Chicago Concert Explained

Chicago Concert
Type:	Live
Artist:	James Moody and Gene Ammons
Cover:	Chicago Concert.jpg
Released:	1973
Recorded:	November 21, 1971
Venue:	North Park Hotel, Chicago, Illinois
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	53:55 CD reissue with bonus track
Label:	Prestige PR 10065
Producer:	Ozzie Cadena
Chronology:	Gene Ammons
Prev Title:	My Way
Prev Year:	1971
Next Title:	Free Again
Next Year:	1972

Chicago Concert is a live album by saxophonists James Moody and Gene Ammons recorded in Chicago in 1971 and released on the Prestige label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated "This meeting between Gene Ammons and James Moody is not as memorable as one might hope... although there are a few sparks, they do not blend together that well and the results are surprisingly workmanlike".^[2]

Track listing

1. "Just in Time" (Betty Comden, Adolph Greenl, Jule Styne) - 6:49
2. "Work Song" (Nat Adderley) - 8:11
3. "Have You Met Miss Jones?" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 6:32
4. "Jim-Jam-Jug" (Gene Ammons) - 8:17
5. "I'll Close My Eyes" (Buddy Kaye, Billy Reid) - 4:56
6. "C Jam Blues" (Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington) - 5:04
7. "Yardbird Suite" (Charlie Parker) - 14:06 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

• Gene Ammons, James Moody - tenor saxophone
• Jodie Christian - piano
• Cleveland Eaton - bass
• Marshall Thompson - drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/gene-ammons/catalog/#prestige-p-10065 Gene Ammons discography
2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed December 17, 2012