Griff & Lock

Griff & Lock
Studio album by
The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Johnny Griffin Quintet
Released1961
RecordedNovember 4 & 10, 1960
StudioPlaza Sound Studios, New York City
GenreJazz
LabelJazzland
JLP-42
ProducerOrrin Keepnews
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis chronology
Tough Tenors
(1960) 		Griff & Lock
(1961) 		The First Set
(1961)
Johnny Griffin chronology
Tough Tenors
(1960) 		Griff & Lock
(1960) 		The First Set
(1961)

Griff & Lock is an album by saxophonists Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Johnny Griffin recorded in 1960 and released on the Jazzland label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
DownBeat[3]

The contemporaneous DownBeat reviewer described the album as "hearty, full-blowing jazz of the type now associated with this partnership of contrasting tenor styles".[3] The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "Easily recommended to straightahead jazz fans."[2]

Track listing

  1. "The Last Train from Overbrook" (James Moody) - 6:50
  2. "Hey Lock!" (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis) - 7:54
  3. "Midnight at Minton's" (Babs Gonzales) - 5:23
  4. "Second Balcony Jump" (Billy Eckstine, Jerry Valentine) - 4:19
  5. "I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) - 6:33
  6. "Good Bait" (Tadd Dameron) - 7:39

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Johnny Griffin discography accessed July 11, 2012
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 11, 2012
  3. ^ a b Tynan, John (September 28, 1961). "Eddie David – Johnny Griffin: Griff and Lock". DownBeat. Vol. 28, no. 20. p. 28.