Boss Tenors in Orbit!

{{Infobox album|

| name = Boss Tenors in Orbit!

| type = studio

| artist = Sonny Stitt and Gene Ammons

| cover = bossorb.jpeg

| alt =

| released = 1962

| recorded = February 18, 1962

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Jazz

| length = 57:14

| label = Verve

| producer =

| chronology = Sonny Stitt

| prev_title = Stitt Meets Brother Jack

| prev_year = 1962

| next_title = Soul Summit

| next_year = 1962

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Gene Ammons

| type = studio

| prev_title = Brother Jack Meets the Boss

| prev_year = 1962

| title = Boss Tenors in Orbit!

| year = 1962

| next_title = Soul Summit

| next_year = 1962

}}

Boss Tenors in Orbit! is a 1962 studio album by American jazz tenor saxophonists Sonny Stitt and Gene Ammons.{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=boss-tenors-in-orbit-main-entry-r134556|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=Allmusic|title=Boss Tenors in Orbit!|access-date=June 26, 2011}}

Reception

The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album four and a half stars and wrote: "The soulful Ammons and the bop-oriented Stitt meshed well whether playing standards, jamming on familiar melodies, or in ballad form. While not an out-and-out knock-down, drag-out event like their other recordings, this is still one of too few magical efforts with Ammons and Stitt together. Those who crave the live cutting sessions that made jazz very exciting in the early '60s might also consider this tamer studio effort."

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}

}}

Track listing

"Long Ago (and Far Away)" (Ira Gershwin, Jerome Kern) - 6:17
"Walkin'" (Jimmy Mundy) - 5:21
"Why Was I Born?" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Kern) - 8:20
"John Brown's Body" (Traditional) - 7:22
"Bye Bye Blackbird" (Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson) - 9:58

Personnel

References

Category:Verve Records albums

Category:Sonny Stitt albums

Category:Gene Ammons albums

Category:1962 collaborative albums