Tough Tenor Favorites
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Studio album by The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Johnny Griffin Quintet | ||||
Released | 1962 | |||
Recorded | February 5, 1962 New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Jazzland JLP-76 | |||
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Tough Tenor Favorites is an album by saxophonists Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Johnny Griffin recorded in 1962 and released on the Jazzland label.[2]
Reception
The Allmusic site awarded the album 4 stars stating "Johnny Griffin and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, the two "tough tenors" in question, always made for an exciting team... The main winner in these fiery tenor "battles" is the listener".[1]
Track listing
- "Bahia" (Ary Barroso)
- "Blue Lou" (Irving Mills, Edgar Sampson)
- "How Am I to Know?" (Jack King)
- "Ow!" (Dizzy Gillespie)
- "I Wished on the Moon" (Dorothy Parker, Ralph Rainger)
- "Tin Tin Deo" (Gil Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie, Chano Pozo)
- "From This Moment On" (Cole Porter)
Personnel
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Johnny Griffin - tenor saxophone
- Horace Parlan - piano
- Buddy Catlett - bass
- Ben Riley - drums
References
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed October 25, 2012
- ^ Johnny Griffin discography accessed October 25, 2012