Gene Ammons: Velvet Soul / Angel Eyes / Sock!

Date:Wednesday, September 5, 1962
Label/Number:Prestige 7320 / 7369 / 7400
Personnel:Gene Ammons (ts) Mal Waldron (p) Wendell Marshall (b) Ed Thigpen (d)
Tracks:Light ‘n Up / Shortstop / They Say You’re Laughing At Me / It’s The Talk Of The Town / Salome’s Tune / Blue Coolade / A Stranger In Town / You Go To My Head
Location:Englewood Cliffs
Producer:Esmond Edwards
Liner Notes:Michael Gold / Robert Levin / Jack McKinney
Research Comments:Same date as Mike Mainieri Argo session (also produced by Esmond Edwards). Bob Porter attended this session, his first visit to the Englewood Cliffs studio. 7400 (Sock!) was a compilation including tracks from four different Ammons sessions. The earliest of these was done in NYC by Bob Weinstock on November 26, 1954. The other three dates were done by RVG: November 4, 1955; April 13, 1962; and this session.
Status Notes:This session took place on the same date as another Rudy Van Gelder session.
Sources:CDJ AJ-IJS MWD PR1

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