{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Infobox album | name = Blue Groove | type = Studio | artist = [[Gene Ammons]] | cover = Blue Groove.jpg | alt = | released = 1982 | recorded = April 27, 1962<br><small>Chicago, Illinois</small> | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Jazz]] | length = | label = [[Prestige Records|Prestige]]<br><small>MPP 2514</small> | producer = Bob Porter | chronology = [[Gene Ammons]] | prev_title = [[The Soulful Moods of Gene Ammons]] | prev_year = 1962 | next_title = [[Preachin']] | next_year = 1962 }} {{Album ratings | rev1 = [[Allmusic]] | rev1Score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> }} '''''Blue Groove''''' is an album by saxophonist [[Gene Ammons]] recorded in 1961 but not released on the [[Prestige Records|Prestige]] label until 1982.<ref>[http://www.jazzdisco.org/gene-ammons/catalog/#prestige-mpp-2514 Gene Ammons discography] accessed December 12, 2012</ref>
==Reception== [[Allmusic]] awarded the album 2 stars with its review by [[Scott Yanow]] stating, "This particular LP, released for the first time in 1982, is an average, although enjoyable enough, outing... Nothing that unusual occurs but fans should enjoy this set".<ref name="Allmusic">Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/blue-groove-mw0000901089 Allmusic Review], accessed December 12, 2012</ref>
== Track listing == All compositions by Gene Ammons except where noted. # "Blue Groove" – 4:19 # "You Better Go Now" (Irvin Graham, Bickley Reichner) – 3:15 # "It Never Goes Away" (Clarence Anderson) – 7:50 # "Blinky" – 3:29 # "Yea! " – 3:09 # "[[Someone to Watch Over Me (song)|Someone to Watch Over Me]]" ([[George Gershwin]], [[Ira Gershwin]]) – 5:30 # "Sleepy" (Anderson) – 4:44 # "The Masquerade Is Over" ([[Herb Magidson]], [[Allie Wrubel]]) – 4:43
== Personnel == *[[Gene Ammons]] – [[tenor saxophone]] *Clarence "Sleepy" Anderson – [[Hammond organ|organ]], piano *Unnamed musicians – guitar, [[double bass|bass]], drums, vocals
== References == {{reflist}} {{Gene Ammons}}
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