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This article is about the album by Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt recorded in 1961. For the album by Gene Ammons recorded in 1960, see Boss Tenor.
Boss Tenors
Studio album by
Sonny Stitt and Gene Ammons
Released1961
RecordedAugust 27, 1961
Chicago, Illinois
GenreJazz
Length38:36
LabelVerve
V/V6 8426
ProducerCreed Taylor
Sonny Stitt chronology
Dig Him!
(1961) 		Boss Tenors
(1961) 		Stitt Meets Brother Jack
(1962)
Gene Ammons chronology
Dig Him!
(1961) 		Boss Tenors
(1961) 		Just Jug
(1961)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Down Beat[2]

Boss Tenors (subtitled Straight Ahead from Chicago August 1961) is an album by saxophonists Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt recorded in Chicago in 1961 and originally released on the Verve label.[3]

Reception

The Allmusic review stated "Tenor saxophonists Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt co-led a small group in 1950, and this follow-up, taped in the studio in 1961, finds the two picking up where they left off".[1]

Track listing

  1. "Blues Up and Down" (Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt) - 8:47
  2. "Counter Clockwise" (Sonny Stitt) - 9:38
  3. "There Is No Greater Love" (Isham Jones, Marty Symes) - 6:30
  4. "The One Before This" (Gene Ammons) - 7:09
  5. "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert) - 6:32

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b Dryden, K. Allmusic Review accessed December 10, 2012
  2. ^ Down Beat: February 15, 1962 vol. 29, no. 4
  3. ^ Gene Ammons discography accessed December 10, 2012
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