Gene Ammons Discography - session index

1944 (age 19)

• Billy Eckstine Orch.   NYC, Dec. 5, 1944

1945 (age 20)

• Billy Eckstine Orch.   AFRS Jubilee broadcast, LA, Feb. & Mar., 1945
• Billy Eckstine Orch.   NYC, May 2, 1945
• Billy Eckstine Orch.   NYC, Sep., 1945
• Billy Eckstine Orch.   NYC, Oct., 1945

1946

• Billy Eckstine Orch.   NYC, Jan. 3, 1946
• Billy Eckstine Orch.   NYC, Feb., 1946
• Billy Eckstine Orch.   NYC, Mar., 1946
• Albert Ammons Rhythm Kings   Chicago, Apr. 8, 1946
• Billy Eckstine Orch.   NYC, c. June & July, 1946
• Albert Ammons Rhythm Kings   Chicago, July 2, 1946
• Billy Eckstine Orch.   Radio Recorders, LA, Oct. 5, 1946
• Billy Eckstine Orch.   Radio Recorders, LA, Oct. 6, 1946
• Earl Coleman   Radio Recorders, LA, Oct. 18, 1946
• Ann Baker   same location, date

1947

• Petite Swanson with Marl Young 3   Universal Recording, Chicago, Mar., 1947
• Gene Ammons 6   Chicago, June 19, 1947
• Albert Ammons Rhythm Kings   Chicago, Aug. 6, 1947
• Gene Ammons 5   Toogood Studios, Chicago, Sep. 23, 1947
• Leo Parker's All Stars   Detroit, MI, Oct. 4, 1947
• Gene Ammons 6 with Earl Coleman   Chicago, Oct. 23, 1947
• Gene Ammons 6 with Earl Coleman   Chicago, Dec. 1, 1947
• Gene Ammons 6 with Earl Coleman   Chicago, Dec. 10, 1947

1948

• Tom Archia All Stars   Chicago, Oct. 12, 1948
• Gene Ammons 5   same location, date

1949

• Gene Ammons Orch.   NYC, Feb. 5, 1949
• Gene Ammons 5   Chicago, Feb. 28, 1949
• Woody Herman Orch.   NYC, May 26, 1949
• Woody Herman Orch.   Rendezvous Ballroom, Balboa Beach, CA, July 2, 1949
• Woody Herman Orch.   LA, July 14, 1949
• Woody Herman Orch.   Rendezvous Ballroom, Balboa Beach, CA, July 16, 1949
• Woody Herman Orch.   LA, July 20, 1949
• Woody Herman Orch.   LA, July 21, 1949
• Woody Herman Orch.   Rendezvous Ballroom, Balboa Beach, CA, July 29, 1949
• Woody Herman Orch.   MBS broadcast, Rendezvous Ballroom, Balboa Beach, CA, July 30, 1949
• Woody Herman Orch.   The Shrine Auditorium, LA, Aug., 1949
• Gene Ammons 8   Chicago, Oct. 4, 1949

1950

• Gene Ammons 7   Chicago, Jan. 8, 1950
• Count Basie 8   NYC, Feb. 6, 1950
• Dick Hyman 5   WNYC RB, Birdland, NYC, Feb. 18, 1950
• Gene Ammons vs. Sonny Stitt   NYC, Mar. 5, 1950
• Teddy Williams   same location, date
• Gene Ammons - Sonny Stitt 7   NYC, Apr. 26, 1950
• Gene Ammons 6   Chicago, May 2, 1950
• Gene Ammons - Sonny Stitt 4   NYC, June 28, 1950
• Gene Ammons - Sonny Stitt 7   NYC, July 27, 1950
• Gene Ammons 7   Chicago, Aug., 1950
• Sonny Stitt 7   NYC, Oct. 9, 1950
• Gene Ammons vs. Sonny Stitt   NYC, Oct. 28, 1950

1951

• Gene Ammons Band   NYC, Jan. 16, 1951
• Gene Ammons Battles Sonny Stitt   NYC, Jan. 31, 1951
• Gene Ammons - Sonny Stitt 7   RB, Birdland, NYC, Mar. 10, 1951
• Gene Ammons 4   Chicago, May 3, 1951
• Gene Ammons Band   NYC, June 29, 1951
• Gene Ammons 4   NYC, Aug. 14, 1951
• Gene Ammons 7   NYC, Nov. 14, 1951

1952

• Gene Ammons 7   NYC, Mar. 24, 1952
• Gene Ammons 8   Chicago, Nov. 18, 1952

1953

• Gene Ammons 8   Chicago, Apr. 15, 1953
• Gene Ammons 8   Chicago, June 8, 1953

1954

• Gene Ammons 7   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Nov. 26, 1954

1955 (age 30)

