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Although Gene Ammons received first billing, his fellow tenor Dexter Gordon is an equal partner on this exciting live bebop set. Expanded from the original LP with a previously unissued ballad medley and a full-length 17-minute rendition of "Wee Dot," and this CD is highly recommended to fans of tenor battles and straight-ahead jazz. "Wee Dot" and the ballad "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" are Gordon's features, while Ammons gets to revive "The Happy Blues," and the two tenors take a pair of songs apiece on the lengthy ballad medley. However, it is their all-out battles on "Lonesome Lover Blues" (which has a spontaneous vocal by Vi Redd) and "The Chase" that are most memorable. With a pair of fine Chicago-based rhythm sections taking turns (pianists John Young and Jodie Christian, bassists Cleveland Eaton and Rufus Reid, and drummers Steve McCall and Wilbur Campbell), Jug and Gordon (who had last recorded together in 1944) are heard in prime, combative form.
© Scott Yanow /TiVo
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Dexter Gordon, Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - J.J. Johnson, ComposerLyricist - John Young, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Cleveland Eaton, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Steve Mccall, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Segal, Producer - Chuck Nessa, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Leon Kelert, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1996 Fantasy, Inc.
Dexter Gordon, Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Burke, Author - Jimmy Van Heusen, ComposerLyricist - John Young, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Cleveland Eaton, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Steve Mccall, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Segal, Producer - Chuck Nessa, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Leon Kelert, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Fantasy, Inc.
Dexter Gordon, Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jodie Christian, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Rufus Reid, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Gene Ammons, Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilbur Campbell, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Segal, Producer - Chuck Nessa, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Leon Kelert, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Fantasy, Inc.
Ira Gershwin, Composer - Richard Rodgers, Composer - Lorenz Hart, Author - Dexter Gordon, Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jodie Christian, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Rufus Reid, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Vernon Duke, Composer - Erroll Garner, Composer - Jimmy Sherman, ComposerLyricist - James Davis, ComposerLyricist - Roger J. "Ram" Ramirez, ComposerLyricist - Gene Ammons, Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilbur Campbell, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Segal, Producer - Chuck Nessa, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Leon Kelert, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1996 Fantasy, Inc.
Dexter Gordon, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jodie Christian, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Rufus Reid, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Billy Eckstine, ComposerLyricist - Gene Ammons, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Wilbur Campbell, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Vi Redd, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Segal, Producer - Chuck Nessa, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Leon Kelert, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gene Ammons, Dexter Gordon, MainArtist
℗ 1971 Fantasy, Inc.
Art Farmer, ComposerLyricist - John Young, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Ammons, Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Cleveland Eaton, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Steve Mccall, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Segal, Producer - Chuck Nessa, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Leon Kelert, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Fantasy, Inc.
Album review
Although Gene Ammons received first billing, his fellow tenor Dexter Gordon is an equal partner on this exciting live bebop set. Expanded from the original LP with a previously unissued ballad medley and a full-length 17-minute rendition of "Wee Dot," and this CD is highly recommended to fans of tenor battles and straight-ahead jazz. "Wee Dot" and the ballad "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" are Gordon's features, while Ammons gets to revive "The Happy Blues," and the two tenors take a pair of songs apiece on the lengthy ballad medley. However, it is their all-out battles on "Lonesome Lover Blues" (which has a spontaneous vocal by Vi Redd) and "The Chase" that are most memorable. With a pair of fine Chicago-based rhythm sections taking turns (pianists John Young and Jodie Christian, bassists Cleveland Eaton and Rufus Reid, and drummers Steve McCall and Wilbur Campbell), Jug and Gordon (who had last recorded together in 1944) are heard in prime, combative form.
© Scott Yanow /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 6 track(s)
- Total length: 01:10:42
- Main artists: Gene Ammons Dexter Gordon
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Prestige
- Genre: Jazz
© 1996 Fantasy, Inc. ℗ 1996 Fantasy, Inc.
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