Prestige PRLP 112 · 10-inch LP · 1951

PRLP 112

Gene Ammons Favorites Volume One

Gene Ammons vs. Sonny Stitt

Released: 1951
Tracks: 8

7 more tracks from these dates went to Gene Ammons All Star Sessions
8 more tracks from these dates went to Battle Of The Saxes
1 more track from these dates went to Biggest Soul Hits
4 more tracks from these dates went to Stitt's Bits
4 more tracks from these dates went to Stitt's Bits Vol. 1
3 more tracks from these dates went to Sonny Stitt Favorites Volume One

Who's on it

Gene Ammons – tenor sax
Bill Massey – trumpet
Eph Greenlea – trombone
Sonny Stitt – tenor, baritone sax
Duke Jordan – piano
Tommy Potter – bass
Jo Jones – drums
Bennie Green – trombone
Art Blakey – drums
Gene Wright – bass
Wesley Landers – drums
Matthew Gee – trombone
Charlie Bateman – piano
Junior Mance – piano

The tracks

Side one

1Easy GlideApril 26, 1950 · 88
2When I Dream Of YouQuartet: Gene Ammons, Junior Mance, Gene Wright, Wesley LandersOctober 28, 1950 · 118
3Gravy (as Walkin')April 26, 1950 · 87
4La Vie En RoseJuly 27, 1950 · 102

Side two

1I Can't Give You Anything But LoveQuartet: Gene Ammons, Duke Jordan, Gene Wright, Wesley LandersJune 28, 1950 · 91
2A Lover Is BlueQuartet: Gene Ammons, Junior Mance, Gene Wright, Wesley LandersOctober 28, 1950 · 119
3Bye ByeMarch 5, 1950 · BL1220
4Back In Your Own BackyardJuly 27, 1950 · 100

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The 5 sessions

March 5, 1950NYCGene Ammons vs. Sonny Stitt
- Gene Ammons – tenor sax
- Bill Massey – trumpet
- Eph Greenlea – trombone
- Sonny Stitt – tenor, baritone sax
- Duke Jordan – piano
- Tommy Potter – bass
- Jo Jones – drums
1 track on this record · 9 takes that dayOpen the session →
April 26, 1950NYCGene Ammons - Sonny Stitt Septet
- Gene Ammons – tenor sax
- Bill Massey – trumpet
- Bennie Green – trombone
- Sonny Stitt – baritone sax
- Duke Jordan – piano
- Tommy Potter – bass
- Art Blakey – drums
2 tracks on this record · 4 takes that dayOpen the session →
June 28, 1950NYCGene Ammons - Sonny Stitt Quartet
- Gene Ammons – tenor sax
- Sonny Stitt – tenor sax
- Duke Jordan – piano
- Gene Wright – bass
- Wesley Landers – drums
1 track on this record · 6 takes that dayOpen the session →
July 27, 1950NYCGene Ammons - Sonny Stitt Septet
- Gene Ammons – tenor sax
- Bill Massey – trumpet
- Matthew Gee – trombone
- Sonny Stitt – baritone sax
- Charlie Bateman – piano
- Gene Wright – bass
- Wesley Landers – drums
2 tracks on this record · 4 takes that dayOpen the session →
October 28, 1950NYCGene Ammons vs. Sonny Stitt
- Gene Ammons – tenor sax
- Sonny Stitt – tenor sax
- Junior Mance – piano
- Gene Wright – bass
- Wesley Landers – drums
2 tracks on this record · 4 takes that dayOpen the session →

Together elsewhere

The other albums at least two of these players are on together.

The whole band 1 album

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	PRLP 107	Battle Of The Saxes	Gene Ammons vs. Sonny Stitt	1951	Gene Ammons, Bill Massey, Eph Greenlea, Sonny Stitt, Duke Jordan, Tommy Potter, Jo Jones, Bennie Green, Art Blakey, Gene Wright, Wesley Landers, Matthew Gee, Charlie Bateman, Junior Mance

12 of them 1 album

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	PRLP 7050	Gene Ammons All Star Sessions	Gene Ammons vs. Sonny Stitt	1956	Gene Ammons, Bill Massey, Eph Greenlea, Sonny Stitt, Duke Jordan, Tommy Potter, Jo Jones, Art Blakey, Gene Wright, Wesley Landers, Charlie Bateman, Junior Mance

11 of them 2 albums

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	PR 7823	Gene Ammons vs. Sonny Stitt · not on the site yet	Gene Ammons vs. Sonny Stitt	1950	Gene Ammons, Bill Massey, Eph Greenlea, Sonny Stitt, Duke Jordan, Tommy Potter, Jo Jones, Bennie Green, Art Blakey, Gene Wright, Wesley Landers
	PR 7585	Stitt's Bits Vol. 1	Sonny Stitt	1968	Gene Ammons, Bill Massey, Sonny Stitt, Duke Jordan, Tommy Potter, Art Blakey, Gene Wright, Wesley Landers, Matthew Gee, Charlie Bateman, Junior Mance

