This 1996 compilation on Prestige gathers key tracks from Gene Ammons's Prestige and Bluesville catalog. It highlights his signature powerful tenor sound and blues-drenched improvisations.
- The album was released on September 28, 1996.
- Prestige Records was a significant label in the post-war jazz scene, documenting many seminal artists.
- The compilation draws from Ammons's extensive recordings for the label during the 1950s and 1960s.
Gene Ammons was a seminal American jazz tenor saxophonist. He was a leading figure in the hard bop and soul jazz movements of the 1950s and 60s.
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