The Chase!

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.

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."

A writer for Billboard wrote: "When together the accent is on excitement as the two musicians push each other onwards."

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)