Straight Ahead (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis album)

Straight Ahead
Studio album by
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis with the Tommy Flanagan Trio
Released1976
RecordedMay 3, 1976
StudioRCA Studios, Los Angeles, CA
GenreJazz
Length44:59
LabelPablo
2310-778
ProducerNorman Granz
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis chronology
Swingin' Till the Girls Come Home
(1976) 		Straight Ahead
(1976) 		Lockjaw with Sweets
(1976)

Straight Ahead is an album by American jazz saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis with the Tommy Flanagan Trio recorded in 1976 and released on the Pablo label.[1][2][3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [5]

Allmusic stated "A perfect example of Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis' playing, this superior quartet set features the tough-toned tenor swinging hard on standards, showing his warmth on ballads, and coming up with inventive ideas within the swing/bop tradition".[4]

Track listing

  1. "Lover" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 4:41
  2. "Wave" (Antônio Carlos Jobim) – 5:20
  3. "On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)" (Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner) – 4:05
  4. "The Chef" (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis) – 3:52
  5. "Gigi" (Frederick Loewe, Lerner) – 4:22
  6. "Last Train from Overbrook" (James Moody) – 6:19
  7. "The Good Life" (Sacha Distel, Jack Reardon) – 5:08
  8. "I'll Never Be the Same" (Matty Malneck, Frank Signorelli, Gus Kahn) – 5:13
  9. "Watch What Happens" (Michel Legrand) – 5:59

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Pablo Records Discography: 1973–1976 accessed April 10, 2017
  2. ^ Discography of the Pablo Label, accessed April 10, 2017
  3. ^ Di Filippo, R., Enciclopedia del Jazz: Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis accessed April 10, 2017
  4. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Straight Ahead – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 389. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.