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Perfection: Ammons & Stitt - You Talk That Talk (1971)

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Marc Myers
Oct 03, 2024
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1971, tenor saxophonists Sonny Stitt and Gene Ammons came together for one of their finest albums. The title track of You Talk That Talk is a blues composed by Leon Spencer Jr. The Prestige session featured Gene Ammons (ts), Sonny Stitt (ts), Leon Spencer Jr. (org), George Freeman (g) and Idris Muhammad (d).

The first tenor solo is by Ammons and the seco…

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