Gene Ammons - The Soulful Moods Of Gene Ammons (200g)
Patti Bown, piano
George Duvivier, bass [click here to see more vinyl featuring George Duvivier]
Ed Shaughnessy, drums
1 LP, standard sleeve
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Quality Record Pressings
Label : Analogue Productions
Original Label : Moodsville
Recorded on April 14, 1962 at Rudy Van Gelder Studio by Rudy Van Gelder
Remastered by Kevin Gray
Originally released in 1963
Reissued in 2022
Tracks :
Side A:
- Two Different Worlds
- But Beautiful
- Skylark
- Three Little Words
Side B:
- The Street Of Dreams
- You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
- Under A Blanket of Blue
- I'm Glad There's You
Reviews :
"A companion to Gene Ammons' other release on Moodsville, 1961's Nice 'n Cool, 1963's Soulful Moods of Gene Ammons picks a slightly less familiar batch of ballads (Hoagy Carmichael's "Skylark," for example, or Jimmy Van Heusen's "But Beautiful") but performs them in the same soloist-plus-trio format, with pianist Patti Bown, bassist George Duvivier, and future Tonight Show stalwart Ed Shaughnessy taking on accompanist duties. It's a solid album throughout, with all four players performing well, but there's a certain spark missing in comparison with Nice 'n Cool. In particular, Bown -- who recorded with Ammons many times in the late '50s and '60s -- sounds a little off on this session. Her fills are uncharacteristically distracting, and particularly in tandem with the minimalistic style of Duvivier and Shaughnessy (who on some tracks, particularly the lissome "Under a Blanket of Blue," is playing so softly that he's barely audible), it sounds like she's overplaying. Ammons himself is typically excellent: few tenors in the '60s had his way with a ballad." AllMusic Review by Stewart Mason
Rating:
AllMusic 3,5/5 , Discogs 4.87 / 5