Angel Eyes is an album by saxophonist Gene Ammons compiling sessions recorded in 1960 and 1962 and released on the Prestige label in 1965.
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with its review by Scott Yanow stating, "Music from two different occasions are combined on this CD reissue... The latter set was one of Ammons' final ones before serving a long prison sentence (drug-related), yet his interpretations are full of optimism. Recommended".
Track listing
- "Gettin' Around" (Gene Ammons) â 6:46
- "Blue Room" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) â 5:34
- "You Go to My Head" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) â 5:55
- "Angel Eyes" (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis) â 8:45
- "Water Jug" (Frank Wess) â 5:10
- "It's the Talk of the Town" (Jerry Livingston, Al J. Neiburg, Marty Symes) â 4:15
Note
- Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs New Jersey on June 17, 1960 (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 5) and September 5, 1962 (tracks 3 & 6)
Personnel
- Gene Ammons â tenor saxophone
- Frank Wess â flute, (tracks 1, 2 and 4) â tenor saxophone, (track 5)
- Johnny "Hammond" Smith â organ (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 5)
- Mal Waldron (tracks 3 & 6) â piano
- Doug Watkins (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 5), Wendell Marshall (tracks 3 & 6) â bass
- Art Taylor (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 5), Ed Thigpen (tracks 3 & 6) â drums
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