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 26th
November, 1954 (B1-B4); 4th November, 1955 (#B5,B6);
Recorded 13th
April, 1962 (#A4) & 5th 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
