Jug & Dodo

Jug & Dodo
Studio album by
Gene Ammons and Dodo Marmarosa
Released1972
RecordedMay 4, 1962
Chicago, Illinois
GenreJazz
Length70:00
LabelsPrestige
PR 24021
Gene Ammons chronology
Preachin'
(1962)		 Jug & Dodo
(1972)		 Velvet Soul
(1960–62)
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Jug & Dodo is a 1972 double album featuring pianist Dodo Marmarosa and saxophonist Gene Ammons. It was recorded in 1962, but was not released until ten years later, on the Prestige label.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "This historical curiosity contains plenty of hard-swinging performances and is worth picking up".

Track listing

  1. "Georgia" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) - 5:35
  2. "For You" (Johnny Burke, Al Dubin) - 4:26
  3. "You're Driving Me Crazy" (Walter Donaldson) - 6:48
  4. "Where or When" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 6:57
  5. "The Song Is You" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 7:36
  6. "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) - 5:20
  7. "Yardbird Suite" [take 1] (Charlie Parker) - 3:54
  8. "Yardbird Suite" [take 2] (Parker) - 4:23
  9. "I Remember You" (Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger) - 3:45
  10. "Bluzarumba" (Gene Ammons) - 3:34
  11. "The Moody Blues" (Dodo Marmarosa) - 4:13
  12. "Falling in Love with Love" [take 1] (Hart, Rodgers) - 4:56
  13. "Falling in Love With Love" (Hart, Rodgers) - 3:38
  14. "The Very Thought of You" (Ray Noble) - 4:02

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed December 12, 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 12, 2012