• Gene Ammons 7   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Feb. 8, 1955
• Gene Ammons All Stars / Gene Ammons All Star 6   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, June 15, 1955
• Gene Ammons 7   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Nov. 4, 1955

1956

• Gene Ammons All Star Jam Session   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Apr. 23, 1956
• Gene Ammons All Stars   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, July 13, 1956

1957

• Gene Ammons All Stars   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Jan. 11, 1957
• Gene Ammons All Stars   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Apr. 12, 1957

1958

• Gene Ammons' All Stars   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Jan. 3, 1958
• Bennie Green 6   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Apr. 28, 1958
• Gene Ammons All Stars   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, May 2, 1958
• Bennie Green - Gene Ammons 8   Bell Sound Studios, NYC, Nov. 12, 1958

1960

• Gene Ammons 5   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 16, 1960
• Gene Ammons 5   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 17, 1960

1961

• Gene Ammons 4   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Jan. 26, 1961
• Gene Ammons 5   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Jan. 27, 1961
• Gene Ammons 7   The Sutherland Hotel Lounge, Chicago, Feb. 4, 1961
• Gene Ammons with Oliver Nelson Orch.   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 13, 1961
• Richard Holmes 3 and Gene Ammons   Pacific Jazz Studios, LA, afternoon, Aug. 15, 1961
• Richard Holmes 3 and Gene Ammons   The Black Orchid, LA, night, Aug. 15, 1961
• Gene Ammons - Sonny Stitt 5   Chicago, Aug. 26, 1961
• Gene Ammons - Sonny Stitt 5   Chicago, Aug. 27, 1961
• Gene Ammons 3   D.J. Lounge, Chicago, Aug. 29, 1961
• Gene Ammons 5   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Oct. 17, 1961
• Gene Ammons 5   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Oct. 18, 1961
• Gene Ammons 6 with Joe Newman & Jack McDuff   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Nov. 28, 1961

1962

• Jack McDuff 4 and Gene Ammons   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Jan. 23, 1962
• Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt 4 with Jack McDuff   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Feb. 19, 1962
• Gene Ammons - Sonny Stitt 5   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Feb., 1962
• Gene Ammons 4   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Apr. 13, 1962
• Gene Ammons 4   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Apr. 14, 1962
• Gene Ammons 5   Chicago, Apr. 27, 1962
• Gene Ammons 4   Chicago, May 3, 1962
• Gene Ammons - Dodo Marmarosa 4   Chicago, May 4, 1962
• Gene Ammons 4   Chicago, May, 1962
• Howard McGhee and The Three Blazers   Chicago, c. May, 1962
• Gene Ammons 4   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Sep. 5, 1962
• Gene Ammons 7   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Sep. 9, 1962

1968 (age 43)

• Richard Boone   LA, June-July, 1968

1969

• Gene Ammons   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Nov. 10, 1969
• Gene Ammons   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Nov. 11, 1969

1970

• Gene Ammons 5   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Feb. 2, 1970
• Gene Ammons 4   Chicago, July 23, 1970
• Gene Ammons - Dexter Gordon 4   North Park Hotel, Chicago, afternoon set, July 26, 1970
• Gene Ammons - Dexter Gordon 5   North Park Hotel, Chicago, evening set, July 26, 1970
• Gene Ammons 6   TVB, Just Jazz TV Show, Chicago, July, 1970
• Gene Ammons   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Nov. 11, 1970; overdubs recorded VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Nov. 18, 1970

1971

• Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Feb. 8, 1971
• Gene Ammons   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, July 26, 1971
• Gene Ammons   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, July, 1971
• Gene Ammons - James Moody 5   North Park Hotel, Chicago, Nov. 21, 1971

1972

• Charles Mingus Orch.   Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC, Feb. 4, 1972
• Gene Ammons   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Oct. 28, 1972; additional recording: Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, unknown date
• Gene Ammons   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Oct. 30, 1972
• Gene Ammons   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Nov. 1, 1972
• Gene Ammons   LA, 1972

1973

• Gene Ammons - Sonny Stitt 5   The Left Bank Jazz Society, Famous Ballroom, Baltimore, MD, June 24, 1973
• Gene Ammons and Friends   Montreux Jazz Fest., Montreux, Switzerland, July 7, 1973
• Gene Ammons with Horace Parlan 3   Ahus Jazz Fest., Ahus, Sweden, July 14, 1973
• Gene Ammons   Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, Oct., 1973; Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, Feb. & Apr., 1974
• Gene Ammons - Sonny Stitt 5   CI Recording, NYC, Nov. 20 & 21, 1973
• Gene Ammons - Sonny Stitt 6   CI Recording, NYC, Dec. 10, 1973

1974 (aged 49)

• David Axelrod Orch.   Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, Feb. 11, 1974
• Gene Ammons feat. Nat Adderley, Gary Bartz, & Kenny Drew   CI Recording, NYC, Mar. 18, 19 & 20, 1974

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