Sock!
Sock! is an album by saxophonist Gene Ammons compiling sessions recorded between 1954 and 1962 and released on the Prestige label in 1965.
Reception
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.Track listing
- "Blue Coolade" – 4:11
- "Short Stop" – 3:30
- "They Say You're Laughing at Me" – 3:59
- "Scam" – 5:35
- "Sock" – 2:45
- "What I Say" – 2:45
- "Count Your Blessings" – 4:15
- "Cara Mia" – 2:50
- "Blues for Turfers" – 3:45
- "Rock Roll" – 2:55
- Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey on November 26, 1954 and November 4, 1955 and at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs New Jersey on April 13, 1962 and September 5, 1962
Personnel
- Gene Ammons – tenor saxophone
- Nat Howard, Nat Woodyard – trumpet
- Henderson Chambers, Edwin Moore – trombone
- Gene Easton, Cecil Payne – baritone saxophone
- Patti Bown, John Houston, Mal Waldron, Lawrence Wheatley – piano
- George Duvivier, Wendell Marshall, Ernie Shapherd, Ben Stuberville – bass
- George Brown, Walter Perkins, Ed Thigpen – drums
- Etta Jones – vocals