The Tenor Scene

The Tenor Scene
Live album by
The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Johnny Griffin Quintet
Released1961
RecordedJanuary 6, 1961
Minton's Playhouse, New York City
GenreJazz
LabelPrestige
PRLP 7191
ProducerEsmond Edwards
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis chronology
The First Set
(1961) 		The Tenor Scene
(1961) 		The Late Show
(1961)
Johnny Griffin chronology
The First Set
(1961) 		The Tenor Scene
(1961) 		The Late Show
(1961)

The Tenor Scene (also released as The Breakfast Show) is a live album by saxophonists Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Johnny Griffin recorded at Minton's Playhouse in 1961 and released on the Prestige label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [4]

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars with the review by Scott Yanow stating: "The straight-ahead music contains plenty of sparks; this was a classic group."[2]

Track listing

  1. "Light and Lovely" (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, George Duvivier) - 11:33
  2. "Straight, No Chaser" (Thelonious Monk) - 10:03
  3. "Woody 'n' You" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 7:20
  4. "Bingo Domingo" (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis) - 4:33
  5. "I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) - 9:29

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Johnny Griffin discography accessed July 11, 2012
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed March 06, 2016
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 89. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 338. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.