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Gene Ammons
Background information
Birth name
Eugene Ammons
Also known as
"Jug", "The Boss"
Born
(1925-04-14)April 14, 1925 Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died
August 6, 1974(1974-08-06) (aged 49) Chicago, Illinois, United States
Genres
Jazz
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instrument(s)
Tenor saxophone
Years active
1943–1974
Musical artist
Eugene "Jug" Ammons (April 14, 1925 – August 6, 1974),[1] also known as "The Boss", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.[2] The son of boogie-woogie pianist Albert Ammons,[1][3] Gene Ammons is remembered for his accessible music, steeped in soul and R&B.[4]
^ abDoc Rock. "The 1970s". The Dead Rock Stars Club. Archived from the original on September 23, 2018. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
^Cook, Richard (2005). Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopedia. London: Penguin Books. p. 12. ISBN 0-141-00646-3.
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^Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 12. ISBN 0-85112-580-8.
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played with Jerome Richardson, Grady Tate, Mose Allison, Gato Barbieri, GeneAmmons, as well as with Eddie Vinson at the 1971 Montreux Festival, and on five...
Bennett and Lena Horne and recording with Billie Holiday, Jimmy Smith, GeneAmmons, and Kenny Dorham, among others. From 1957 to 1959, Burrell occupied...
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was a 78 RPM single, "My Foolish Heart", backed with "Bless You", by GeneAmmons, issued as Chess 1425 in June 1950, which became the label's biggest...
(1977) Paul Delicato, a disco cover (1976) - U.S. AC #5, Canada AC #15 GeneAmmons "Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. 1954-06-24. Retrieved...
musicians (including Nat King Cole, Clifford Jordan, Johnny Griffin, GeneAmmons, Julian Priester, and others). He later studied music at Roosevelt University;...
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as in Latin jazz with Cal Tjader. He also played with Lonnie Simmons, GeneAmmons, and Arnett Cobb in the late '40s and early '50s, then worked with Buddy...
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