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Gene Ammons and Friends at Montreux is a live album by saxophonist Gene Ammons recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1973 and released on the Prestige label.[4]

Gene Ammons and Friends at Montreux
Live album by Gene Ammons
Released	1973
Recorded	July 7, 1973 Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland
Genre	Jazz
Length	45:25
Label	Prestige P 10078
Producer	Orrin Keepnews
Gene Ammons chronology
Left Bank Encores (1973) Gene Ammons and Friends at Montreux (1973) Gene Ammons in Sweden (1973)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

Reception

The AllMusic review states "This is one of the better late-period Gene Ammons records".[1]

Track listing

1. "Yardbird Suite" (Charlie Parker) - 7:20
2. "Since I Fell for You" (Buddy Johnson) - 8:13
3. "New Sonny's Blues" (Sonny Stitt) - 7:23
4. "Sophisticated Lady" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish) - 5:32
5. "'Treux Bleu" (Gene Ammons) - 16:57

Personnel

• Gene Ammons - tenor saxophone
• Hampton Hawes - piano, electric piano
• Bob Cranshaw - electric bass
• Kenny Clarke - drums
• Kenneth Nash - congas

On 'Treux Blue only add:

• Cannonball Adderley - alto saxophone
• Nat Adderley - cornet
• Dexter Gordon - tenor saxophone

References

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