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Richard Holmes & Gene Ammons – Groovin’ With Jug

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Ironically, Gene ‘Jug’ Ammons tended to be critical of organists; he was quoted as saying that »organ players don’t know any changes.« However, as critical the Chicago tenor saxman might have been of organists — most of them, anyway — he did some of his best work in their presence. When Ammons united with Jack McDuff, Johnny ‘Hammond’ Smith and other B-3 masters in the ’60s, the sparks would fly. They certainly fly on this excellent album, which finds Ammons and Richard ‘Groove’ Holmes co-leading a soul-jazz/hard bop organ combo that also includes guitarist Gene Edwards and drummer Leroy Henderson.

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The quartet is heard in two settings on August 15, 1961 — three of the eight selections were produced by Richard Bock in a Los Angeles studio in the afternoon, while the other three were recorded several hours later an L.A. club called the Black Orchid. Ammons and Holmes prove to be a strong combination in both settings, although their playing is somewhat looser at the Orchid, where the delights include some slow blues, a smokey ballad (“Willow Weep for Me”) and a lightning-fast barnburner. However critical Ammons might have been of most organists, it’s obvious that he and Holmes share a lot of common ground on “Groovin’ With Jug”.

 

Good Vibrations
Willow Weep For Me
Juggin’ Around
Grovin’ With Jug
Morris the Minor
Hey You, What’s That?

 

Additional information

Weight 0.480 kg
Dimensions 32.0 × 32.0 × 2.0 cm