Left Bank Encores (Live) (2002)

Product Summary Label: Fantasy/milestone/prestige UPC: 00025218312226 Release Date: 7/30/2002 Buy.com Sku: 60565131 Item#: MRH95F Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Just In Time ~ Gene Ammons/Sonny Stitt 2. They Can't Take That Away From Me ~ Gene Ammons/Sonny Stitt 3. Theme From Love Story ~ Gene Ammons/Sonny Stitt 4. Exactly Like You ~ Gene Ammons/Sonny Stitt 5. Don't Go To Strangers ~ Gene Ammons/Sonny Stitt 6. Autumn Leaves ~ Gene Ammons/Sonny Stitt 7. Blues Up And Down ~ Gene Ammons/Sonny Stitt (P) 2002 Fantasy, Inc. (C) 2002 Fantasy, Inc.   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Personnel: Gene Ammons (alto saxophone); Sonny Stitt (alto & tenor saxophones); Etta Jones (vocals); Cedar Walton (piano); Sam Jones (bass); Billy Higgins (drums). Recorded live at the Famous Ballroom, Baltimore, Maryland on June 24, 1973. Includes liner notes by Scott Yanow. All tracks have been digitally remastered. Personnel: Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone); Etta Jones (vocals); Sonny Stitt (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Cedar Walton (piano); Billy Higgins (drums). Liner Note Author: Scott Yanow . Recording information: Famous Ballroom, Baltimore, MD (06/24/1973). Editor: David Luke. Photographer: Don Schlitten. On June 24, 1973, Baltimore's Left Bank Jazz Society reunited one of the most legendary tenor teams of the bebop era: Gene "Jug" Ammons and Sonny Stitt. Like Dexter Gordon and Wardell Gray, Jug and Stitt were on the same team -- the bop team -- but loved to compete with one another and see who had the mightiest chops. That was in the late '40s and early '50s -- when the saxmen were reunited at that Baltimore concert in 1973, they weren't as competitive and battle-minded as they had been in their younger days. But their chops were still in top shape, and they could still swing unapologetically hard. Thankfully, that Baltimore gig was taped, although the performances went unreleased until the early '00s, when they became the focus of two Milestone releases: God Bless Jug and Sonny in 2001 and Left Bank Encores in 2002. This solid CD finds Ammons and Stitt providing an inspired two-tenor attack on material that ranges from "Blues Up and Down" to "Autumn Leaves" and "Just in Time"; only on "They Can't Take That Away from Me" does Stitt switch to alto. Guest vocalist Etta James is in fine form on "Exactly Like You" and her signature tune "Don't Go to Strangers," and the all-star rhythm section (pianist Cedar Walton, bassist Sam Jones, and drummer Billy Higgins) takes over on "Theme from Love Story" (which gives the saxophonists a chance to lay out). "Theme from Love Story" is a tune that most jazzmen wouldn't think to perform, but it works well for the lyrical Walton. Like God Bless Jug and Sonny, Left Bank Encores falls short of essential, but is an enjoyable disc that Ammons and Stitt's hardcore fans will appreciate. ~ Alex Henderson Producer: Eric Miller Engineer: Vernon Welsh Musical Guests Etta Jones Billy Higgins Sam Jones Cedar Walton   Compilation Appearances Savoy At 60 Prestige Profiles R&b Jukebox Hits 1947 1 Jazz Number 1's Very Best Of Prestige (Prestige 60Th   Associated Artists and Works Brother Jack Meets The Boss ~ Burrell, Kenny Green, Bennie Green, Bennie (Trombone) Marmarosa, Dodo Brother Jack Meets The Boss ~ McDuff, Jack McDuff, Jack Tenor Giants ~ Webster, Ben   Technical Info Release Date : 07/30/2002 Original Release Date : 2002 Catalog ID : 11022 Label : Prestige Records Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Live Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00025218312226    Related Videos Randy Jackson: Randy Jack...