The Chase!

The Chase!
The Chase!
Live album by Dexter Gordon and Gene Ammons
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
Gene Ammons chronology
Dexter Gordon chronology

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

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[4]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz	^[5]

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

Gene Ammons (tracks 3–6), Dexter Gordon (tracks 1–5) - tenor saxophone
Jodie Christian (tracks 3–5), John Young (tracks 1, 2 & 6) - piano
Cleveland Eaton (tracks 1, 2 & 6), Rufus Reid (tracks 3–5) - double bass
Wilbur Campbell (tracks 3–5), Steve McCall (tracks 1, 2 & 6) - drums
Vi Redd - vocal (track 5)

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.

[1] "Gene Ammons discography". Retrieved December 17, 2012.

[Allmusic-2] Yanow, S. "The Chase! Review". AllMusic. Retrieved December 17, 2012.

[3] 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.

[4] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 9. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[5] Larkin, Colin, ed. (2004). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin Books. p. 348.

[6] "Album Reviews". Billboard. June 5, 1971. p. 37 – via Google Books.

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