Prestige session · in the studio

July 27, 1950

Gene Ammons - Sonny Stitt Septet

This day's music is on 2 records: Gene Ammons Favorites Volume One, Battle Of The Saxes

In the room

Gene Ammons – tenor sax
Bill Massey – trumpet
Matthew Gee – trombone
Sonny Stitt – baritone sax
Charlie Bateman – piano
Gene Wright – bass
Wesley Landers – drums · as Wes Landers

The takes

1 of these 4 takes stayed in the vault at the time: alternates and tunes that weren't issued. Switch to hear only the ones that came out on the records.

What the numbers mean

918 is a matrix number: Prestige gave every tune it recorded the next number in one running series. Most dates kept only the take that was issued, so there's seldom a take number beside it.

Matrix · take	Title	First out on
100	Back In Your Own Backyard	PRLP 112
101	Sweet Jennie Lou	Not issued at the time · later on Prestige 731
102	La Vie En Rose	PRLP 112
103	Seven Eleven	PRLP 107

4 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it

Where it ended up

Gene Ammons vs. Sonny Stitt – Gene Ammons Favorites Volume One (Prestige PRLP 112)

PRLP 112 · 1951Gene Ammons Favorites Volume OneGene Ammons vs. Sonny Stitt

Gene Ammons vs. Sonny Stitt – Battle Of The Saxes (Prestige PRLP 107)

PRLP 107 · 1951Battle Of The SaxesGene Ammons vs. Sonny Stitt

Together elsewhere

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

The whole band 1 album

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	PR 7585	Stitt's Bits Vol. 1	Sonny Stitt	1968	Gene Ammons, Bill Massey, Matthew Gee, Sonny Stitt, Charlie Bateman, Gene Wright, Wesley Landers

6 of them 5 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
PRLP 126	Sonny Stitt Favorites Volume One	Sonny Stitt Quartet	1952	Gene Ammons, Bill Massey, Matthew Gee, Sonny Stitt, Gene Wright, Wesley Landers
PRLP 127	Gene Ammons Tenor Sax Favorites (Volume Two)	Gene Ammons And His Band	1952	Gene Ammons, Bill Massey, Matthew Gee, Sonny Stitt, Charlie Bateman, Gene Wright
PRLP 148	Sonny Stitt Favorites Volume Two	Sonny Stitt Septet	1953	Gene Ammons, Bill Massey, Matthew Gee, Sonny Stitt, Gene Wright, Wesley Landers
PRLP 7050	Gene Ammons All Star Sessions	Gene Ammons vs. Sonny Stitt	1956	Gene Ammons, Bill Massey, Sonny Stitt, Charlie Bateman, Gene Wright, Wesley Landers
PRLP 7133	Stitt's Bits	Sonny Stitt	1958	Gene Ammons, Bill Massey, Matthew Gee, Sonny Stitt, Gene Wright, Wesley Landers

5 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, Sonny Stitt, Gene Wright, Wesley Landers
	PR 7612	Stitt's Bits Vol. 2	Sonny Stitt	1968	Gene Ammons, Bill Massey, Sonny Stitt, Charlie Bateman, Gene Wright

4 of them 1 album

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	PRLP 7077	Kaleidoscope	Sonny Stitt	1957	Bill Massey, Sonny Stitt, Charlie Bateman, Gene Wright

3 of them 5 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
PRLP 111	Mr. Saxophone	Sonny Stitt	1951	Sonny Stitt, Charlie Bateman, Gene Wright
PRLP 149	Gene Ammons Tenor Sax Favorites Volume Three	Gene Ammons Quartet	1953	Gene Ammons, Bill Massey, Sonny Stitt
MG-36016	The Advance Guard Of The '40s	Various Artists	1955	Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt, Wesley Landers
PR 7306	Biggest Soul Hits	Gene Ammons	1964	Gene Ammons, Bill Massey, Sonny Stitt
LP-785	Jug & Sonny	Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt	1967	Gene Ammons, Matthew Gee, Wesley Landers

2 of them 18 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
PRLP 135	Mambo Jazz	Sonny Stitt, Joe Holiday, Kenny Graham, Sonny Rollins	1952	Bill Massey, Sonny Stitt
MG 9009	New Sounds In Modern Music Volume 1	Leo Parker	1952	Gene Ammons, Gene Wright
MG 9018	New Trends Of Jazz Volume 5	Leo Parker	1952	Gene Ammons, Gene Wright
MGN-1006	The Progressive Mr. DeFranco	The Buddy DeFranco Big Band	1954	Gene Wright, Wesley Landers
MG-26025	Blues For Sale	Billy Eckstine	1954	Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt
MG-26027	The Love Songs Of Mr. "B"	Billy Eckstine	1954	Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt
MG-26031	With Or Without	Gene Ammons	1954	Gene Ammons, Gene Wright
MG-36010	I Surrender, Dear	Billy Eckstine	1955	Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt
MG-36023	Battle Of The Saxes	Various Artists	1955	Gene Ammons, Wesley Landers
MG-36029	Blues For Sale	Billy Eckstine	1955	Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt
MG-36030	The Love Songs Of Mr. "B"	Billy Eckstine	1955	Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt
MG-36038	Boning Up The 'Bones	Various Artists	1955	Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt
LP-697	Dig Him!	Gene Ammons-Sonny Stitt	1962	Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt
LP 1395	Sonny Stitt & The Top Brass	Sonny Stitt Tentet	1962	Matthew Gee, Sonny Stitt
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