The Black Cat!
The Black Cat! | ||||
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Studio album by Gene Ammons | ||||
Released | 1971 | |||
Recorded |
November 11, 1970 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 34:34 | |||
Label |
Prestige PR 10006 | |||
Producer | Bob Porter | |||
Gene Ammons chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [2] |
The Black Cat! is an album by saxophonist Gene Ammons, recorded in 1970 and released on the Prestige label.[3]
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with its review by Stewart Mason stating, "One of Gene Ammons' best late-period albums, 1970's Black Cat is a bluesy, low-key album and a comparative anomaly: a primarily acoustic soul-jazz album! Ammons was experimenting heavily with the amplified, feedback-laced electric saxophone during this period, but for Black Cat he sticks to his familiar unamplified tenor, playing raunchy gutbucket lines".[1]
Track listing
All compositions by Gene Ammons except as indicated
- "The Black Cat" - 5:36
- "Long Long Time" (Gary White) - 4:31
- "Piece to Keep Away Evil Spirits" - 7:49
- "Jug Eyes" - 8:10
- "Something" (George Harrison) - 3:20
- "Hi Ruth!" - 5:08
- Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on November 11, 1970
Personnel
- Gene Ammons - tenor saxophone
- Harold Mabern - piano, electric piano
- George Freeman - guitar
- Ron Carter - bass
- Idris Muhammad - drums
- Unidentified violins arranged by Bill Fischer (tracks 2 & 5)
References
- 1 2 Mason, S. Allmusic Review, accessed December 17, 2012
- ↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 9. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ↑ Gene Ammons discography accessed December 17, 2012
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