Count Basie presents The Tenor of Eddie Lockjaw Davis

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 14, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Fresh Sound Records
• ASIN: B002EPFRGG
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #365,510 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. BROADWAY (Henderson-DeSylva-Brown) 4:39

2. FAROUK (Eddie Davis) 5:23

3. TELEGRAPH (Eddie Davis) 5:09

4. DON'T BLAME ME (McHugh-Fields) 3:51

5. MARIE (Irving Berlin) 3:51

6. A MISTY ONE (Eddie Davis) 4:38

7. SAVE YOUR LOVE FOR ME (Oscar Pettiford) 3:56

8. LOCK-UP (Eddie Davis) 2:57

9. STREET OF DREAMS (Young-Lewis) 2:53

10. SWINGIN' UNTIL THE GIRLS COME HOME (Oscar Pettiford) 5:32

11. JACK AND JILL (Don Redman, comp & arr) 2:52

12. BREAD (Ernie Wilkins, comp & arr) 2:50

13. PARADISE SQUAD (Buster Harding, comp & arr) 4:03

14. BOOTSIE (Ernie Wilkins, comp & arr) 3:19

15. BLUES FOR THE COUNT AND OSCAR (Peterson, Basie) 3:08

16. FANCY MEETING YOU (Neal Hefti, comp & arr) 3:35

17. LITTLE PONY (Neal Hefti, comp & arr) 2:22

Editorial Reviews

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (1922-1985) has always been one of the super top tenor players in jazz. From the beginning he had his unique sound and way to improvise, and an original, immediately identifiable tenor tone. This CD is special for several reasons. The first part is a session that Count Basie produced in 1957 for "Lockjaw" with another Basie alumnus, the great trumpeter Joe Newman. What makes this album unusually interesting is that Basie plays the piano while Shirley Scott plays the organ. To complete this CD, a special compilation has been added eight little-known recordings of tunes when Basie was featuring "Lockjaw" in his big band (1952-1957) which show that the pair were simply destined for each other musically in one of the historic comings-together in jazz.