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Gene Ammons

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Aliases
Gene Ammons All Stars
Gene Ammons and Friends
Gene Ammons and His Orchestra
Gene Ammons and His Sextet
Gene Ammons Octet
Real name
Eugene Ammons
Born
April 14, 1925
Died
July 23, 1974
Country
United States
IPI
00000835132 5 works
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
Jazz tenor saxophonist commonly referred to as "Jug"
Family
Albert Ammons Father
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Covers by Gene Ammons

Title Performer Release date Originally by
i August 1963 (unknown)
i 1971 Brook Benton
i 1975 Gilbert O'Sullivan
i 1965 Herb Jeffries with Buddy Baker and His Orchestra
i 1961 Rudi Schuricke mit Kinderchor - Alfred Hause mit seinem Tanz-Streichorchester
i 1964 Mel Tormé and His Mel-Tones
i   2001 J. Harold Murray PRF, Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash REC,REL
i   1962 Cora Vaucaire - Au piano : M. Philippe-Gérard REL, Yves Montand BRD
i Baby, Won't You Please Say Yes? Gene Ammons - Sonny Stitt 1960 Unverified
i 1973 Michael Jackson
i August 1963 (unknown)
i 1951 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i 2001 Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
i 1965 Eva Puck and Sam White
i   1970 Arthur Prysock with Orchestra directed by Sy Oliver REL, Tony Bennett with Percy Faith & His Orchestra REC
i 1971 Jack Hylton and His Orchestra
i 1962 Mel Tormé with Sonny Burke and His Orchestra
i 1963 Bing Crosby
i   1962 Eddie Quillan and Arline Judge REC,BRD, Ginger Rogers and Willie Howard PRF
  1963 Eddie Quillan and Arline Judge REC,BRD, Ginger Rogers and Willie Howard PRF
i 1962 Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Arthur Hall
i 1985 Nat "King" Cole
i 1960 Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra
i   1956 Red Nichols and His Five Pennies REC,REL, Libby Holman PRF
i 1965 David Whitfield with Mantovani and His Orchestra and Chorus
i 1974 Wes Montgomery
i Cheek to Cheek Gene Ammons All Stars 1958 Unverified
i 1962 Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy
i 1973 Barney Bigard and Orchestra
i 1960 Freddie Martin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Elmer Feldkamp
i 1976 Jay McShann at the Piano with Singing By Walter Brown
i 1960 Dizzy Gillespie Jazzmen
1965 Josef Locke with Orchestra conducted by Eric Robinson
i 1970 James Darren
i 1966 The Orioles - Sid Bass Orch.
i Don't Worry 'Bout Me Gene Ammons - Sonny Stitt 1960 Unverified
i   1961 Frances Langford with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra REC, James Stewart and Eleanor Powell [dubbed by Marjorie Lane] BRD
i 1949 Earl Hines and His Orchestra
i   1961 Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra REC, Harry Richman PRF
i June 1962 Muriel Angelus
i 1972 Muriel Angelus
i   1969 Cy Grant PRF, Anthony Newley REL
i 1973 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra
i   1976 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Bob Allen REC, Morton Downey PRF
i   1972 John Boles BRD, Joe Green's Marimba Band REC
i 1972 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
i 2001 Billie Holiday
i 1973 Billie Holiday
1975 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i Happiness Is Just a Thing Called Joe Gene Ammons 1951 Unverified
i   1973 Joy Hodges & Austin Marshall PRF, Joe Rines and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Lee Sullivan REC,REL
i 1969 Dolores Gray
i 1970 Nellie Lutcher and Her Rhythm
i August 1963 (unknown)
i   August 1963 Jane Froman with Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Sid Feller REC, Jane Froman BRD
listen on Internet Archive i   1950 Adelaide Hall PRF, Meyer Davis' Swanee Syncopators – Vocal Chorus by Al Shayne REC
i 1973 Four Tops
i 1962 Don Gibson
i I Cover the Waterfront Gene Ammons - Sonny Stitt 1960 Unverified
i August 1947 Alvino Rey and His Orchestra
1963 (unknown), Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Bob Eberly
i I Hadn't Changed A Thing Gene Ammons and His Band (Gene Ammons) 1956 Unverified
i 1976 Dorothy Squires with Orchestra directed by Billy Reid
i 1973 Dorothy Squires with Orchestra directed by Billy Reid
i 1966 Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
i 1966 Harry James and His Orchestra
i 1963 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
