Prestige session · in the studio
January 27, 1961
Gene Ammons Quintet
In the room
- Gene Ammons – tenor sax
- Richard Wyands – piano
- Clarence Sleepy Anderson – organ, piano
- Doug Watkins – bass · as Dough Watkins
- Ray Barretto – conga drum
- uncredited J.C. Heard – 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2851 | Miss Lucy | PRLP 7192 |
| 2852 | Exactly Like You | PRLP 7192 |
| 2853 | Ol' Man River | PRLP 7192 |
| 2854 | Easy To Love | PRLP 7192 |
| 2855 | Namely You | PRLP 7192 |
| 2856 | Let It Be You | PRLP 7192 |
| 2857 | Seed Shack | PRLP 7192 |
| 2858 | Tangerine | PRLP 7192 |
8 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
3 of them 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | PRLP 7146 | Blue Gene | Gene Ammons | 1958 | Gene Ammons, Doug Watkins, Ray Barretto |
 | PRLP 7180 | Gene Ammons Quintet | Gene Ammons Quintet | 1960 | Gene Ammons, Doug Watkins, Ray Barretto |
2 of them 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | PRLP 7060 | Hi Fi Jam Session | Gene Ammons All Stars | 1956 | Gene Ammons, Doug Watkins |
 | PRLP 7083 | Funky: Hi-Fi Jam Session | Gene Ammons | 1957 | Gene Ammons, Doug Watkins |