Uma sessão de 1961 baseada em standards e focada nas baladas, Nice An' Cool é puro Gene Ammons. Na frente de um excelente trio piano-baixo-bateria (Richard Wyands, Doug Watkins, e J.C. Heard), Ammons e o seu saxofone tenor explora as melodias familiares, mas com arranjos relativamente concisos não se deixa prolongar desnecessariamente como acontece em sessões menos estruturadas.

• Edição Limitada
• Analogue Productions Prestige Stereo Series
• Vinil Audiófilo 180 Gramas
• Masterizado por Kevin Gray na Cohearent Audio
• Corte a partir das Master Tapes Analógicas Originais
• Acetatos preparados para prensagem por Gary Salstrom
• Prensagem na Quality Record Pressings QRP USA
• Capa Deluxe "tip-on" com acabamento de alto brilho

Part of the ultimate audiophile Prestige stereo reissues from Analogue Productions — 25 of the most collectible, rarest, most audiophile-sounding Rudy Van Gelder recordings ever made. All mastered from the original analog master tapes by mastering maestro Kevin Gray. 180-gram LPs pressed at state-of-the-art plant Quality Record Pressings and plated by Gary Salstrom. Deep groove label pressings, tip-on jackets on thick cardboard stock.

A 1961 set of standards heavy on the ballads, Nice An' Cool is prime Gene Ammons. In front of a sympathetic piano-bass-drums trio (Richard Wyands, Doug Watkins, and the great J.C. Heard, respectively), Ammons' brilliantly soulful tenor saxophone really stretches out on the familiar melodies, but the relatively concise arrangements (all of the eight tracks are between three and eight minutes, with most hovering around the five-minute mark) don't allow him to wander too far afield as he occasionally does on less structured sessions. Nice An' Cool is first and foremost a mood album, with the unity of sound more important than the individual performances, but Ammons particularly shines on the extended opener, a tender, restrained version of The Music Man's "Til There Was You" that sidesteps the mawkishness of many interpretations in favor of a dignified grace. The backing trio is excellent throughout.

Músicos:

Gene Ammons, tenor saxofone
Richard Wyands, piano
Doug Watkins, baixo
J.C. Heard, bateria

Lista de Faixas:

Lado A
1. Till There Was You
2. Answer Me, My Love
3. Willow Weep For Me
4. Little Girl Blue

Lado B
1. Something I Dreamed Last Night
2. Something Wonderful
3. I Remember You
4. Someone To Watch Over Me