{"product_id":"richard-holmes-gene-ammons-groovin-with-jug","title":"Richard Holmes \u0026 Gene Ammons Groovin' With Jug","description":"\u003cp\u003eIronically, Gene “Jug” Ammons tended to be critical of organists; he was quoted as saying that “organ players don’t know any changes.” However, as critical the Chicago tenor saxman might have been of organists — most of them, anyway — he did some of his best work in their presence. When you united Ammons with Jack McDuff, Johnny “Hammond” Smith and other B-3 masters in the ’60s, the sparks would fly. They certainly fly on this excellent album, which finds Ammons and Richard “Groove” Holmes co-leading a soul-jazz\/hard bop organ combo that also includes guitarist Gene Edwards and drummer Leroy Henderson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe quartet is heard in two settings on August 15, 1961 — three of the eight selections were produced by Richard Bock in a Los Angeles studio in the afternoon, while the other three were recorded several hours later an L.A. club called the Black Orchid. Ammons and Holmes prove to be a strong combination in both settings, although their playing is somewhat looser at the Orchid, where the delights include some slow blues, a smokey ballad (“Willow Weep for Me”) and a lightning-fast barnburner (Ammons’ “Juggin’ Around”). However critical Ammons might have been of most organists, it’s obvious that he and Holmes share a lot of common ground on Groovin’ With Jug Alex Henderson\/\u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eAMG\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eLP x 1 standard sleeve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eSide 1 Recorded at The Black Orchid on 15th August 1961\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eSide 2 Recorded at Pacific Jazz Studios on 15th August 1961\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e PPAN ST32 -Artist-Richard Holmes \u0026amp; Gene Ammons\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandling Note: **Please allow an additional 5 business days for this item's shipment.**\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 7\/25\/18\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat Detail: LP Black\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInternal ID: JIT\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Richard Holmes \u0026 Gene Ammons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53427125977272,"sku":"FU6NAQ-TFG7-2C","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9222\/8280\/files\/richard-holmes-gene-ammons-groovin-with-jug_XhZpS.jpg?v=1777649649","url":"https:\/\/musicrecordshop.com\/products\/richard-holmes-gene-ammons-groovin-with-jug","provider":"Music Record Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}