The two early-'60s LPs in the
Soul Summit series featured some of the many collaborations of tenors
Gene Ammons and
Sonny Stitt, who are joined by organist
Jack McDuff and drummer
Charlie Persip. Their six performances are primarily riff tunes, with "When You Wish Upon a Star" taken at a medium pace and "Out in the Cold Again" the lone ballad. The second half of this CD, which features both volumes, features
Ammons on two songs ("Love, I've Found You" and a swinging "Too Marvelous for Words") with a big band arranged by
Oliver Nelson, jamming "Ballad for Baby" with a quintet, sitting out "Scram" (which stars
McDuff and the tenor of
Harold Vick), and backing singer
Etta Jones on three numbers, of which "Cool, Cool Daddy" is the most memorable. Overall, this is an interesting and consistently swinging set that adds to the large quantity of recordings that the great
Ammons did during the early '60s.