of them, anyway -- he did some of his best work in their presence. When you united Ammons with Jack McDuff, Johnny "Hammond" Smith and other B-3 masters in the '60s, the sparks would fly. They certainly fly on this excellent album, which finds Ammons and Richard "Groove" Holmes co-leading a soul-jazz/hard bop organ combo that also includes guitarist Gene Edwards and drummer Leroy Henderson. The quartet is heard in two settings on August 15, 1961 -- three of the eight selections were produced by Richard Bock in a Los Angeles studio in the afternoon, while the other five were recorded several hours later an L.A. club called the Black Orchid. Ammons and Holmes prove to be a strong combination in both settings, although their playing is somewhat looser at the Orchid, where the delights include some slow blues (Ammons' "Hittin' the Jug"), a smoky ballad ("Willow Weep for Me") and a lightning-fast barnburner (Ammons' "Juggin' Around"). However critical Ammons might have been of most organists, it's obvious that he and Holmes share a lot of common ground on Groovin' With Jug. ~ Alex Henderson
録音 : ステレオ (Studio/Live)