Gene Ammons spent the summer of 1949 as a member of Woody Herman's orchestra. Although the combination was exciting, few studio recordings were made during that stint (these will be available on... more

This CD contains a rousing performance much in the style as the tracks Ammons had cut with his father for Mercury a few years before. "Echo Chamber Blues" with it's eerie sound is not entirely... more

This CD opens with a quartet session on "I Wanna Be Loved" - Dinah Washington had also recorded the same song in 1950. Ammons' regular band opens with "Back In Your Own Backyard" which Billie Holiday... more