The LP featured Gene Ammons (ts), Tommy Flanagan (p), Doug Watkins (b), Art Taylor (d) and Ray Barretto (congas).
Canadian Sunset would become a jukebox jazz hit. Hittin' the Jug and Blue Ammons were Ammons originals.
The beauty of Gene Jug" Ammons was his bossy sound on ballads, blues and up-tempo tunes. His tone completely fills the space and he confidently zig-zags around a song, offering a clipped bark on the saxophone or laying down a long stream of improvisation.
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