Tenor Giants Featuring Oscar Peterson

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Zoot Sims

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 13, 2001)
• Original Release Date: November 28, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Pablo
• ASIN: B0000542QY
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #129,683 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Man I Love

2. My Old Flame

3. Don't Worry About Me

4. There Will Never Be Another You - Clifford Davis, Zoot Sims

5. I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You

6. Tangerine

7. Out of Nowhere

8. Groovin' High

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 4 and 1/2 Stars - Swinging, Joyous Tenor Jazz, February 1, 2002

By	John Tapscott (Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Zoot Sims and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis were two of the most distinctive and swinging tenor saxophonists to come out of the late swing/early bop era. Each had a very personal style and you would never mistake one for the other. But they made a very compatible two tenor team on this CD which has 8 tracks taken from 5 European concerts in the fall of 1975.
The CD is just full of swinging jazz joy which pours forth from these veterans. Sims and Davis seem to inspire one another to heights of improvisational excellence. They appear together on six tracks while each has a ballad feature for himself. The tunes, as expected, are all high-class standards with the one exception being Dizzy Gillespie's great line "Groovin' High."
Sims and Davis are backed by the very best rhythm section that can be imagined - Oscar Peterson, piano; Niels Henning Orsted Peterson, bass; and Louis Bellson, drums. I don't think I've ever heard Bellson play better in a small group setting than he does here. Peterson reaffirms his status as the best all-around
jazz pianist, soloing brilliantly but never stealing the show, and setting up each tune beautifully with his intros and comping.
My only quibble with this CD is the very average recording quality. The saxophonists are sometimes a bit off-mike, particulary on the last two tracks, where you have to listen very carefully to catch the full detail and richness of their playing.
Overall however, this wonderful CD is one of the most uplifting and joyous jazz recordings I've heard in quite a while. Highly recommended.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Geniuses of a bygone era, March 21, 2008

By	M. Ritter (Montreal, Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

One of the Best CDs in my jazz collection. I've been an OP fan all my life. Having studied piano as a teenager, I do know what it means playing like Oscar. If the 100m world record is somewhere between 8 and 9 sec. then Oscar could do it in 5 sec. (pianistically speaking). And then, all on the spur of the moment..True genius...There will never be another Oscar. While his playing ability in the mid-70s started to slightly diminish, he is in splendid form in this recording done in 1975. What can I say about the 2 tenor sax players...Unbelievable! While I always liked Zoot Sims for his wonderful sound, Lockjaw is trully unbelievable. He is the best! I highly recommend this CD to all those who have an ear for and understanding of jazz.