Originally released by Prestige while tenor saxophonist Gene Ammons was serving a long prison sentence for possession of drugs (the label effectively kept Ammons' name alive by regularly coming out with "new" material), this album was reissued on CD in 1997.
The distinctive tenor is heard on three numbers with a quartet/quintet also including pianist Patti Bown, bassist George Duvivier, drummer Walter Perkins, and sometimes Ray Barretto on conga, and on four cuts as part of a ten-piece group arranged by Oliver Nelson.
Flugelhornist Clark Terry gets a couple of choruses on "Things Ain't What They Used to Be," and Bown has several solos, but Ammons is the main star throughout.
In addition to performing his own "Lascivious" (a blues), he sticks to standards, infusing each tune with soul and swing.
A fine outing, although with brief (35 & 1/2 minutes) playing time.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Party's OverBetty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne | Gene Ammons | Play | 05:47 | 13 MB | 33 MB |
| 2 | I Want to Be Loved (But by Only You)Savannah Churchill | Gene Ammons | Play | 04:02 | 9 MB | 21 MB |
| 3 | Lascivious | Gene Ammons | Play | 04:31 | 10 MB | 25 MB |
| 4 | Makin' WhoopeeWalter Donaldson, Gus Kahn | Gene Ammons | Play | 05:05 | 11 MB | 31 MB |
| 5 | Soft WindsBenny Goodman | Gene Ammons | Play | 05:52 | 13 MB | 33 MB |
| 6 | Lullaby of the LeavesBernice Petkere, Joe Young | Gene Ammons | Play | 05:34 | 12 MB | 36 MB |
| 30 mins | 70 MB | |||||
| 30 mins | 182 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gene Ammons | Primary Artist, Sax (Tenor) |
| 2 | Bob Ashton | Sax (Baritone) |
| 3 | Ray Barretto | Congas, Guest Artist |
| 4 | George Barrow | Sax (Tenor) |
| 5 | Patti Bown | Piano |
| 6 | Savannah Churchill | Composer |
| 7 | Betty Comden | Composer |
| 8 | Walter Donaldson | Composer |
| 9 | Hobart Dotson | Trumpet |
| 10 | George Duvivier | Bass, Guest Artist |
| 11 | Esmond Edwards | Producer, Supervisor |
| 12 | Mercer Ellington | Composer |
| 13 | Billy Gene English | Drums |
| 14 | Benny Goodman | Composer |
| 15 | Adolph Green | Composer |
| 16 | Red Holloway | Guest Artist, Sax (Tenor) |
| 17 | Gus Kahn | Composer |
| 18 | Wendell Marshall | Bass |
| 19 | Dan Morgenstern | Liner Notes |
| 20 | Oliver Nelson | Arranger, Conductor, Guest Artist, Sax (Alto) |
| 21 | Walter Perkins | Drums |
| 22 | Ted Persons | Composer |
| 23 | Bernice Petkere | Composer |
| 24 | Jule Styne | Composer |
| 25 | Joe Tarantino | Remastering |
| 26 | Clark Terry | Guest Artist, Trumpet |
| 27 | Rudy Van Gelder | Engineer |
| 28 | Richard Wyands | Guest Artist, Piano |
| 29 | Joe Young | Composer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |