Gene Ammons - A Stranger In Town

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Gene Ammons
A Stranger In Town

Compil. DE 2002 on Prestige label
Jazz (Swing, Bop)

Collective personnel listed. Sessions recorded in 1961, 1962, 1954, and 1970. Tracks appeared on albums "Velvet Soul", "Sock!" and "Night Lights" Made in Germany

Musicians

	Gene Ammons ts, 1925-1974 US tenor saxophone, album by, written by
	Oliver Nelson ts, as, 1932-1975 US alto saxophone
	Gene Easton ts, as, fl, ob, 1927-1998 US baritone saxophone
	Robert Ashton ts, cl, baritone saxophone
	George Duvivier b, 1920-1985 US bass
	Wendell Marshall b, 1920-2002 US bass
	Henry "Pucho" Brown tim, dr, *1938 US congas
	Ray Barretto cng, 1929-2006 US congas
	Bill English dr, *1925 US drums
	Ed Thigpen dr, 1930-2010 US drums
	George Brown dr, FR drums
	Rudy Collins dr, 1934-1988 US drums
	Walter Perkins dr, 1932-2004 US drums
	John Houston p, *1933 US piano
	Mal Waldron p, 1925-2002 US piano, written by
	Patti Bown p, 1931-2008 US piano
	Richard Wyands p, *1928 US piano
	Wynton Kelly p, 1931-1971 US piano
	George Barrow ts, bs, 1921-2013 US tenor saxophone
	Red Holloway ts, as, 1927-2012 US tenor saxophone
	Henderson Chambers tb, 1908-1967 US trombone
	Clark Terry tr, fh, 1920-2015 US trumpet
	Hobart Dotson tr, 1922-1971 US trumpet
	Nate Woodward tr, trumpet

Producers

Joe Tarantino remastered by

Composers

Hammerstein-Kern

Mal Waldron

Mel Tormé

Gene Ammons

Edith Temple

Richard Morgan

Lee Lange

Tulio Trapani

Chester Conn

Sammy Gallop

Eden Ahbez

Don George

Nat King Cole

Album Tracks

No	Title	Artist	Composer	Duration
1	The Song Is You	Gene Ammons	Hammerstein-Kern	9:39
2	Light'n Up	Gene Ammons	Mal Waldron	4:00
3	Short Stop	Gene Ammons	Mal Waldron	3:30
4	They Say You're Laughing At Me	Gene Ammons		3:59
5	Salome's Tune	Gene Ammons	Mal Waldron	4:13
6	Blue Coolade	Gene Ammons	Mal Waldron	4:11
7	A Stranger In Town	Gene Ammons	Mel Tormé	5:57
8	Scam	Gene Ammons	Gene Ammons	5:30
9	Count Your Blessings	Gene Ammons	Edith Temple, Richard Morgan	4:25
10	Cara Mia	Gene Ammons	Lee Lange, Tulio Trapani	3:07
11	Night Lights	Gene Ammons	Chester Conn, Sammy Gallop	5:18
12	Nature Boy	Gene Ammons	Eden Ahbez	8:10
13	Calypso Blues	Gene Ammons	Don George, Nat King Cole	5:40

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Acknowledgements

To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.

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