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Prestige

Twisting The Jug

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Recorded1963
LabelPrestige
CatalogPRLP-7238
Released1963
Personnel9 credited players
Discogsmaster 655258

The record

Ammons's tenor set against Brother Jack McDuff's organ, with Joe Newman's trumpet added to the front line and Ray Barretto's congas alongside Walter Perkins's drums. Six tracks, 'Satin Doll', 'Moten Swing' and 'Stormy Monday Blues' among them. Van Gelder engineered; Don Schlitten handled both design and photography. Prestige PRLP-7238, mono, 1963.

Tracks

  1. Twisting The Jug
  2. Born To Be Blue
  3. Satin Doll
  4. Moten Swing
  5. Stormy Monday Blues
  6. Down The Line

Session personnel

  • Wendell Marshall — Bass
  • Ray Barretto — Congas
  • Don Schlitten — Design, Photography
  • Walter Perkins — Drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder — Engineer
  • Elliot Mazer — Liner Notes
  • Brother Jack McDuff — Organ
  • Gene Ammons — Tenor Saxophone
  • Joe Newman — Trumpet

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

1963Prestige · PRLP-7238 — Vinyl LP Album Mono earliest on file
1963Prestige · PRLP-7238 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · RVG stamp
Prestige · 7238 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono · RVG stamp; laminated sleeve
Prestige · PRST 7238 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo · RVG stamp
Prestige · 7238 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono · RVG stamp
1962Prestige · 45-214 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM
1962Prestige · 45-214 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Promo
1963Prestige · 7238 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo

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