Groovin' with Jug

Groovin' with Jug
Live album by Richard Holmes and Gene Ammons
Released 1961
Recorded August 15, 1961
The Black Orchid, Los Angeles, California
Genre Jazz
Length 54:32
Label Pacific Jazz
PJ 32
Producer Richard Bock
Richard Holmes chronology
"Groove"
(1961)
Groovin' with Jug
(1961)
Somethin' Special
(1962)
Gene Ammons chronology
Jug
(1961)
Groovin' with Jug
(1961)
Dig Him!
(1961)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Down Beat[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]

Groovin' with Jug is a live album (with three tracks recorded in the studio) by organist Richard Holmes and saxophonist Gene Ammons recorded in 1961 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.[4]

Reception

The Allmusic review called it an "excellent album, which finds Ammons and Richard "Groove" Holmes co-leading a soul-jazz/hard bop organ combo... three of the eight selections were produced by Richard Bock in a Los Angeles studio in the afternoon, while the other five were recorded several hours later an L.A. club called the Black Orchid. Ammons and Holmes prove to be a strong combination in both settings, although their playing is somewhat looser at the Orchid".[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Gene Ammons except as indicated

  1. "Good Vibrations" (Art Farmer) - 8:38
  2. "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) - 7:04
  3. "Juggin' Around" (Frank Foster) - 3:20
  4. "Hittin' the Jug" - 7:20 Bonus track on CD reissue
  5. "Exactly Like You" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) - 9:05 Bonus track on CD reissue
  6. "Groovin' With Jug" - 4:19
  7. "Morris the Minor" (Richard Holmes) - 7:53
  8. "Hey You, What's That?" - 6:53

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Henderson, A. Allmusic Review accessed December 10, 2012
  2. Down Beat: December 21, 1961 Vol. 28, No. 26
  3. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 105. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. Gene Ammons discography accessed December 10, 2012
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