Another of the mid-1950s Ammons studio jam sessions for Prestige, Blue Gene lives up to its title by utilizing blues changes as the basis for three of its four selections. Pianist Mal Waldron wrote all these lines and the minor-key ballas, "Hip Tip." Ammons was one of the most expressive saxophonists and in Idrees Sulieman and Papper Adams, he found soulmates among the other horns. Each man had jammed with Gene on Prestige previously.

Track Listing
1. Blue Gene
2. Scamperin'
3. Blue Greens and Beans
4. Hip Tip