Gene Ammons & Dodo Marmarosa - Jug & Dodo (1962)

Gene Ammons & Dodo Marmarosa - Jug & Dodo (1962)

jazz | 1cd | eac-flac-cue-log-cover | 380MB

Prestige

Allmusic:
This CD (which completely reissues a double LP with the same title) is a bit unusual for it teams together the great tenor Gene Ammons with the very talented (but now obscure) bop pianist Dodo Marmarosa whose mental problems kept him from pursuing his career. Actually Ammons is only half of this set (which also includes bassist Sam Jones and drummer Marshall Thompson) but Marmarosa is in top form; it's strange that the music was not released for the first time until the mid-'70s. This historical curiosity contains plenty of hard-swinging performances (including two versions apiece of "Yardbird Suite" and "Falling in Love with Love") and is worth picking up.

Tracks
-01. "Georgia" - Carmichael, Gorrell - 5:35
-02. "For You" - Burke, Dubin - 4:26
-03. "You're Driving Me Crazy" - Donaldson - 6:48
-04. "Where or When" - Hart, Rodgers - 6:57
-05. "The Song Is You" - Hammerstein, Kern - 7:36
-06. "Just Friends" - Klenner, Lewis - 5:20
-07. "Yardbird Suite [Take 1]" - Parker - 3:54
-08. "Yardbird Suite [Take 2]" - Parker - 4:23
-09. "I Remember You" - Mercer, Schertzinger - 3:45
-10. "Bluzarumba" - Ammons - 3:34
-11. "The Moody Blues" - Marmarosa - 4:13
-12. "Falling in Love With Love [Take 2]" - Hart, Rodgers - 4:56
-13. "Falling in Love With Love [Take 2]" - Hart, Rodgers - 3:38
-14. "The Very Thought of You - Noble - 4:02

Personnel
*Gene Ammons - sax
*Dodo Marmarosa - piano
*Sam Jones - bass
*Marshall Thompson - drums

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