Boss Tenors
{{about|the album by Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt recorded in 1961|the album by Gene Ammons recorded in 1960|Boss Tenor}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = Boss Tenors
| type = Studio
| artist = Sonny Stitt and Gene Ammons
| cover = Boss Tenors.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1961
| recorded = August 27, 1961
Chicago, Illinois
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 38:36
| label = Verve
V/V6 8426
| producer = Creed Taylor
| chronology = Sonny Stitt
| prev_title = Dig Him!
| prev_year = 1961
| next_title = Stitt Meets Brother Jack
| next_year = 1962
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Gene Ammons
| type = Album
| prev_title = Dig Him!
| prev_year = 1961
| title = Boss Tenors
| year = 1961
| next_title = Just Jug
| next_year = 1961
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
| rev2 = Down Beat
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}Down Beat: February 15, 1962 vol. 29, no. 4
}}
Boss Tenors (subtitled Straight Ahead from Chicago August 1961) is an album by saxophonists Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt recorded in Chicago in 1961 and originally released on the Verve label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/gene-ammons/catalog/#verve-v-v6-8426 Gene Ammons discography] accessed December 10, 2012
Reception
The Allmusic review stated "Tenor saxophonists Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt co-led a small group in 1950, and this follow-up, taped in the studio in 1961, finds the two picking up where they left off".Dryden, K. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/boss-tenors-straight-ahead-from-chicago-1961-mw0000205887 Allmusic Review] accessed December 10, 2012
Track listing
- "Blues Up and Down" (Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt) - 8:47
- "Counter Clockwise" (Sonny Stitt) - 9:38
- "There Is No Greater Love" (Isham Jones, Marty Symes) - 6:30
- "The One Before This" (Gene Ammons) - 7:09
- "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert) - 6:32
Personnel
- Gene Ammons - tenor saxophone
- Sonny Stitt - tenor saxophone (tracks 2–5), alto saxophone (tracks 1 and 3)
- John Houston - piano
- Buster Williams - bass
- George Brown - drums