Chicago Concert
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{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
- "Just in Time" (Betty Comden, Adolph Greenl, Jule Styne) - 6:49
- "Work Song" (Nat Adderley) - 8:11
- "Have You Met Miss Jones?" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 6:32
- "Jim-Jam-Jug" (Gene Ammons) - 8:17
- "I'll Close My Eyes" (Buddy Kaye, Billy Reid) - 4:56
- "C Jam Blues" (Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington) - 5:04
- "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
References
{{reflist}}
{{Gene Ammons}}
{{James Moody (saxophonist)}}
Category:Prestige Records live albums
Category:Gene Ammons live albums