Gene Ammons

Eugene "Jug" Ammons (April 14, 1925 - 1974) was an American jazz tenor saxophone player, and the son of boogie-woogie pianist Albert Ammons.

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April 14 - 1925 - 1974 - American - Jazz - Saxophone player - Boogie-woogie - Pianist - Albert Ammons

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He was a member of the Billy Eckstine and Woody Herman bands in the mid to late 1940s, and then in 1950 formed a duet with Sonny Stitt. His later career was interrupted by two prison sentences for narcotics possession, the first from 1958 to 1960, the second from 1962 to 1969.

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Billy Eckstine - Woody Herman - 1940s - Sonny Stitt - 1958 - 1960 - 1962 - 1969

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Ammons and Von Freeman were the founders of the Chicago School of tenor saxophone.

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Von Freeman - Chicago School

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