Left Bank Encores Explained

Left Bank Encores
Type:Live album
Artist:Sonny Stitt and Gene Ammons
Cover:Left Bank Encores.jpg
Released:2002
Recorded:June 24, 1973
Venue:Left Bank Jazz Society at the Famous Ballroom, Baltimore, Maryland
Genre:Jazz
Length:73:15
Label:Prestige
PRCD 11022
Producer:Eric Miller
Chronology:Gene Ammons
Prev Title:God Bless Jug and Sonny
Prev Year:1973
Next Title:Gene Ammons and Friends at Montreux
Next Year:1973

Left Bank Encores is a live album by saxophonists Sonny Stitt and Gene Ammons recorded in Baltimore in 1973 and released on the Prestige label in 2002.[1] The album was recorded at the same concert that produced God Bless Jug and Sonny.

Reception

The Allmusic review stated "when the saxmen were reunited at that Baltimore concert in 1973, they weren't as competitive and battle-minded as they had been in their younger days. But their chops were still in top shape, and they could still swing unapologetically hard... Like God Bless Jug and Sonny, Left Bank Encores falls short of essential, but is an enjoyable disc that Ammons and Stitt's hardcore fans will appreciate".[2]

Track listing

  1. Just in Time" (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) – 9:08
  2. "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 11:31
  3. "Theme from Love Story" (Francis Lai, Carl Sigman) – 9:39
  4. "Exactly Like You" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 6:56
  5. "Don't Go to Strangers" (Redd Evans, Arthur Kent, Dave Mann) – 6:04
  6. "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert) – 15:52
  7. "Blues Up and Down" (Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt) – 14:05

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/gene-ammons/catalog/#prestige-prcd-11022-2 Gene Ammons discography
  2. Henderson, A. Allmusic Review accessed December 19, 2012