Prestige session · in the studio

June 29, 1951

Gene Ammons And His Band

In the room

Gene Ammons – tenor sax
Bill Massey – trumpet · as Billy Massey
Eli Dabney – trombone
Ruddy Williams – baritone sax
Sally Early – vocal
Clarence Anderson – piano
Earl May – bass
Teddy Stewart – drums

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
148	Ammons Boogie	PRLP 127
149	Echo Chamber Blues	PRLP 127
150	Sirocco	PRLP 127
151	Fine And Foxy (aka Fine And Dandy)	Not issued at the time · later on Prestige 903

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

Where it ended up

Gene Ammons And His Band – Gene Ammons Tenor Sax Favorites (Volume Two) (Prestige PRLP 127)

PRLP 127 · 1952Gene Ammons Tenor Sax Favorites (Volume Two)Gene Ammons And His Band

Together elsewhere

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

6 of them 1 album

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	PRLP 149	Gene Ammons Tenor Sax Favorites Volume Three	Gene Ammons Quartet	1953	Gene Ammons, Bill Massey, Eli Dabney, Clarence Anderson, Earl May, Teddy Stewart

5 of them 2 albums

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	PRLP 148	Sonny Stitt Favorites Volume Two	Sonny Stitt Septet	1953	Gene Ammons, Bill Massey, Clarence Anderson, Earl May, Teddy Stewart
	PR 7612	Stitt's Bits Vol. 2	Sonny Stitt	1968	Gene Ammons, Bill Massey, Clarence Anderson, Earl May, Teddy Stewart

3 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, Teddy Stewart

2 of them 7 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
PRLP 107	Battle Of The Saxes	Gene Ammons vs. Sonny Stitt	1951	Gene Ammons, Bill Massey
PRLP 112	Gene Ammons Favorites Volume One	Gene Ammons vs. Sonny Stitt	1951	Gene Ammons, Bill Massey
PRLP 126	Sonny Stitt Favorites Volume One	Sonny Stitt Quartet	1952	Gene Ammons, Bill Massey
PRLP 7133	Stitt's Bits	Sonny Stitt	1958	Gene Ammons, Bill Massey
PR 7306	Biggest Soul Hits	Gene Ammons	1964	Gene Ammons, Bill Massey
PR 7585	Stitt's Bits Vol. 1	Sonny Stitt	1968	Gene Ammons, Bill Massey