Compil. US 2012 on Verve Records label
Jazz (Bop)
Tracks 1 to 5 recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, February 18, 1962. Tracks 6 to 10 recorded in Chicago, IL, August 27, 1961. ( Wikipedia ) Tracks 1 to 5 originally released in 1962. Tracks 6 to 10 originally released in 1961. Two Classic Albums On One CD Brand New Digital Remastered From The Original Sources Full Original Album Art Inside
![]() | Gene Ammons ts, 1925-1974 US tenor saxophone, album by, arranged by, composed by |
![]() | Sonny Stitt as, ts, 1924-1982 US alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, album by, arranged by, composed by |
![]() | Buster Williams b, *1942 US bass |
![]() | Billy James dr, US drums |
![]() | George Brown dr, FR drums |
![]() | Paul Weeden g, perc, 1923-2011 US guitar |
![]() | Don Patterson org, 1936-1988 US organ |
![]() | John Houston p, *1933 US piano |
![]() | Gerd Naumann producer, series |
![]() | Matthias Künnecke , DE producer, series |
![]() | Thomas Kühnrich producer, series |
Mtrchoh art direction, design |
Rudy Van Gelder engineer |
Pompeo Posar photography by, cover |
Creed Taylor producer |
Arnold Kasar remastered by |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | Boss Tenors In Orbit! | Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt | ||
2 | Long Ago And Far Away | Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt | Ira Gershwin, Jerome Kern | 6:18 |
3 | Walkin' | Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt | Richard Carpenter | 5:23 |
4 | Why Was I Born? | Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt | Hammerstein-Kern | 8:22 |
5 | John Brown's Body | Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt | Traditional | 7:23 |
6 | Bye Bye Blackbird | Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt | Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson | 9:59 |
7 | Boss Tenors | Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt | ||
8 | Blues Up And Down | Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt | Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt | 8:47 |
9 | Counter Clockwise | Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt | Sonny Stitt | 9:39 |
10 | There Is No Greater Love | Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt | Isham Jones, Marty Symes | 6:31 |
11 | The One Before This | Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt | Gene Ammons | 7:10 |
12 | Autumn Leaves | Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt | Jacques Prévert, Joseph Kosma | 6:33 |