The Chase! Explained

The Chase!
Type:	Live
Artist:	Dexter Gordon and Gene Ammons
Cover:	The Chase album cover.jpg
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
Chronology:	Gene Ammons
Prev Title:	Night Lights
Prev Year:	1970
Next Title:	The Black Cat!
Next Year:	1970

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."^[3]

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 Rodgers/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 1–5) - 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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gene Ammons discography . December 17, 2012.
2. Web site: Yanow, S. . The Chase! Review . . December 17, 2012.
3. June 5, 1971 . Album Reviews . Billboard . 37 . Google Books.