The Black Cat!

The Black Cat!
The Black Cat!
Studio album by Gene Ammons
Released	1971
Recorded	November 11, 1970
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	34:34
Label	Prestige; PR 10006
Producer	Bob Porter
Gene Ammons chronology

The Black Cat! is an album by saxophonist Gene Ammons, recorded in 1970 and released on the Prestige label.^[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[2]

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with its review by Stewart Mason stating, "One of Gene Ammons' best late-period albums, 1970's Black Cat is a bluesy, low-key album and a comparative anomaly: a primarily acoustic soul-jazz album! Ammons was experimenting heavily with the amplified, feedback-laced electric saxophone during this period, but for Black Cat he sticks to his familiar unamplified tenor, playing raunchy gutbucket lines".^[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Gene Ammons except where noted.

"The Black Cat" (George Freeman) – 5:36
"Long Long Time" (Gary White) – 4:31
"Piece to Keep Away Evil Spirits" – 7:49
"Jug Eyes" – 8:10
"Something" (George Harrison) – 3:20
"Hi Ruth!" – 5:08

Personnel

Gene Ammons – tenor saxophone
Harold Mabern – piano, electric piano
George Freeman – guitar
Ron Carter – bass
Idris Muhammad – drums
Unidentified violins arranged by Bill Fischer (tracks 2 & 5)

References

^ ^a ^b Mason, S. Allmusic Review, accessed December 17, 2012
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 9. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Gene Ammons discography accessed December 17, 2012

[Allmusic-1] Mason, S. Allmusic Review, accessed December 17, 2012

[RSJRG-2] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 9. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[3] Gene Ammons discography accessed December 17, 2012

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