Gene Ammons - Sock! (1954,55,62) [re-rip]

Sock! is an album by Gene Ammons compiling sessions recorded between 1954 and 1962 and released on Prestige in 1965.

A striking title - and a strong set of grooves, even if the tracks were pulled from a variety of different sessions, and not recorded as a unified album. Jug plays tenor on all cuts - working in formats that range from a Mal Waldron led trio to larger honking groups with horn players like Henderson Chambers, Cecil Payne, Nate Woodward, and Gene Easton. Tracks are short, and most are pretty rocking - with titles that include "Blue Coolade", "Short Stop", "Scam", "Sock", "What I Say", and "Rock Roll". © Dusty Groove, Inc.

Prestige Records, PR 7400, 1965

Recorded 26^th November, 1954 (B1-B4); 4^th November, 1955 (#B5,B6);

Recorded 13^th April, 1962 (#A4) & 5^th September, 1962 (#A1-A3)

At Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey

Personnel:

Gene Ammons - Tenor Saxophone

Nate Woodward - Trumpet (#B1-B6)

Henderson Chambers - Trombone (#B1-B4)

Edwin Moore - Trombone (#B5-B6)

Gene Easton - Baritone Saxophone (#B1-B4)

Cecil Payne - Baritone Saxophone (#B5-B6)

Mal Waldron - Piano (#A1-A3)

Patti Bown - Piano (#A4)

John Houston - Piano (#B1-B4)

Lawrence Wheatley - Piano (#B5-B6)

Wendell Marshall - Bass (#A1-A3)

George Duvivier - Bass (#A4)

Ben Steuberville - Bass (#B1-B4)

Ernie Shepherd - Bass (#B5-B6)

Ed Thigpen - Drums (#A1-A3)

Walter Perkins - Drums (#A4)

George Brown - Drums (#B1-B6)

Tracks:

A1. Blue Coolade {Mal Waldron} (4:11)

A2. Short Stop {Mal Waldron} (3:33)

A3. They Say You're Laughing At Me {Jerry Livingston} (3:58)

A4. Scam {Gene Ammons} (5:27)

B1. Sock! {Gene Ammons} (2:47)

B2. What I Say {Ray Charles} (2:38)

B3. Count Your Blessings {Richard Morgan} (4:25)

B4. Cara Mia {Lee Lange, Tulio Trapani} (3:08)

B5. Blues For Turfers {Gene Ammons} (4:03)

B6. Rock Roll {Chico O'Farrill} (2:58)

Total Time: 37:09

Credits:

Supervision - Esmond Edwards [Side A] - Bob Weinstock [Side B]

Recording Engineer - Rudy van Gelder

Design - Don Schlitten

Liner Notes - Jack McKinney (July, 1965)