We'll Be Together Again (1961) ( )

Product Summary Label: Fantasy/original Jazz Classics UPC: 00025218670821 Release Date: 12/26/1991 Buy.com Sku: 60071186 Item#: MCRWKP Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Red Sails In The Sunset ~ Gene Ammons/Sonny Stitt 2. But Not For Me ~ Gene Ammons/Sonny Stitt 3. Pair Of Red Pants, A ~ Gene Ammons/Sonny Stitt 4. We'll Be Together Again ~ Gene Ammons/Sonny Stitt 5. Mess, A ~ Gene Ammons/Sonny Stitt 6. New Blues Up And Down ~ Gene Ammons/Sonny Stitt 7. My Foolish Heart ~ Gene Ammons/Sonny Stitt 8. Water Jug ~ Gene Ammons/Sonny Stitt 9. Autumn Leaves ~ Gene Ammons/Sonny Stitt 10. Time On My Hands ~ Gene Ammons/Sonny Stitt (P) 1969 Prestige Records, Inc. (C) 1991 Fantasy, Inc.   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Personnel: Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone); Sonny Stitt (alto & tenor saxophones); John Houston (piano); Buster Williams (bass); George Brown (drums). Recorded in Chicago, Illinois on August 26, 1961. Originally released on Prestige (7606). Includes liner notes by Mark Gardner. Digital remastered by Phil De Lancie (1991, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California). Tenor saxophonists Ammons and Stitt first played together in Billy Eckstine's band in the '40s. The two musicians went their separate ways but frequently worked together throughout the '50s and into the '60s. This set was recorded in the summer of 1961, a year before Ammons began serving a lengthy prison sentence for a narcotics conviction. During Ammons' long absence in the '60s, the Prestige label continued to release new works they had stockpiled. WE'LL BE TOGETHER AGAIN was one such releases, with the title making reference to Ammons' pending release. Ammons and Stitt have an easy confidence that allows them to swing with gentle vigor or emote deeply on slow ballads. George & Ira Gershwin's "But Not For Me" is a showcases the former, while the standard "Autumn Leaves" is a fine example of the latter. A trio of pianist John Houston, bassist Buster Williams, and drummer George Brown accompanies the two saxophonists. The album finds both Ammons and Stitt in fine form and is highly recommended.   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 : 02/17/1992 Original Release Date : 1961 Catalog ID : 708 Label : Original Jazz Classics Number of Discs : 1 Runtime : 41m : 0s Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : AAD UPC : 00025218670821    Product Image