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The Boss Is Back! is an album by saxophonist Gene Ammons recorded in 1969 and released on the Prestige label. Gene Ammons contributed the three originals The Jungle Boss, Tastin’ The Jug and Madame Queen to the six set session.

The compositions are tracked on the album in order:

    1. The Jungle Boss
    2. I Wonder
    3. Feeling Good
    4. Tastin’ the Jug
    5. Here’s That Rainy Day
    6. Madame Queen

Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, tracks 1, 2 & 4-6 were laid down on November 10, 1969 and track 3 on November 11, 1969.

Tenor saxophonist Gene Ammons enlisted the talents of Prince James, Houston Person on tenor saxophone on track 1, Junior Mance on piano on tracks 1, 2 & 4-6, organist Sonny Phillips on track 3, Buster Williams on bass on tracks 1, 2 & 4-6, electric bassist Bob Bushnell on track 3, drummers Frankie Jones on tracks 1, 2 & 4-6 and Bernard Purdie on track 3 and Candido playing congas on tracks 1, 2 & 4-6.

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The Amazing Shoichi Yui is a compilation album of songs recorded on the Blue Note label that was released in 1985.

There are only two tracks on the album with Side One being The Golden Age Of Modern Jazz with 25 songs and Side Two Jazz In Transition with 18 songs. Included is commentary by Shoichi Oilai and numerous performances of songs like Night Dreamer, Maiden Voyage, Old Devil Moon and Moanin for example.

Some of the musicians on this 42 song compilation include Sonny Rollins, Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, Cecil Taylor, John Coltrane, Andrew Hill, Cecil Taylor, Eric Dolphy, Cannonball Adderley, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock and Kenny Drew, among others.

Commentary is in Japanese but to listen to excerpts of the music copy and paste this link in browser: https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm19249586

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Cedar! is the debut album by pianist Cedar Walton released on the Prestige label and recorded on July 10, 1967 in New York City. The session was produced by Don Sclitten and engineered by Richard Alderson.

Of the six songs recorded, four were composed by Cedar Walton. My Ship by Ira Gershwin & Kurt Weill, and Come Sunday by Duke Ellington. The Bonus track of Take The “A” Train by Billy Strayhorn was added on the CD reissue.

The tracks were recorded in the following order:

  1. Turquoise Twice
  2. Twilight Waltz
  3. My Ship
  4. Short Stuff
  5. Head and Shoulders
  6. Come Sunday
  7. Take the “A” Train

Pianist Cedar Walton brought in a stellar group of musicians that included trumpeter Kenny Dorham on tracks 1, 2 & 5-7, tenor saxophone Junior Cook on tracks 1, 5 & 6, Leroy Vinnegar on bass and rounding out the quintet was drummer Billy Higgins.

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Toon Van Vliet ‘57 was recorded by tenor saxophonist Toon Van Vliet in Holland. Coming up in the postwar scene and emulating a flat, raspy sound of some American soul jazz players of the era, he is heard here working here with pianist Pim Jacobs, bassist Ruud Jacobs and drummer John Engels.

The album has four songs and is a lively swing set that includes the compositions Avilla & Tequilla, Airegin, St. Thomas and Yesterdays. Though relatively short in its playing length, lasting a mere 17 minutes and 29 seconds with two songs on either side, the saxophonist begins with a Hank Mobley composition, followed with two by Sonny Rollins and ends with Jerome Kern.

Recorded on September 15, 1957 originally on BVHaast Records 059 and reissued from recordings licensed by the Dutch National Jazz Archives. The liner notes were penned by Wim Van Eyle.

As there are no available recordings of this album’s songs, and the fact that the following recording of Rollins’ Oleo does not appear on this particular album though the artwork is the same, one can still get a sense of Toon’s playing.

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Lucky Strikes is an album led by saxophonist Lucky Thompson recorded on September 15, 1964 at the Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. The session was produced by Don Schlitten as well as the cover design and photograph. The album was originally released in 1965 on the Prestige label.

Eight songs made up the 39 minutes and 25 seconds playing time with all compositions by Lucky Thompson except In a Sentimental Mood (Ellington & Mills), Fly With the Wind, Mid-Nite Oil, Reminiscent, Mumba Neua, I Forgot to Remember, Prey-Loot and Invitation (Bronisław Kaper)

The quartet was comprised of Lucky Thompson – tenor and soprano saxophone, Hank Jones/piano, Richard Davis/bass, and Connie Kay/drums.

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