Sock!

{{Infobox album

| name = Sock!

| type = Studio

| artist = Gene Ammons

| cover = Sock!.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1965

| recorded = November 26, 1954, November 4, 1955, April 13, 1962, and September 5, 1962

| venue =

| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack and Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

| genre = Jazz

| length =

| label = Prestige
{{small|PR 7400}}

| producer =

| chronology = Gene Ammons

| prev_title = Angel Eyes

| prev_year = 1960–62

| next_title = Bad! Bossa Nova

| next_year = 1962

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|1.5|5}}

|rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

| rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite book|editor-last=Swenson|editor-first=J. |year=1985|title=The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide|url=https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen|url-access=registration|publisher=Random House/Rolling Stone|location=USA|isbn=0-394-72643-X|pages=[https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen/page/9 9]}}

}}

Sock! is an album by saxophonist Gene Ammons compiling sessions recorded between 1954 and 1962 and released on the Prestige label in 1965.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/gene-ammons/catalog/#prestige-pr-7400 Gene Ammons discography] accessed December 12, 2012

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album 1½ stars with its review by Scott Yanow stating: "Sock! is basically a mess. The ten brief songs are strung together with no thought given to sound or segues, and the material itself is pretty weak". The more modern tracks 1–3 are the best and can be found on the Stranger In Town CD.Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/sock%21-mw0000912272 AllMusic Review], accessed December 12, 2012

Track listing

"Blue Coolade" (Mal Waldron) – 4:11
"Short Stop" (Waldron) – 3:30
"They Say You're Laughing at Me" (Jerry Livingston) – 3:59
"Scam" (Gene Ammons) – 5:35
"Sock" (Ammons) – 2:45
"What I Say" – 2:45
"Count Your Blessings" (Richard Morgan, Edith Temple) – 4:15
"Cara Mia" (Lee Lange, Tulio Trapani) – 2:50
"Blues for Turfers" (Edwin Moore) – 3:45
"Rock Roll" (Chico O'Farrill) – 2:55

Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey on November 26, 1954 (tracks 5–8) and November 4, 1955 (tracks 9 & 10) and at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs New Jersey on April 13, 1962 (track 4) and September 5, 1962 (tracks 1–3)

Personnel

Gene Ammons – tenor saxophone
Nat Howard (tracks 5–8), Nat Woodyard (tracks 9, 10) – trumpet
Henderson Chambers (tracks 5–8), Edwin Moore (tracks 9, 10) – trombone
Gene Easton (tracks 5–8), Cecil Payne (tracks 9, 10) – baritone saxophone
Patti Bown (track 4), John Houston (tracks 5–8), Mal Waldron (tracks 1–3), Lawrence Wheatley (tracks 9, 10) – piano
George Duvivier (track 4), Wendell Marshall (tracks 1–3), Ernie Shapherd (tracks 9, 10), Ben Stuberville (tracks 5–8) – bass
George Brown (tracks 5–10), Walter Perkins (track 4), Ed Thigpen (tracks 1–3) – drums
Etta Jones – vocals (track 4)

References

Category:Gene Ammons albums

Category:1965 albums

Category:Prestige Records albums

Category:Albums recorded in a home studio

Category:Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio