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Groovin' With Jug

CD (Item 514539) Pacific Jazz/Capitol, 1961 — Condition: Used
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Richard Groove Holmes & Gene Ammons — Groovin' With Jug ... LP 6.99
Quite an unusual date – both for the players, who are normally more at home on Prestige Records – and for the Pacific Jazz label, who were then a cornerstone of west coast cool jazz! That setting doesn't keep the album from being a killer, though – as Gene Ammons wails away on tenor, next to some lean, clean work on Hammond from the young Groove Holmes – who's already at his rhythmic best, and getting help here from Gene Edwards on guitar and Leroy Henderson on drums! Most tracks are nice and long – half recorded live, half in the studio – and titles include "Morris The Minor", "Good Vibrations", "Hey You What's That", and "Groovin' With Jug".  © 1996-2024, Dusty Groove, Inc.

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