Chicago Concert

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{{Infobox album

| name = Chicago Concert

| type = Live

| artist = James Moody and Gene Ammons

| cover = Chicago Concert.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1973

| recorded = November 21, 1971

| venue = North Park Hotel, Chicago, Illinois

| studio =

| 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

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = James Moody

| type = Live album

| prev_title = Heratige Hum

| prev_year = 1971

| title = Chicago Concert

| year = 1971

| next_title = Never 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.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/gene-ammons/catalog/#prestige-p-10065 Gene Ammons discography] accessed December 17, 2012

Reception

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|2.5|5}}

|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

|rev2score = {{Rating|2|4}}{{cite book|last = Cook|first = Richard|author-link = Richard Cook (journalist)|author2 = Brian Morton|author2-link = Brian Morton (Scottish writer)|title = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings|edition = 9th|series = The Penguin Guide to Jazz|year = 2008|publisher = Penguin|location = London|isbn = 978-0-14-103401-0 | page = 33}}

}}

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".Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/chicago-concert-mw0000021248 Allmusic Review] accessed December 17, 2012

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

References