The
Allmusic review by Stewart Mason stated: "A bop classic, All-Star Session was the recording debut of Gene Ammons as a leader with his group the Gene Ammons All-Stars, featuring his fellow tenor saxophonist Sonny Stitt... Those looking to explore Stitt and Ammons' enormous catalogs (both together and separately) could do much worse than starting right here".[2]
Track listing
All compositions by Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt, except where indicated.
"Woofin' and Tweetin'" (Gene Ammons) – 15:05
"Juggernaut" (Ammons) – 10:28
"Blues Up and Down" [take 3] – 2:39
"Blues Up and Down" [take 1] – 1:28 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Blues Up and Down" [take 2] – 2:23 Bonus track on CD reissue
"You Can Depend on Me" [take 2] (Carpenter, Dunlap, Hines) – 2:50 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Stringin' the Jug" – 5:05
"New Blues Up and Down" – 5:07
"Bye Bye" (
Jimmy Mundy) – 3:02 Bonus track on CD reissue
"When I Dream of You" (Carpenter, Hines) – 2:55 Bonus track on CD reissue
"A Lover Is Blue" (Carpenter, Mundy, James Oliver Young) – 2:46
Note
Recorded in New York City on March 5, 1950 (tracks 3–7 & 10), October 28, 1950 (tracks 8, 11 & 12), January 31, 1951 (track 9) and at Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack New Jersey on June 15, 1955 (tracks 1 & 2)
The
Allmusic review by Stewart Mason stated: "A bop classic, All-Star Session was the recording debut of Gene Ammons as a leader with his group the Gene Ammons All-Stars, featuring his fellow tenor saxophonist Sonny Stitt... Those looking to explore Stitt and Ammons' enormous catalogs (both together and separately) could do much worse than starting right here".[2]
Track listing
All compositions by Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt, except where indicated.
"Woofin' and Tweetin'" (Gene Ammons) – 15:05
"Juggernaut" (Ammons) – 10:28
"Blues Up and Down" [take 3] – 2:39
"Blues Up and Down" [take 1] – 1:28 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Blues Up and Down" [take 2] – 2:23 Bonus track on CD reissue
"You Can Depend on Me" [take 2] (Carpenter, Dunlap, Hines) – 2:50 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Stringin' the Jug" – 5:05
"New Blues Up and Down" – 5:07
"Bye Bye" (
Jimmy Mundy) – 3:02 Bonus track on CD reissue
"When I Dream of You" (Carpenter, Hines) – 2:55 Bonus track on CD reissue
"A Lover Is Blue" (Carpenter, Mundy, James Oliver Young) – 2:46
Note
Recorded in New York City on March 5, 1950 (tracks 3–7 & 10), October 28, 1950 (tracks 8, 11 & 12), January 31, 1951 (track 9) and at Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack New Jersey on June 15, 1955 (tracks 1 & 2)