Boss Tenors in Orbit
by Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt
- Type: Album
- Released: 1962
- Label: Verve
- Country: United States
- Length: 37:18
- Community rating: 3.8/5 from 3 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Another highly spirited meeting of two tenor saxophone giants, 'Boss Tenors in Orbit' features Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt continuing their legendary musical sparring. Supported by Don Patterson on the Hammond B-3 organ, the session leans heavily into thick, infectious soul jazz grooves. The record perfectly documents the transition from acoustic hard bop into the heavily syncopated, organ-driven club sounds of the era.
Genres
Descriptors: saxophone, soulful, groove-laden, rhythmic, cover
Tracklist
- Long Ago And Far Away (6:17)
- Walkin' (5:20)
- Why Was I Born? (8:19)
- John Brown's Body (7:22)
- Bye-Bye, Blackbird (9:57)
Credits
- Gene Ammons - primary artist, tenor saxophone
- Sonny Stitt - primary artist, tenor saxophone
- Billy James - drums
- Paul Weeden - guitar
- Don Patterson - organ
- Ira Gershwin - written-by
- Jerome Kern - written-by
- Richard Carpenter - written-by