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Title: Gene Ammons - Light, Bluesy, And Moody
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1956, Jazz, Soul Jazz and Bebop, Chicago, Illinois 8/26
Matrix #: MGW 12156
Condition: VG (LM) | Members: Gene A (25' - 74')
Cultural Facts:

1. Scene Ecology: The album draws from Ammons’ late-1940s Chicago sessions, capturing the blues-heavy tenor style that helped establish him as one of the city’s defining saxophonists.
2. Personal Struggle: Ammons’ career was interrupted by two lengthy prison terms for narcotics offenses, including a sentence from 1962 to 1969 that removed him from jazz during much of the decade.
3. Family Ties: Gene was the son of celebrated boogie-woogie pianist Albert Ammons, growing up inside Chicago’s rich jazz and blues culture before developing his own powerful tenor sound.

Sources: JazzDisco documents the MGW-12156 sessions and personnel. EBSCO and All About Jazz document Ammons’ Chicago background and prison terms.