10 of them 2 albums

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	PRLP 126	Sonny Stitt Favorites Volume One	Sonny Stitt Quartet	1952	Gene Ammons, Bill Massey, Sonny Stitt, Duke Jordan, Tommy Potter, Art Blakey, Gene Wright, Wesley Landers, Matthew Gee, Junior Mance
	PRLP 7133	Stitt's Bits	Sonny Stitt	1958	Gene Ammons, Bill Massey, Sonny Stitt, Duke Jordan, Tommy Potter, Art Blakey, Gene Wright, Wesley Landers, Matthew Gee, Junior Mance

8 of them 2 albums

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	PRLP 127	Gene Ammons Tenor Sax Favorites (Volume Two)	Gene Ammons And His Band	1952	Gene Ammons, Bill Massey, Sonny Stitt, Art Blakey, Gene Wright, Matthew Gee, Charlie Bateman, Junior Mance
	PRLP 148	Sonny Stitt Favorites Volume Two	Sonny Stitt Septet	1953	Gene Ammons, Bill Massey, Sonny Stitt, Art Blakey, Gene Wright, Wesley Landers, Matthew Gee, Junior Mance

7 of them 3 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
PRLP 7077	Kaleidoscope	Sonny Stitt	1957	Bill Massey, Sonny Stitt, Tommy Potter, Art Blakey, Gene Wright, Charlie Bateman, Junior Mance
PR 7306	Biggest Soul Hits	Gene Ammons	1964	Gene Ammons, Bill Massey, Eph Greenlea, Sonny Stitt, Duke Jordan, Tommy Potter, Jo Jones
PR 7612	Stitt's Bits Vol. 2	Sonny Stitt	1968	Gene Ammons, Bill Massey, Sonny Stitt, Art Blakey, Gene Wright, Charlie Bateman, Junior Mance

6 of them 2 albums

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	PRLP 111	Mr. Saxophone	Sonny Stitt	1951	Sonny Stitt, Tommy Potter, Art Blakey, Gene Wright, Charlie Bateman, Junior Mance
	MG-36016	The Advance Guard Of The '40s	Various Artists	1955	Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt, Tommy Potter, Art Blakey, Wesley Landers, Junior Mance

4 of them 7 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
MG-26025	Blues For Sale	Billy Eckstine	1954	Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt, Tommy Potter, Art Blakey
MG-26027	The Love Songs Of Mr. "B"	Billy Eckstine	1954	Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt, Tommy Potter, Art Blakey
MG-36010	I Surrender, Dear	Billy Eckstine	1955	Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt, Tommy Potter, Art Blakey
MG-36029	Blues For Sale	Billy Eckstine	1955	Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt, Tommy Potter, Art Blakey
MG-36030	The Love Songs Of Mr. "B"	Billy Eckstine	1955	Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt, Tommy Potter, Art Blakey
MG-36038	Boning Up The 'Bones	Various Artists	1955	Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt, Tommy Potter, Art Blakey
LP-785	Jug & Sonny	Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt	1967	Gene Ammons, Wesley Landers, Matthew Gee, Junior Mance

3 of them 8 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
PRLP 123	Modern Jazz Trombones Volume Two	Bennie Green, J.J. Johnson	1952	Tommy Potter, Bennie Green, Art Blakey
MG 9009	New Sounds In Modern Music Volume 1	Leo Parker	1952	Gene Ammons, Gene Wright, Junior Mance
MG 9018	New Trends Of Jazz Volume 5	Leo Parker	1952	Gene Ammons, Gene Wright, Junior Mance
PRLP 149	Gene Ammons Tenor Sax Favorites Volume Three	Gene Ammons Quartet	1953	Gene Ammons, Bill Massey, Sonny Stitt
MG-26031	With Or Without	Gene Ammons	1954	Gene Ammons, Gene Wright, Junior Mance
MG-36023	Battle Of The Saxes	Various Artists	1955	Gene Ammons, Wesley Landers, Junior Mance
PRLP 7023	Trombone By Three	J J Johnson, Kai Winding, Benny Green	1956	Tommy Potter, Bennie Green, Art Blakey
LM-82017	3/27/65 - Charlie Parker 10th Memorial Concert Recorded Live At Carnegie Hall	Various Artists	1965	Sonny Stitt, Tommy Potter, Bennie Green

