Chicago Concert

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Chicago Concert
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Live album by
James Moody and Gene Ammons
Released1973
RecordedNovember 21, 1971
VenueNorth Park Hotel, Chicago, Illinois
Genre Jazz
Length53:55CD reissue with bonus track
Label Prestige
PR 10065
Producer Ozzie Cadena
Gene Ammons chronology
My Way
(1971)		Chicago Concert
(1973)		 Free Again
(1972)
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(1971)		Chicago Concert
(1971)		 Never Again!
(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]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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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

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References

  1. ↑ Gene Ammons discography accessed December 17, 2012
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed December 17, 2012
  3. ↑ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 33. ISBN   978-0-14-103401-0.
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