Prestige

Late Hour Special

Gene Ammons

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Recorded	1964
Label	Prestige
Catalog	PR 7287
Released	1964
Personnel	15 credited players
Discogs	master 442723

The record

Three tenors on the credits -- Ammons, George Barrow, Red Holloway -- with Oliver Nelson's alto and Robert Ashton's baritone under trumpets from Clark Terry and Hobart Dotson. Two bassists and two drummers are listed, plus two pianists, Patti Bown and Richard Wyands. Prestige PR 7287, mono, Dan Morgenstern on the notes. Section weight behind the tenor on 'Makin' Whoopee' and 'Lullaby Of The Leaves.'

Tracks

The Party's Over
I Want To Be Loved
Things Ain't What They Used To Br
Lascivious
Makin' Whoopee
Soft Winds
Lullaby Of The Leaves

Session personnel

Oliver Nelson — Alto Saxophone
Robert Ashton — Baritone Saxophone
George Duvivier — Bass
Wendell Marshall — Bass
Don Schlitten — Design
Bill English — Drums
Walter Perkins — Drums
Dan Morgenstern — Liner Notes [Notes]
Patti Bown — Piano
Richard Wyands — Piano
Gene Ammons — Tenor Saxophone
George Barrow — Tenor Saxophone
Red Holloway — Tenor Saxophone
Clark Terry — Trumpet
Hobart Dotson — Trumpet

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

1964	Prestige · PR 7287 — Vinyl LP Album Mono earliest on file
1964	Prestige · PR 7287 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · RVG stamp
1964	Prestige · PR 7287 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · RVG stamp
1997	Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-942-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
1997	Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-942-2 — CD, Album