Jaw's Blues Explained
| Jaw's Blues |
| Type: | Live album |
| Artist: | Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis |
| Cover: | Jaw's Blues.jpg |
| 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 |
| Chronology: | Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis |
| Prev Title: | The Heavy Hitter |
| Prev Year: | 1979 |
| Next Title: | Live at the Widder |
| Next Year: | 1981 |
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
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".
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
Notes and References
- http://www.jazzrecords.com/enja/3097.htm Enja Records Listing
- http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Enja_3000.htm Jazzlists: Enja Records main series discography
- Di Filippo, R., Enciclopedia del Jazz: Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis accessed April 10, 2017