2 of them 43 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
PR 7298	Prestige/Groovy Goodies	Various Artists	1951	Tommy Potter, Art Blakey
PR 7744	Miles Davis Sextet Featuring Sonny Rollins · not on the site yet	Miles Davis Sextet Featuring Sonny Rollins	1951	Tommy Potter, Art Blakey
MG 9001	New Sounds In Modern Music Volume 2	Charlie Parker	1951	Duke Jordan, Tommy Potter
PRLP 124	The New Sounds	Miles Davis	1952	Tommy Potter, Art Blakey
PRLP 135	Mambo Jazz	Sonny Stitt, Joe Holiday, Kenny Graham, Sonny Rollins	1952	Bill Massey, Sonny Stitt
MG 9010	New Sounds In Modern Music Volume 3	Charlie Parker	1952	Duke Jordan, Tommy Potter
PRLP 140	Blue Period	Miles Davis	1953	Tommy Potter, Art Blakey
MGN-1006	The Progressive Mr. DeFranco	The Buddy DeFranco Big Band	1954	Gene Wright, Wesley Landers
BLP 5055	Lou Donaldson Sextet Vol. 2	Lou Donaldson Sextet	1954	Art Blakey, Matthew Gee
CL 701	Jumpin' At The Woodside	Buck Clayton	1955	Jo Jones, Bennie Green
BLP 5064	Julius Watkins Sextet Vol. 2	Julius Watkins Sextet	1955	Duke Jordan, Art Blakey
MG 12000	Charlie Parker Memorial	Charlie Parker All Stars	1955	Duke Jordan, Tommy Potter
MG 12014	The Genius Of Charlie Parker	Charlie Parker Rebeboppers / The Be Bop Boys	1955	Duke Jordan, Tommy Potter
MG-26046	Introducing Joe Gordon	Joe Gordon Quintet	1955	Art Blakey, Junior Mance
MG-36025	Introducing Joe Gordon	Joe Gordon Quintet	1955	Art Blakey, Junior Mance
CL 882	All The Cats Join In (A Buck Clayton Jam Session)	Buck Clayton	1956	Jo Jones, Bennie Green
PRLP 7012	Dig	Miles Davis Featuring Sonny Rollins	1956	Tommy Potter, Art Blakey
PRLP 7013	Conception Featuring Stan Getz, Miles Davis, Zoot Sims, Sonny Rollins, Gerry Mulligan, Lee Konitz	Stan Getz Bop Stars	1956	Tommy Potter, Art Blakey
PRLP 7030	Kai And Jay, Bennie Green With Strings	Bennie Green Quartet With Strings	1956	Tommy Potter, Bennie Green
PRLP 7039	Hi Fidelity Jam Session	Gene Ammons	1956	Gene Ammons, Duke Jordan
CL 997	One O'Clock Jump	Count Basie	1957	Jo Jones, Matthew Gee
CL 1002	Drum Suite	Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers	1957	Jo Jones, Art Blakey
BLP 1537	Quartet/Quintet/Sextet	Lou Donaldson	1957	Art Blakey, Matthew Gee
BLP 1554	Orgy in Rhythm Volume 1	Art Blakey	1957	Jo Jones, Art Blakey
BLP 1555	Orgy in Rhythm Volume 2	Art Blakey	1957	Jo Jones, Art Blakey
BCP-6023	Hard Drive - Out Of This World...And The Next World Too	Art Blakeys Jazz Messengers	1957	Art Blakey, Junior Mance
MGV-8219	New York Jazz	The Sonny Stitt Quartet	1957	Sonny Stitt, Jo Jones
MGV-8239	The Oscar Peterson Trio With Roy Eldridge, Sonny Stitt & Jo Jones At Newport	The Oscar Peterson Trio At Newport	1957	Sonny Stitt, Jo Jones
BLP 1596	Blue Lights Volume 1	Kenny Burrell	1958	Duke Jordan, Art Blakey
BLP 1599	Soul Stirrin'	Bennie Green	1958	Gene Ammons, Bennie Green
MGV-8267	The JATP All-Stars At The Opera House	Jazz At The Philharmonic	1958	Sonny Stitt, Jo Jones
JLP 43	Glidin' Along	Benny Green Quintet	1961	Bennie Green, Junior Mance
BLP 1597	Blue Lights Volume 2	Kenny Burrell	1961	Duke Jordan, Art Blakey
LP-697	Dig Him!	Gene Ammons-Sonny Stitt	1962	Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt
LP 1395	Sonny Stitt & The Top Brass	Sonny Stitt Tentet	1962	Sonny Stitt, Matthew Gee
CL 1819	Play The Thing	Marlowe Morris Quintet	1962	Jo Jones, Matthew Gee
PRLP 7234	Soul Summit	Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt With Jack McDuff	1962	Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt
PR 7774	Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt Quartet With Jack McDuff · not on the site yet	Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt Quartet With Jack McDuff	1962	Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt
V-8426	Boss Tenors: Straight Ahead From Chicago August 1961	Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt	1962	Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt
V-8468	Boss Tenors In Orbit!	Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt + Organ	1962	Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt
A-45	A Jazz Message	Art Blakey Quartet	1964	Sonny Stitt, Art Blakey
PR 7457	Miles Davis Greatest Hits	Miles Davis Sextet Featuring Sonny Rollins	1966	Tommy Potter, Art Blakey
PR 7459	Pow!	Sonny Stitt	1966	Sonny Stitt, Bennie Green