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.[4]
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| Released | 1972 | |||
| Recorded | May 4, 1962 Chicago, Illinois | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 70:00 | |||
| Label | Prestige PR 24021 | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
Reception
editThe AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "This historical curiosity contains plenty of hard-swinging performances and is worth picking up".[1]
Track listing
edit- "Georgia" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) - 5:35
- "For You" (Johnny Burke, Al Dubin) - 4:26
- "You're Driving Me Crazy" (Walter Donaldson) - 6:48
- "Where or When" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 6:57
- "The Song Is You" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 7:36
- "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) - 5:20
- "Yardbird Suite" [take 1] (Charlie Parker) - 3:54
- "Yardbird Suite" [take 2] (Parker) - 4:23
- "I Remember You" (Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger) - 3:45
- "Bluzarumba" (Gene Ammons) - 3:34
- "The Moody Blues" (Dodo Marmarosa) - 4:13
- "Falling in Love with Love" [take 1] (Hart, Rodgers) - 4:56
- "Falling in Love With Love" (Hart, Rodgers) - 3:38
- "The Very Thought of You" (Ray Noble) - 4:02
Personnel
edit- Gene Ammons - tenor saxophone (tracks 1–4, 10, 12 & 13)
- Dodo Marmarosa - piano
- Sam Jones - bass
- Marshall Thompson - drums
References
edit- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed December 12, 2012
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 9. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Gene Ammons discography accessed December 12, 2012