Angel Eyes

by Gene Ammons

Angel Eyes cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1965
  • Label: Prestige
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 36:39
  • Community rating: 3.32/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Compiled from early 1960s sessions while the saxophonist was serving a lengthy prison sentence, 'Angel Eyes' features Gene Ammons at his most romantic and lyrical. The Prestige release leans heavily into mellow, slow-burning soul jazz ballads, underscoring his extraordinarily thick, emotive tenor tone.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Gettin' Around (6:51)
  2. Blue Room (5:36)
  3. You Go To My Head (5:56)
  4. Angel Eyes (8:48)
  5. Water Jug (5:12)
  6. It's The Talk Of The Town (4:14)

Credits

  • Gene Ammons - primary artist, saxophone [tenor]
  • Doug Watkins - bass
  • Wendell Marshall - bass
  • Art Taylor - drums
  • Ed Thigpen - drums
  • Johnny Hammond - organ
  • Mal Waldron - piano
  • Frank Wess - saxophone [tenor], flute

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