All Star Sessions

}} The Allmusic review by Stewart Mason stated: "A bop classic, All-Star Session was the recording debut of Gene Ammons as a leader with his group the Gene Ammons All-Stars, featuring his fellow tenor saxophonist Sonny Stitt... Those looking to explore Stitt and Ammons' enormous catalogs (both together and separately) could do much worse than starting right here". == Track listing ==

All compositions by Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt, except where indicated. • "Woofin' and Tweetin'" (Gene Ammons) – 15:05 • "Juggernaut" (Ammons) – 10:28 • "Blues Up and Down" [take 3] – 2:39 • "Blues Up and Down" [take 1] – 1:28 Bonus track on CD reissue • "Blues Up and Down" [take 2] – 2:23 Bonus track on CD reissue • "You Can Depend on Me" [take 1] (Charlie Carpenter, Louis Dunlap, Earl Hines) – 2:50 • "You Can Depend on Me" [take 2] (Carpenter, Dunlap, Hines) – 2:50 Bonus track on CD reissue • "Stringin' the Jug" – 5:05 • "New Blues Up and Down" – 5:07 • "Bye Bye" (Jimmy Mundy) – 3:02 Bonus track on CD reissue • "When I Dream of You" (Carpenter, Hines) – 2:55 Bonus track on CD reissue • "A Lover Is Blue" (Carpenter, Mundy, James Oliver Young) – 2:46 Note • Recorded in New York City on March 5, 1950 (tracks 3–7 & 10), October 28, 1950 (tracks 8, 11 & 12), January 31, 1951 (track 9) and at Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack New Jersey on June 15, 1955 (tracks 1 & 2) == Personnel ==

• Gene Ammons – tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone • Sonny Stitt – tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone (tracks 3–10) • Art Farmer (tracks 1 & 2), Billy Massey (tracks 9 & 10) – trumpet • Chippy Outcalt – trombone (track 9) • Lou Donaldson – alto saxophone (tracks 1 & 2) • Charlie Bateman (track 9), Duke Jordan (tracks 3–7 & 10), Junior Mance (track 8, 11 & 12), Freddie Redd (tracks 1 & 2) – piano • Addison Farmer (tracks 1 & 2), Tommy Potter (tracks 3–7 & 10), Gene Wright (tracks 8, 9, 11 & 12) – bass • Art Blakey (track 9), Kenny Clarke (tracks 1 & 2), Jo Jones (tracks 3–7 & 10), Wes Landers (tracks 8, 11 & 12) – drums • Larry Townsend – vocals (track 9) == References ==