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The Chase!

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Released
  
1970

Label
  
Prestige PR 10010

Genre
  
Jazz

Producer
  
Chuck Nessa

Recorded
  
July 26, 1970 North Park Hotel, Chicago, Illinois

Length
  
70:49 CD reissue with bonus tracks

The Chase! is a live album by saxophonists Dexter Gordon and Gene Ammons recorded in Chicago in 1970 and released on the Prestige label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review stated "this CD is highly recommended to fans of tenor battles and straight-ahead jazz".

Track listing

  1. "Wee Dot" (J. J. Johnson) - 17:17 Bonus track on CD reissue
  2. "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 10:07
  3. "The Chase" (Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray) - 10:29
  4. "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 Rogers/Erroll Garner) - 14:03 Bonus track on CD reissue
  5. "Lonesome Lover Blues" (Billy Eckstine, Gerald Valentine) - 13:25
  6. "The Happy Blues" (Art Farmer) - 5:26

Personnel

  • Gene Ammons (tracks 3-6), Dexter Gordon (tracks 1-4 & 6) - 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) - bass
  • Wilbur Campbell (tracks 3-5), Steve McCall (tracks 1, 2 & 6) - drums
  • Vi Redd - vocals (track 5)

    • References

    The Chase! Wikipedia
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