i   1961 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Bob Eberly REC, Dorothy Lamour, Bob Eberly, Helen O'Connell and Chorus with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra BRD
i May 1962 The Basin Street Boys
i   June 1962 Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REL, Fred MacMurray & Dorothy Lamour BRD
i 1975 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1965 Glen Gray and His Casa Loma Orchestra
i November 1959 Doris Day
i August 1950 Don Redman and His Orchestra
i 1964 Savannah Churchill and The Sentimentalists
i 1969 Cecil Gant
i   1975 Cannonball Adderley Quintet REL, Donald Byrd REC
i 1962 (unknown)
i   1973 Tony Bennett with Percy Faith & His Orch. REL, Sydney Chaplin and Judy Holliday PRF
i 1973 Cleo Laine
i May 1962 Count Basie Kansas City Seven
i 1961 Gloria Grafton
i   1962 Gene Kelly & Rita Hayworth [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC
i 1970 Linda Ronstadt
  1976 Dusty Springfield REL, Stan Getz REC
i 1976 Billie Holiday
i 1964 Adrian Schubert & His Orch. ‑ Vocal Chorus Harold Van Emburgh
i   1985 King Cole and His Trio - Orch. cond. by Pete Rugolo REL, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra REC
i   1964 Eddie Cantor REC,REL,PRF
i   May 1962 Joe Venuti and His Orchestra REC,REL, Valaida & Dee Lloyd McKaye PRF
i 1962 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
i 1962 Florida Normal Industrial Institute Quartet, Little Walter and His Jukes
i   June 1950 Martha Mears BRD, Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra REC,REL
i 1960 Gloria Grafton & Donald Novis
i 1971 Claude François
i 1961 Peter Palmer, Edith Adams
i 1985 King Cole - With Orchestra conducted by Frank DeVol
i 1985 Nat "King" Cole with the Music of Nelson Riddle
i 1956 Woody Herman and His Orchestra
i   1961 Jules Bledsoe PRF, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
i 1974 Agostinho dos Santos
i 1962 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Kenneth Sargent
i 1973 The Undisputed Truth
listen on Internet Archive i   March 1950 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lew Sherwood REC, Bing Crosby BRD
i 1973 Neil Diamond
i June 1962 Percy Mayfield
i 1971 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra
i   August 1963 Simmons Sacred Singers REL, Turkey Mountain Singers REC
i 1962 Lew Stone and His Band
i 1976 Cootie Williams and His Orchestra
i 1971 Grady Tate
i 1962 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i Savoy Gene Ammons 1960 Unverified
i June 1962 Charlie Parker Quintet
i 1973 Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Johnson
i 1963 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Anita O'Day
i 1966 Eddie Heywood
i 1964 Benny Goodman Sextet
i   1961 Gertrude Lawrence REC,REL,PRF
i 1970 The Beatles
i   1961 Ella Logan REC,REL,PRF
i 1961 Dorothy Sarnoff
i   1952 Jerry Gray and His Orchestra - Vocal by Tommy Traynor REC, Nat "King" Cole REL
i 1966 R. K. Holstein and Octette
i 1970 Dusty Springfield
i 1973 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i 1973 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i January 1953 Russ Columbo and His Orchestra
i 1962 The Horace Silver Quintet
i June 1962 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
i 1985 The Radiolites [Ben Selvin]
listen on Internet Archive i December 1950 Ted Weems and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Parker Gibbs
i   1961 Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra REC, Bob Eberly, Helen O'Connell, and Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra BRD
i May 1962 (unknown)
i   1985 Nat "King" Cole [Trio] REC, The King Cole Trio with String Choir REL
i May 1962 (unknown)
i 1956 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra
i   1976 Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Buddy Di Vito REC, Dick Haymes BRD, Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REL
i 1953 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra
i   1964 Judy Holliday, Ensemble PRF, Carmen McRae with Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis REC,REL
i 1962 Isham Jones' Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Woody Herman
i 1964 Tullio Carminati
i 1972 Tullio Carminati
i The Sun Died Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt 1971 Unverified
i 1965 Al Hibbler
i 1964 Johnny Hodges and Orchestra
  1955 George Paxton and His Orchestra - Vocal by Lee Taylor REL, Bobby Byrne and His Orchestra REC, (unknown performer) BRD
