Tough Tenor Favorites
1962 studio album by The Johnny Griffin and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Quintet
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| Studio album by The Johnny Griffin and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Quintet | ||||
| Released | 1962 | |||
| Recorded | February 5, 1962 New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Jazzland JLP-76 | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [2] |
Tough Tenor Favorites is an album by saxophonists Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Johnny Griffin recorded in 1962 and released on the Jazzland label.[3]
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
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 608. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Johnny Griffin discography accessed October 25, 2012
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