The Black Cat!
1971 studio album by Gene Ammons
The Black Cat! | ||||
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Studio album by Gene Ammons | ||||
Released | 1971 | |||
Recorded | November 11, 1970 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 34:34 | |||
Label | Prestige PR 10006 | |||
Producer | Bob Porter | |||
Gene Ammons chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [2] |
The Black Cat! is an album by saxophonist Gene Ammons, recorded in 1970 and released on the Prestige label.[3]
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with its review by Stewart Mason stating, "One of Gene Ammons' best late-period albums, 1970's Black Cat is a bluesy, low-key album and a comparative anomaly: a primarily acoustic soul-jazz album! Ammons was experimenting heavily with the amplified, feedback-laced electric saxophone during this period, but for Black Cat he sticks to his familiar unamplified tenor, playing raunchy gutbucket lines".[1]
Track listing
All compositions by Gene Ammons except where noted.
- "The Black Cat" (George Freeman) – 5:36
- "Long Long Time" (Gary White) – 4:31
- "Piece to Keep Away Evil Spirits" – 7:49
- "Jug Eyes" – 8:10
- "Something" (George Harrison) – 3:20
- "Hi Ruth!" – 5:08
Personnel
- Gene Ammons – tenor saxophone
- Harold Mabern – piano, electric piano
- George Freeman – guitar
- Ron Carter – bass
- Idris Muhammad – drums
- Unidentified violins arranged by Bill Fischer (tracks 2 & 5)
References
- v
- t
- e
- All Star Sessions
- The Happy Blues
- Jammin' with Gene
- Funky
- Jammin' in Hi Fi with Gene Ammons
- The Big Sound
- Groove Blues
- Blue Gene
- The Swingin'est
- Boss Tenor
- Nice an' Cool
- Jug
- Dig Him!
- Boss Tenors
- Just Jug
- Up Tight!
- Boss Soul!
- Twisting the Jug
- Brother Jack Meets the Boss
- Boss Tenors in Orbit!
- Soul Summit
- Soul Summit Vol. 2
- Late Hour Special
- The Soulful Moods of Gene Ammons
- Blue Groove
- Preachin'
- Jug & Dodo
- Velvet Soul
- Angel Eyes
- Sock!
- Bad! Bossa Nova
- The Boss Is Back!
- Brother Jug!
- Night Lights
- The Black Cat!
- You Talk That Talk!
- My Way
- Free Again
- Got My Own
- Big Bad Jug
- Brasswind
- Together Again for the Last Time
- Goodbye