This 1964 album collects material from sessions Ammons cut in 1962 before beginning a prison sentence. It offers a potent dose of his signature blues-drenched tenor sound.
- The album was released on the Prestige Records subsidiary label Original Jazz Classics.
- The sessions were produced by Esmond Edwards.
- The album was reissued on CD by Original Jazz Classics in 1995.
Gene Ammons was a jazz tenor saxophonist from Chicago, known for his tough, bluesy tone and R&B influences. In 1964, he was nearing the end of his incarceration for a drug offense, and this album featured material recorded prior to his imprisonment.
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