Prestige session · in the studio
September 5, 1962
Gene Ammons Quartet
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
- This day's music is on 3 records: Velvet Soul, Sock!, Angel Eyes
In the room
Gene Ammons – tenor sax
Mal Waldron – piano- Wendell Marshall – bass
Ed Thigpen – 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 3573 | Light 'N' Up | PR 7320 |
| 3574 | Short Stop | PR 7400 |
| 3575 | They Say You're Laughing At Me | PR 7400, PR 7708 |
| 3576 | It's The Talk Of The Town | PR 7369, PR 7708 |
| 3577 | Salome's Tune | PR 7320 |
| 3578 | Blue Coolade | PR 7400 |
| 3579 | A Stranger In Town | PR 7320 |
| 3580 | You Go To My Head | PR 7369 |
8 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it
Where it ended up
PR 7320 · 1964Velvet SoulGene Ammons
PR 7400 · 1965Sock!Gene Ammons
PR 7369 · 1965Angel EyesGene AmmonsTogether elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
2 of them 21 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | CL 842 | What's New? | New Jazz From Teo Macero And Bob Prince | 1956 | Mal Waldron, Wendell Marshall |
 | PRLP 7060 | Hi Fi Jam Session | Gene Ammons All Stars | 1956 | Gene Ammons, Mal Waldron |
 | BCP-6021 | The Chase Is On | Charlie Rouse/Paul Quinichette | 1957 | Wendell Marshall, Ed Thigpen |
 | PRLP 7083 | Funky: Hi-Fi Jam Session | Gene Ammons | 1957 | Gene Ammons, Mal Waldron |
 | PRLP 7102 | Earthy | Kenny Burrell, Al Cohn, Art Farmer, Hal McKusick, Mal Waldron, Teddy Kotick, Ed Thigpen | 1957 | Mal Waldron, Ed Thigpen |
 | PRLP 7103 | On The Sunny Side | Paul Quinichette | 1957 | Mal Waldron, Ed Thigpen |
 | PRLP 7106 | For Lady | Webster Young/Paul Quinichette/Mal Waldron/Joe Puma/Earl May/Ed Thigpen | 1957 | Mal Waldron, Ed Thigpen |
 | PRLP 7110 | Jammin' In Hi Fi With Gene Ammons | Gene Ammons All Stars | 1957 | Gene Ammons, Mal Waldron |
 | PRLP 7111 | Mal/2 | Mal Waldron With Jackie McLean, John Coltrane, Idrees Sulieman, Sahib Shihab, And Bill Hardman | 1957 | Mal Waldron, Ed Thigpen |
 | PRLP 7132 | The Big Sound | Gene Ammons' All Stars | 1958 | Gene Ammons, Mal Waldron |
 | PRLP 7146 | Blue Gene | Gene Ammons | 1958 | Gene Ammons, Mal Waldron |
 | PRLP 7158 | Cattin' With Coltrane And Quinichette | Paul Quinichette - John Coltrane Quintet | 1959 | Mal Waldron, Ed Thigpen |
 | BCP-6035 | Fifteen Star Saxophones | Various Artists | 1960 | Wendell Marshall, Ed Thigpen |
 | PRLP 7201 | Groove Blues | Gene Ammons And His All Stars | 1961 | Gene Ammons, Mal Waldron |
 | PR 7313 | Prestige/Groovy Goodies Vol. 2 | Various Artists | 1961 | Gene Ammons, Wendell Marshall |
| PR 7708 | Gene Ammons Sextet With Joe Newman & Jack McDuff · not on the site yet | Gene Ammons Sextet With Joe Newman & Jack McDuff | 1961 | Gene Ammons, Wendell Marshall | |
| PR 7774 | Gene Ammons Sextet With Joe Newman & Jack McDuff · not on the site yet | Gene Ammons Sextet With Joe Newman & Jack McDuff | 1961 | Gene Ammons, Wendell Marshall | |
 | PRLP 7238 | Twisting The Jug | Gene Ammons With Joe Newman & Jack McDuff | 1962 | Gene Ammons, Wendell Marshall |
 | PRLP 7275 | Soul Summit Vol. 2 | Gene Ammons/Etta Jones/Jack McDuff | 1963 | Gene Ammons, Wendell Marshall |
 | PRLP 7287 | Late Hour Special | Gene Ammons | 1964 | Gene Ammons, Wendell Marshall |
 | PR 7306 | Biggest Soul Hits | Gene Ammons | 1964 | Gene Ammons, Mal Waldron |