Artist: Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Album: Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Genre: Hard Bop
Label: Storyville Records
Released: 2000
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- Just Friends (Klenner-Lewis) - 6:55
- Out of Nowhere (Green-Heyman) - 8:47
- Take the "A" Train (Strayhorn) - 7:30
- S 'Wonderful (Gershwin-Gershwin) - 6:11
- If I Had You (Campbell-Connelly-Shapiro) - 4:34
- Light and Lovely (Davis-Duvivier) - 10:37
- I Can't Get Started (Duke-Gershwin) - 5:18
- Shiny Stockings (Foster) - 10:45
- Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Ellington-Russell) - 7:09
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- Personnel:
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - tenor saxophone
- Niels Jorgen Steen - piano
- Jesper Lundgaard - bass
- Ed Thigpen - drums
Until the release of this CD in 2000, it was believed that tenor saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis' final recording was in 1983; he passed away in 1986. Although he might have been ailing a little at the time, Davis sounds as stong as usual on this program, which was recorded in the summer of 1985 at a club in Copenhagen. Joined by a local rhythm section (pianist Niels Steen, bassist Jesper Lundgaard, and expatriate drummer Ed Thigpen), Davis performs eight of his favorite standards (including a rapid "Just Friends," "If I Had You," and a ten-and-a-half-minute version of "Shiny Stockings") plus his blues "Light and Lovely." There is quite a bit of energy displayed throughout the date (which includes just two ballads), with Lockjaw in typically fiery form.
Review by Scott Yanow