Jaw's Blues
1981 live album by Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Jaw's Blues Released 1981 Recorded February 11, 1981 Venue The Domicile, Munich, West Germany Genre Jazz Length 52 :07 Label Enja 3097 ST Producer Horst Weber & Matthias Winckelmann
Jaw's Blues is a live album by American jazz saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis recorded in Munich in 1981 and released on the German Enja label.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
Critical reception
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [ 4]
Allmusic stated "The tough-toned and always-passionate tenor saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis is in typically combative form on this quartet date ... Fans of the tenor will want this swinging set".[ 4]
Track listing
"I'll Remember April " (Gene de Paul , Patricia Johnston, Don Raye ) – 6:24
"Young Man With a Horn" (George Stoll , Ralph Freed ) – 4:18
"What Is This Thing Called Love? " (Cole Porter ) – 7:01
"Broadway " (Billy Bird, Teddy McRae , Henri Woode ) – 7:28
"But Beautiful " (Jimmy Van Heusen , Johnny Burke ) – 4:41
"Jaw's Blues" (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis) – 7:31
"On Green Dolphin Street " (Bronisław Kaper , Ned Washington ) – 7:30 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Days of Wine and Roses " (Henry Mancini , Johnny Mercer ) – 7:14 Bonus track on CD reissue
Personnel
References
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not release.
Albums as leader WithStanley Turrentine With others
Gene Ammons in Sweden (1973)
One Foot in the Gutter (Dave Bailey , 1960)
Gettin' Into Somethin' (Dave Bailey, 1960)
Motoring Along (Al Cohn & Zoot Sims , 1974)
Tough Tenor Favorites (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis & Johnny Griffin , 1962)
Goin' to the Meeting (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1962)
Jaw's Blues (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1981)
The Time Is Right (Lou Donaldson , 1959)
Sunny Side Up (Lou Donaldson, 1960)
Midnight Sun (Lou Donaldson, 1960)
The Jazzpar Prize (Pierre Dørge , 1991)
That's It! (Booker Ervin , 1961)
Exultation! (Booker Ervin, 1963)
The House That Love Built (Frank Foster , 1982)
Doin' Allright (Dexter Gordon , 1961)
Stable Mable (Dexter Gordon , 1975)
Jazz with a Twist (Slide Hampton , 1961)
Explosion! The Sound of Slide Hampton (1962)
Weary Blues (Langston Hughes , Charles Mingus & Leonard Feather , 1958)
Gifts & Messages (Roland Kirk , 1964)
I Talk with the Spirits (Roland Kirk, 1964)
Slightly Latin (Roland Kirk, 1965)
A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry (Charles Mingus , 1957)
Blues & Roots (Charles Mingus, 1959)
Mingus Ah Um (Charles Mingus, 1959)
I'll Close My Eyes (Doug Raney , 1982)
Meeting the Tenors (Doug Raney, 1983)
Splashes (Archie Shepp, 1987)
Bird's Grass (Idrees Sulieman , 1976)
Groovin' (Idrees Sulieman, 1985)