Gene Ammons - Blowing the Blues Away 1944-1947 (2001)

Tracklist

01. Blowing the Blues Away (Eckstine-Valentine) - 3:09
02. Love Me or Leave Me (Donaldson-Kahn) - 4:17
03. I Love the Rhythm in a Riff (Eckstine-Valentine) - 2:51
04. Second Balcony Jump (Eckstine-Valentine) - 2:55
05. Oo Bop Sh'Bam (Gillespie-Fuller) - 3:04
06. Concentration (Hampton-Kynard) - 3:04
07. Red Top (Hampton-Kynard) - 3:13
08. Idaho (Stone) - 2:48
09. Shufflin' the Boogie (Young-Sherman) - 3:06
10. S.P. Blues (Young) - 2:37
11. McDonald's Sprout (McDonald Jr.) - 2:42
12. Hold That Money (Coleman-Bernard) - 2:26
13. Shermanski (Daniels) - 2:45
14. Harold the Fox (Ammons) - 2:20
15. Jeet Jet (Salim) - 2:36
16. Odd-En-Dow (Salim) - 2:59
17. Blowing the Family Jewels (Salim) - 2:27
18. Sugar Coated (Salim) - 2:55
19. Dues in Blues (Salim) - 2:49

Recorded in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago between 1944 & 1947.

personnel :

Gene Ammons - tenor saxophone
Earl Coleman, Billy Eckstine - vocals
Ike Perkins, Connie Wainwright - guitar
Ernest McDonald - alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
John Cobbs, Norris Turney, Sonny Stitt, Bill Frazier, Budd Johnson - alto saxophone
Dexter Gordon, Arthur Simmons, John Jackson - tenor saxophone
Leo Parker - baritone saxophone
Boonie Hazel, Dizzy Gillespie, Leonard Hawkins, Fats Navarro, Gail Brockman, Shorty McConnell, Hobart Dotson, King Kolax, Miles Davis - trumpet
Robert Scott , Walter Knox, Howard H. Scott - trombone
James Craig, Jim Golden, Junior Mance, Albert Ammons, John Malachi - piano
Tommy Potter, Bill McMahon, Gene Wright - bass
Chuck Williams, Alvin Burroughs, Art Blakey - drums