Angel Eyes (Gene Ammons album)

Angel Eyes
Studio album by
Gene Ammons
Released1965
RecordedJune 17, 1960, and September 5, 1962
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length36:25
LabelPrestige
PR 7369
ProducerEsmond Edwards
Gene Ammons chronology
Velvet Soul
(1964) 		Angel Eyes
(1965) 		Sock!
(1965)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

Angel Eyes is an album by saxophonist Gene Ammons compiling sessions recorded in 1960 and 1962 and released on the Prestige label in 1965.[4]

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with its review by Scott Yanow stating, "Music from two different occasions are combined on this CD reissue... The latter set was one of Ammons' final ones before serving a long prison sentence (drug-related), yet his interpretations are full of optimism. Recommended".[1]

Track listing

  1. "Gettin' Around" (Gene Ammons) – 6:46
  2. "Blue Room" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 5:34
  3. "You Go to My Head" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 5:55
  4. "Angel Eyes" (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis) – 8:45
  5. "Water Jug" (Frank Wess) – 5:10
  6. "It's the Talk of the Town" (Jerry Livingston, Al J. Neiburg, Marty Symes) – 4:15

Note

  • Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs New Jersey on June 17, 1960 (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 5) and September 5, 1962 (tracks 3 & 6)

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed December 13, 2012
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 9. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
  4. ^ Gene Ammons discography accessed December 13, 2012