Sock!
| Sock! | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1965 | |||
| Recorded | November 26, 1954, November 4, 1955, April 13, 1962 and September 5, 1962 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack and Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Prestige PR 7400 | |||
| Gene Ammons chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [2] |
Sock! is an album by saxophonist Gene Ammons compiling sessions recorded between 1954 and 1962 and released on the Prestige label in 1965.[3]
Reception
AllMusic awarded the album 1½ stars with its review by Scott Yanow stating, "Sock! is basically a mess. The ten brief songs are strung together with no thought given to sound or segues, and the material itself is pretty weak". The more modern tracks 1-3 are the best and can be found on the Stranger In Town CD[1]
Track listing
- "Blue Coolade" (Mal Waldron) – 4:11
- "Short Stop" (Waldron) – 3:30
- "They Say You're Laughing at Me" (Jerry Livingston) – 3:59
- "Scam" (Gene Ammons) – 5:35
- "Sock" (Ammons) – 2:45
- "What I Say" – 2:45
- "Count Your Blessings" (Richard Morgan, Edith Temple) – 4:15
- "Cara Mia" (Lee Lange, Tulio Trapani) – 2:50
- "Blues for Turfers" (Edwin Moore) – 3:45
- "Rock Roll" (Chico O'Farrill) – 2:55
- Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey on November 26, 1954 (tracks 5-8) and November 4, 1955 (tracks 9 & 10) and at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs New Jersey on April 13, 1962 (track 4) and September 5, 1962 (tracks 1-3)
Personnel
- Gene Ammons – tenor saxophone
- Nat Howard (tracks 5-8), Nat Woodyard (tracks 9, 10) – trumpet
- Henderson Chambers (tracks 5-8), Edwin Moore (tracks 9, 10) – trombone
- Gene Easton (tracks 5-8), Cecil Payne (tracks 9, 10) – baritone saxophone
- Patti Bown (track 4), John Houston (tracks 5-8), Mal Waldron (tracks 1-3), Lawrence Wheatley (tracks 9, 10) – piano
- George Duvivier (track 4), Wendell Marshall (tracks 1-3), Ernie Shapherd (tracks 9, 10), Ben Stuberville (tracks 5-8) – bass
- George Brown (tracks 5-10), Walter Perkins (track 4), Ed Thigpen (tracks 1-3) – drums
- Etta Jones – vocals (track 4)
References
- ^ 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. pp. 9. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Gene Ammons discography accessed December 12, 2012