The Boss Is Back! Explained

The Boss Is Back!
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Gene Ammons
Cover:	The Boss Is Back!.jpg
Released:	1969
Recorded:	November 10 & 11, 1969
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	39:40
Label:	Prestige PR 7739
Producer:	Bob Porter
Chronology:	Gene Ammons
Prev Title:	Bad! Bossa Nova
Prev Year:	1962
Next Title:	Brother Jug!
Next Year:	1969

The Boss Is Back! is an album by saxophonist Gene Ammons recorded in 1969 and released on the Prestige label.^[1]

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with its review by Scott Yanow stating, "The executives at Prestige must have been felt ecstatic when they heard Gene Ammons first play after his release from a very severe seven-year jail sentence. The great tenor proved to still be in his prime, his huge sound was unchanged and he was hungry to make new music... Ammons shows that he had not forgotten how to jam the blues either".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Gene Ammons except where noted.

1. "The Jungle Boss" (Gene Ammons, Junior Mance) – 5:36
2. "I Wonder" (Cecil Gant, Raymond Leveen) – 7:59
3. "Feeling Good" (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) – 5:42
4. "Tastin' the Jug" – 7:28
5. "Here's That Rainy Day" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 6:07
6. "Madame Queen" – 6:48

Note

• Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on November 10 (tracks 1, 2 & 4-6) and November 11 (track 3), 1969

Personnel

• Gene Ammons – tenor saxophone
• Prince James, Houston Person – tenor saxophone (track 1)
• Junior Mance – piano (tracks 1, 2 & 4-6)
• Sonny Phillips organ (track 3)
• Buster Williams – bass (tracks 1, 2 & 4-6)
• Bob Bushnell – electric bass (track 3)
• Frankie Jones (tracks 1, 2 & 4-6), Bernard Purdie (track 3) – drums
• Candido – congas (tracks 1, 2 & 4-6)

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/gene-ammons/catalog/#prestige-pr-7739 Gene Ammons discography
2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed December 12, 2012