Got My Own

Allmusic awarded the album 2½ stars with its review by Scott Yanow stating, "Ammons's huge sound makes the music worthwhile". == Track listing ==

• "Lady Sings the Blues" (Billie Holiday, Herbie Nichols) - 5:30 • "God Bless the Child" (Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.) - 4:05 • "Strange Fruit" (Abel Meeropol) - 3:30 • "Fine and Mellow" (Holiday) - 5:30 • "Play Me" (Neil Diamond) - 6:00 • "Ben" (Don Black, Walter Scharf) - 5:30 • "The Shack Out Back" (Gene Ammons) - 7:58 • Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on October 28, 1972 (tracks 1, 5 & 6), November 30, 1972 (tracks 3 & 4) and November 1, 1972 (tracks 2 & 7) == Personnel ==

• Gene Ammons - tenor saxophone • Ernie Hayes - organ (tracks 1, 4, 5 & 7) • Hank Jones - electric piano (tracks 1 & 3–6) • Sonny Phillips - piano, organ (tracks 2 & 7) • Joe Beck (tracks 1, 4, 5 & 6), Maynard Parker (tracks 2 & 7) - guitar • Ron Carter - bass, electric bass • Billy Cobham (tracks 2 & 7), Idris Muhammad (tracks 1, 5 & 6), Mickey Roker (tracks 3 & 4) - drums • Ed Bogas - arranger • Unidentified strings == References ==