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1970 live album by Dexter Gordon and Gene Ammons
The Chase!
Released 1970 Recorded July 26, 1970 Venue North Park Hotel, Chicago, Illinois
Genre
Jazz Length 70 :49 CD reissue with bonus tracks
Label
Prestige PR 10010
Producer Chuck Nessa
The Chase! is a
live album by the saxophonists
Dexter Gordon and
Gene Ammons recorded in Chicago in 1970 and released on the
Prestige label.
[1]
Reception
In a review for
AllMusic ,
Scott Yanow stated: "this CD is highly recommended to fans of tenor battles and straight-ahead jazz... Jug and Gordon... are heard in prime, combative form."
[2]
A writer for
Billboard wrote: "When together the accent is on excitement as the two musicians push each other onwards."
[6]
Track listing
"Wee Dot" (
J. J. Johnson ) - 17:17 Bonus track on CD reissue
"
Polka Dots and Moonbeams " (
Johnny Burke ,
Jimmy Van Heusen ) - 10:07
"The Chase" (Dexter Gordon,
Wardell Gray ) - 10:29
"Medley:
Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) /
I Can't Get Started /
My Funny Valentine /
Misty " (Jimmy Davis,
Ram Ramirez , James Sherman/
Ira Gershwin ,
Vernon Duke /
Lorenz Hart ,
Richard Rodgers /
Erroll Garner ) - 14:03 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Lonesome Lover Blues" (
Billy Eckstine , Gerald Valentine) - 13:25
"The Happy Blues" (
Art Farmer ) - 5:26
Personnel
References
^
"Gene Ammons discography" . Retrieved December 17, 2012 .
^
a
b Yanow, S.
"The Chase! Review" .
AllMusic . Retrieved December 17, 2012 .
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings .
The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 33.
ISBN
978-0-14-103401-0 .
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 9.
ISBN
0-394-72643-X .
^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2004). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz . Virgin Books. p. 348.
^
"Album Reviews" . Billboard . June 5, 1971. p. 37 – via Google Books.
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