Gene Ammons, Dodo Marmarosa - Jug and Dodo (APE+CUE)

Gene Ammons, Dodo Marmarosa - Jug and Dodo (APE+CUE)



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This CD (which completely reissues a double LP with the same title) is a bit unusual for it teams together the great tenor Gene Ammons with the very talented (but now obscure) bop pianist Dodo Marmarosa whose mental problems kept him from pursuing his career. Actually Ammons is only half of this set (which also includes bassist Sam Jones and drummer Marshall Thompson) but Marmarosa is in top form; it's strange that the music was not released for the first time until the mid-'70s. This historical curiosity contains plenty of hard-swinging performances (including two versions apiece of "Yardbird Suite" and "Falling in Love with Love") and is worth picking up.



Personnel: Gene Ammons (ts) Dodo Marmarosa (p) Sam Jones (b) Marshall Thompson (d)



Track Listing:

01 Georgia

02 For You

03 You're Driving Me Crazy

04 Where or When

05 The Song Is You

06 Just Friends

07 Yardbird Suite [Take 1]

08 Yardbird Suite [Take 2]

09 I Remember You

10 Bluzarumba

11 The Moody Blues

12 Falling in Love With Love [Take 1]

13 Falling in Love With Love [Take 2]

14 The Very Thought of You