''Twisting the Jug'' is an album by saxophonist Gene Ammons with trumpeter Joe Newman and organist Jack McDuff recorded in 1961 and released on the

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review stated: "Gene Ammons' 1961 session ''Twistin' the Jug'' features not only the powerhouse tenor playing at the top of his form, but a killer set of sidemen... this is a fun, listenable early soul-jazz session featuring two of the greats of the field".Mason, S
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Track listing

''All compositions by Gene Ammons, except where indicated.'' # "Twistin' the Jug" – 4:40 # "Born to Be Blue" ( Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) – 7:20 # "

Satin Doll "Satin Doll" is a jazz standard written by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. Written in 1953, the song has been recorded by Ella Fitzgerald, 101 Strings, Terry Callier, and Nancy Wilson. Its chord progressio ...

" ( Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Billy Strayhorn) – 6:46 # "

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Bennie Moten Benjamin Moten (November 13, 1893 – April 2, 1935) was an American jazz pianist and band leader born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. He led his Kansas City Orchestra, the most important of the regional, blues-based orchest ...

, Buster Moten) – 4:59 # "

Stormy Monday "Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just as Bad)" (commonly referred to as "Stormy Monday") is a song written and recorded by American blues electric guitar pioneer T-Bone Walker. It is a slow twelve-bar blues performed in the West Coast blu ...

" (Bob Crowder, Billy Eckstine, Earl Hines) – 8:42 # "Down the Line" – 5:43

Personnel

* Gene Ammons –

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...

* Joe Newman –

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

* Jack McDuff – organ * Wendell Marshall – bass * Walter Perkins – drums * Ray Barretto – congas

References

{{Authority control 1961 albums Prestige Records albums Gene Ammons albums Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio