Jawbreakers (album)

Jawbreakers
Studio album by
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Harry "Sweets" Edison
Released1962
RecordedApril 18, 1962
NYC
GenreJazz
Length41:38
LabelRiverside
JLP-39
ProducerOrrin Keepnews
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis chronology
Tough Tenor Favorites
(1962) 		Jawbreakers
(1962) 		Goin' to the Meeting
(1962)
Harry "Sweets" Edison chronology
Together
(1961) 		Jawbreakers
(1962) 		Wanted to Do One Together
(1962)

Jawbreakers is an album by saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and trumpeter Harry "Sweets" Edison recorded in 1962 and released on the Riverside label.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [4]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars with the review by Scott Yanow stating, "Harry "Sweets" Edison and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis always made for a logical combination for both had immediately recognizable sounds and could say an awful lot with one note... Easily recommended to straightahead jazz fans as are the later Sweets-Lockjaw recordings".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Harry "Sweets" Edison except where noted

  1. "Oo-Ee!" - 5:15
  2. "Broadway" (Billy Bird, Teddy McRae, Henri Woode) - 5:20
  3. "Jawbreakers" - 6:36
  4. "Four" (Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson) - 3:36
  5. "Moolah" - 4:39
  6. "A Gal in Calico" (Leo Robin, Arthur Schwartz) - 4:43
  7. "I've Got a Crush on You" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 5:55
  8. "Close Your Eyes" (Bernice Petkere) - 5:34

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Riverside Records discography accessed July 13, 2012
  2. ^ Gallagher, B. Enciclopedia del Jazz: Harry Sweets Edison, accessed July 30, 2019
  3. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 12, 2012
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 339. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.