Nice an' Cool

Nice an' Cool
Studio album by Gene Ammons
Released	1961
Recorded	January 26, 1961
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	39:35
Label	Moodsville MV 18
Producer	Esmond Edwards
Gene Ammons chronology
Boss Tenor (1960) Nice an' Cool (1961) Jug (1961)

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Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Nice an' Cool is an album by saxophonist Gene Ammons recorded in 1961 and released on the Moodsville,^[2] a subsidiary label of Prestige.

Reception

The AllMusic review stated: "A 1961 set of standards heavy on the ballads, Nice 'n Cool is prime Gene Ammons... Ammons' brilliantly soulful tenor saxophone really stretches out on the familiar melodies... Nice 'n Cool is first and foremost a mood album, with the unity of sound more important than the individual performances, but Ammons particularly shines."^[1]

Track listing

1. "Till There Was You" (Meredith Willson) - 7:08
2. "Answer Me, My Love" (Fred Rauch, Gerhard Winkler) - 4:35
3. "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) - 4:04
4. "Little Girl Blue" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 4:55
5. "Something I Dreamed Last Night" (Sammy Fain, Herb Magidson, Jack Yellen) - 7:41
6. "Something Wonderful" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) - 3:03
7. "I Remember You" (Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger) - 4:21
8. "Someone to Watch Over Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:48

Personnel

• Gene Ammons - tenor saxophone
• Richard Wyands - piano
• Doug Watkins - bass
• J.C. Heard - drums

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