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Backgrounder: Gene Ammons - 'Boss Tenor,' 1960

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Marc Myers
Aug 16, 2024
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During the 1950s, tenor saxophonist Gene Ammons recorded mostly jam session albums for Prestige. In June 1960, the label's founder and producer, Bob Weinstock, decided to let Ammons record a more mellow LP with just a rhythm section behind him. The result was one of Ammons's finest albums—Boss Tenor.

The LP featured Gene Ammons (ts), Tommy Flanagan (p), …

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