Prestige session · in the studio

November 14, 1951

Gene Ammons Septet

In the room

Gene Ammons – tenor sax
Bill Massey – trumpet
Eli Dabney – trombone
Sonny Stitt – alto, baritone sax
Clarence Anderson – piano
Ernie Shepard – bass
Teddy Stewart – drums

The takes

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
255	Undecided	PRLP 149
256	Until The Real Thing Comes Along	PRLP 149
257	Because Of Rain	PRLP 149
258	Charmaine	PRLP 149

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

Where it ended up

Gene Ammons Quartet – Gene Ammons Tenor Sax Favorites Volume Three (Prestige PRLP 149)

PRLP 149 · 1953Gene Ammons Tenor Sax Favorites Volume ThreeGene Ammons Quartet

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 127	Gene Ammons Tenor Sax Favorites (Volume Two)	Gene Ammons And His Band	1952	Gene Ammons, Bill Massey, Eli Dabney, Sonny Stitt, Clarence Anderson, 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, Sonny Stitt, Clarence Anderson, Teddy Stewart
	PR 7612	Stitt's Bits Vol. 2	Sonny Stitt	1968	Gene Ammons, Bill Massey, Sonny Stitt, Clarence Anderson, Teddy Stewart

4 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, Sonny Stitt, Teddy Stewart

3 of them 8 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
PRLP 107	Battle Of The Saxes	Gene Ammons vs. Sonny Stitt	1951	Gene Ammons, Bill Massey, Sonny Stitt
PRLP 112	Gene Ammons Favorites Volume One	Gene Ammons vs. Sonny Stitt	1951	Gene Ammons, Bill Massey, Sonny Stitt
PRLP 126	Sonny Stitt Favorites Volume One	Sonny Stitt Quartet	1952	Gene Ammons, Bill Massey, Sonny Stitt
PRLP 7077	Kaleidoscope	Sonny Stitt	1957	Bill Massey, Sonny Stitt, Teddy Stewart
PRLP 7133	Stitt's Bits	Sonny Stitt	1958	Gene Ammons, Bill Massey, Sonny Stitt
PR 7306	Biggest Soul Hits	Gene Ammons	1964	Gene Ammons, Bill Massey, Sonny Stitt
PR 7585	Stitt's Bits Vol. 1	Sonny Stitt	1968	Gene Ammons, Bill Massey, Sonny Stitt

2 of them 15 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
PRLP 111	Mr. Saxophone	Sonny Stitt	1951	Sonny Stitt, Teddy Stewart
PRLP 135	Mambo Jazz	Sonny Stitt, Joe Holiday, Kenny Graham, Sonny Rollins	1952	Bill Massey, Sonny Stitt
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-36010	I Surrender, Dear	Billy Eckstine	1955	Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt
MG-36016	The Advance Guard Of The '40s	Various Artists	1955	Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt
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
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
PR 7400	Sock!	Gene Ammons	1965	Gene Ammons, Ernie Shepard