AMMONS, EUGENE (GENE
JUG
). Jazz saxophonist ( in Chicago, Illinois; in Chicago). His father was boogie-woogie pianist
Albert Ammons
. He received his musical education in the public schools of Chicago, Illinois, where he came under the tutelage of
Walter Dyett
at DuSable High School. He began his professional career in 1943, playing with King Kolax. Thereafter he played with various groups, including
William (Billy
) Eckstine
(1944-47) and Woodrow...