The Gene Ammons Project, by Brandon Allen

The Gene Ammons Project

by Brandon Allen

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1.	Please baby, won't you please say yes? 04:00	buy track
2.	The breeze and I 05:36	buy track
3.	Ger-ru 05:05	buy track
4.	You're not the kind 03:29	buy track
5.	I sold my heart to the junkman 07:15	buy track
6.	Piece to keep away evil spirits 05:45	buy track
7.	Ben 06:57	buy track
8.	The black cat 03:51	buy track
9.	Lucille 06:19	buy track
10.	Son of a preacher man 05:16	buy track

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THE GENE AMMONS PROJECT

"These are marvellous interpretations of Ammons' highly approachable music"
- Blues and Soul Magazine

"Allen has absorbed all these elements to produce an album that, I'm sure, 'Jug' himself would have been proud of."
- Bebop spoken here.

"Accessible and fresh jazz of very high quality"
- London Jazz News

" The new passion project from saxophonist Brandon Allen"
- Blue in Green Radio

Gene Ammons was one of the founders of the Chicago style of tenor saxophone playing but was often in the shadow of his tenor-playing contemporaries, Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray, and Sonny Stitt.
Despite this he forged a lasting partnership with Stitt, recording some classic tenor battles in the 1950s.

While adept at the technical aspects of bebop, in particular its love of harmonic substitutions, Ammons more than Young, Webster or Parker, stayed in touch with the commercial blues and R&B of his day.
In 1950 the saxophonist's recording of "My foolish heart" made Billboard magazine's black pop charts.
The soul jazz movement of the mid-1960s, often using the combination of tenor saxophone and Hammond B3 electric organ, counts him as a founder.

His later career was interrupted by two prison sentences for narcotics possession, the first from 1958 to 1960, the second from 1962 to 1969.
He recorded as a leader for Mercury (1947–1949), Aristocrat (1948–1950), Chess (1950–1951), Prestige (1950–1952), Decca (1952), and United (1952–1953).
For the rest of his career, he was affiliated with Prestige.
After his release from prison in 1969, having served a seven-year sentence at Joliet penitentiary, he signed the largest contract ever offered at that time by Prestige's Bob Weinstock.

This project focuses on music spanning Gene Ammons' entire career, from 1943 to 1974.
Compositions written by him or tunes by others that he recorded.

The band lineup:

Brandon Allen - Tenor saxophone
Ross Stanley - Piano/hammond organ
Arnie Somogyi - Acoustic and electric bass
Matt Home - Drums

The members of this quartet have played together for many years.

So far, the Gene Ammons project has been very well received at concerts throughout the UK, Holland and Australia.

The "Gene Ammons Project" album was released on RT Jazz Records in early September, 2017.

The plan is to expand the horizons of the group into festivals/concerts throughout Europe and other territories.

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released October 1, 2020

Brandon Allen - saxophone
Ross Stanley - piano and hammond organ
Arnie Somogyi - basses
Matt Home - drums

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Brandon Allen London, UK

Australian saxophonist Brandon Allen relocated to London in 2000.
Since arriving in the UK, he has worked with many established artists from various genres, in particular, Jazz.

Brandon is also the saxophonist with the Kyle Eastwood Band, touring internationally.

He has performed with Eric Clapton, Paloma Faith, Kyle Eastwood, Gary Husband, Stefano Di Battista, Adam Nussbaum and Tony Lakatos. ... more

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Tap Social Movement

Oxford, UK

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