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The Feeling of Jazz – Spotlight on Gene Ammons

American jazz tenor saxophonist Eugene "Jug" Ammons.

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The Feeling of Jazz, Hour-2, 08-25-2019

The Feeling of Jazz, program No. 360 airing August 25, 2019 featured a spotlight on American jazz tenor saxophonist Eugene "Jug" Ammons (April 14, 1925 – August 6, 1974) in music presented by Kent Lindquist, while co-host Alan Corns featured music from Chubby Jackson, Dexter Gordon, Bobby Gordon and more. Engineered by Dave Woodworth.
 

8 p.m. Hour – Music by Title, Artist, Album (Record Label), Composer, Time Length
 

1. Twisting The Jug, Gene Ammons, Twisting The Jug (Fantasy), Gene Ammons, 4:38 min.
2. Hot Dog, Chubby Jackson Big Band, Chubby Jackson Big Band featuring Gerry Mulligan (Fantasy), Zoot Sims, 3:23 min.
3. Hi Ruth!, Gene Ammons, The Black Cat (Prestige), Gene Ammons, 5:05 min.
4. Very Saxily Yours, Dexter Gordon, Gettin' Around (Blue Note), Dexter Gordon, 6:52 min.
5. It's The Talk of the Town, Gene Ammons, Angel Eyes (compilation), Livingston-Neiberg, 4:15 min.
6. Road To Morocco, Bobby Gordon, Bobby Gordon Plays Bing (Arbors Records), Burke-Van Heusen, 4:42 min.
7. I Remember You, Gene Ammons, (Orig. LP: Nice and Cool), Mercer-Schertzinger, 4:21 min.
8. If I Had You, Coleman Hawkins, Timeless Jazz (Fresh Sound), Campbell-Connelly-Shapiro, 4:35 min.
9. If I Had You, Flip Phillips, Flip Wails (Verve), Campbell-Connelly-Shapiro, 3:03 min.
10. Up Tight, Gene Ammons, Up Tight (Fantasy), Gene Ammons, 3:32 min.
 
 

9 p.m. Hour – Music by Title, Artist, Album (Record Label), Composer, Time Length

 

1. C Jam Blues, Statesmen of Jazz, Statesmen of jazz (Arbors Recorda), Duke Ellington, 6:32 min.
2. Hittin' The Jug, Gene Ammons-Richard "Groove" Holmes, Groovin' with Jug (Pacific jazz), Gene Ammons, 7:20 min.
3. Headache, Stan Getz-Lionel Hampton, Hamp And Getz (Verve), (unknown), 5:07 min.
4. I Sold My Heart to the junkman, Gene Ammons, Up Tight (Fantasy), Rene', 4:30 min.
5. Kelly's Blues, Oscar Peterson Trio, Saturday Night at the Blue Note (Telarc), Oscar Peterson, 11:57 min.
6. It Could happen to You, Gene Ammons, Live! in Chicago (Prestige-Fantasy), Burke-Van Heusen, 4;17 min.
7. Perkin;, The Five, The Five (RCA), Shorty Rogers, 2:35 min.
8. Things Ain't What They Used to Be, Gene Ammons, Late Hour Special, Duke Ellington, 4:26 min.