i   1963 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The Rhythm Boys BRD,REC
i   1961 Meredith Willson and His Orchestra and Eileen Wilson, Barbara Cook and Robert Preston PRF, Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra with Sue Raney REC,REL
i   1962 Paul Gregory & Marilyn Miller PRF, New Mayfair Dance Orchestra (Ray Noble) REC,REL
i   1963 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kenny Sargent REC, Ross Alexander [dubbed by James Newill] & Wini Shaw BRD
i 1963 (unknown)
i 2001 Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers
i 1953 John Kirby and His Onyx Club Boys
i 1963 Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kenneth Sargent
i 1953 Ethel Waters, Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy - Vocal Chorus by Pha Terrell
i 1962 Miles Davis All Star Sextet
i 1956 The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
i August 1963 J.J. Fisher
i 1971 Marvin Gaye
i 1953 (unknown)
i 1962 Cliff Edwards with Victor Young and His Orchestra - And The Ken Darby Singers
i   1972 Ruby Newman & His Rainbow Room Orch. featuring Ray Heatherton REC, Ray Heatherton & Mitzi Green PRF
i   1962 Helen Morgan REC,REL,PRF
i 1961 Ted Fiorito & His Orchestra
i 1961 Ted Fiorito & His Orchestra
i 1973 Nat Adderley
i 1973 Charlie Parker Septet
listen on Internet Archive i May 1950 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
i   1963 Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harry Cool REC, Dinah Shore with Orchestra conducted by Paul Wetstein REL
i November 1959 Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
i   August 1963 Christine Johnson with Carousel Chorus and Orchestra under direction of Joseph Littau PRF,REL
i   1972 Jack Albin and His Hotel Pennsylvania Dance Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Bill Coty REC, Adele Astaire & Eddie Foy Jr. PRF
i You're Not the Kind of a Guy Gene Ammons - Sonny Stitt 1960 Unverified

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
All Star Jam Session Gene Ammons 1956 Prestige [US]
Angel Eyes Gene Ammons 1965 Prestige [US]
Battle of the Saxes Gene Ammons vs. Sonny Stitt 1951 Prestige [US]
Big Bad Jug Gene Ammons 1973 Prestige [US]
Blue Gene Gene Ammons 1958 Prestige [US]
Boss Soul! Gene Ammons 1966 Prestige [US]
Boss Tenor Gene Ammons 1960 Prestige [US]
Boss Tenors Gene Ammons / Sonny Stitt ‎ 1962 Verve Records
Boss Tenors in Orbit! Gene Ammons / Sonny Stitt ‎ 1962 Verve Records
Brasswind Gene Ammons 1974 Prestige [US]
Brother Jack Meets the Boss Jack McDuff with Gene Ammons 1962 Prestige [US]
Brother Jug! Gene Ammons 1970 Prestige [US]
Chicago Concert Gene Ammons / James Moody 1973 Prestige [US]
Dig Him! Gene Ammons - Sonny Stitt 1962 Argo [US]
Gene Ammons and Friends at Montreux Gene Ammons and Friends 1973 Prestige [US]
Goodbye Gene Ammons 1975 Prestige [US]
Got My Own Gene Ammons 1973 Prestige [US]
Groovin' with Jug Richard Holmes & Gene Ammons 1961 Pacific Jazz
Jammin' with Gene Gene Ammons All Stars 1956 Prestige [US]
Jug Gene Ammons 1961 Prestige [US]
Jug & Dodo Gene Ammons / Dodo Marmarosa 1972 Prestige [US]
Just Jug Gene Ammons June 1962 Argo [US]
Late Hour Special Gene Ammons 1964 Prestige [US]
Live at the Left Bank - God Bless Jug and Sonny Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt 2001 Prestige [US]
My Way Gene Ammons 1971 Prestige [US]
Nice an' Cool Gene Ammons 1961 Prestige Moodsville
Night Lights Gene Ammons 1985 Prestige [US]
Preachin' Gene Ammons August 1963 Prestige [US]
Sock! Gene Ammons 1965 Prestige [US]
Soulful Saxophone Gene Ammons November 1959 Chess
Soul Summit Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt with Jack McDuff 1962 Prestige [US]
Soul Summit Vol. 2 Gene Ammons, Jack McDuff, Etta Jones, Oliver Nelson 1963 Prestige [US]
Swingin' the Jugg Gene Ammons 1976 Roots [US]
Tenor Saxophone Favorites, Volume 3 Gene Ammons 1953 Prestige [US]
The Black Cat! Gene Ammons 1970 Prestige [US]
The Boss Is Back! Gene Ammons 1969 Prestige [US]
The Chase! Gene Ammons & Dexter Gordon 1971 Prestige [US]
The Soulful Moods of Gene Ammons Gene Ammons 1963 Prestige Moodsville
Together Again for the Last Time Gene Ammons / Sonny Stitt ‎ 1976 Prestige [US]
Twisting the Jug Gene Ammons with Joe Newman & Jack McDuff 1962 Prestige [US]
Up Tight Gene Ammons May 1962 Prestige [US]
Velvet Soul Gene Ammons 1964 Prestige [US]
You Talk That Talk! Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt 1971 Prestige [US]