{"id":5760,"date":"2015-07-23T15:09:11","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T20:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=5760"},"modified":"2015-07-23T15:09:11","modified_gmt":"2015-07-23T20:09:11","slug":"gene-ammons-chicago-breakdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=5760","title":{"rendered":"Gene Ammons – Chicago Breakdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download – Gene Ammons – Chicago Breakdown MP3<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Greetings all.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The end of the week is here, and so then is the Funky16Corners Radio Show<\/strong>, which you can dial up each and every Friday night at 9PM on Viva Radio<\/a><\/strong>. If you cannot be there to dig it at airtime, you can subscribe to the show as a podcast in iTunes, listen on your mobile device via the TuneIn app, or grab yourself an MP3 here at the blog.<\/p>\n

With the weekend coming up, and the summer heat in the air, what better way to get your groove on than with some sublimely funky soul jazz.<\/p>\n

The mighty Gene \u2018Jug\u2019 Ammons<\/strong> was not only a master of the genre, but also a second generation legend (his father was the boogie woogie virtuouso Albert Ammons<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

Ammons worked as one of the preeminent soul jazz tenor men from 1952 to his untimely death at the age of 49 (from cancer) in 1974.<\/p>\n

\u2018Chicago Breakdown\u2019 was recorded for his 1971 Prestige LP \u2018My Way\u2019 with a gang of heavies that included Idris Muhammad<\/strong> on drums, Chuck Rainey<\/strong> on bass, Roland Hanna<\/strong> on electric piano and Ted Dunbar<\/strong> on guitar.<\/p>\n

\u2018Chicago Breakdown\u2019 is credited to the album\u2019s producer\/arranger Bill Fischer,<\/strong> and the band lays down a very nice, mid-tempo, but still heavy groove. The bass is especially thick, and Hanna\u2019s keyboard adds flavor all the way through.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll ask you to slap on your headphones and focus in at around :45, where Ammons starts to solo, and Dunbar\u2019s guitar is comping in the deep background (it sounds like he\u2019s across the room) and the interplay between the sax and rhythm guitar is something to behold.<\/p>\n

This is as tasty a piece of funky jazz as you\u2019re likely to find on 45, so go out and get you some.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll see you on Monday.<\/p>\n

Keep the faith<\/strong><\/p>\n

Larry<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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