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ALBUMOn PrestigeGene Ammons
Albums by Gene Ammons
ALBUMThe Ultimate Jazz Archive, Vol. II [Audiophile Edition]Gene Ammons
ALBUMWith Friends Playing Tenor SaxophoneGene Ammons
ALBUMHeavy Sax (Remastered)Gene Ammons
ALBUMFine and MellowGene Ammons
ALBUMGod Bless Jug and SonnyGene Ammons & Sonny Stitt
ALBUMLegends of Acid JazzGene Ammons
ALBUMYoung JugGene Ammons
ALBUMRed TopGene Ammons
ALBUMGene Ammons Swinging the Jugg - EP (Deluxe Edition)Gene Ammons
ALBUMGoodbyeGene Ammons
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Gene Ammons Essentials
From bebop to Blaxploitation, a genealogy of funk is contained in his career.
Artist Biography
The son of boogie woogie piano pioneer Albert Ammons, saxophonist Gene Ammons did some pioneering of his own. Taking the lessons he learned from swing and early bebop, he forged a new stylistic vein known as the “Chicago school,” making the tenor sax an ever more personal, expressive instrument. The strong influence of R&B in Ammons's playing also put him in the thick of the soul jazz movement in the late '60s and early '70s, before he succumbed to cancer in 1974.
Hometown
Chicago, IL, United States
Genre
Jazz