Jawbreakers | |
Type: | Studio |
Artist: | Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Harry "Sweets" Edison |
Cover: | Jawbreakers (album).jpg |
Released: | 1962 |
Recorded: | April 18, 1962 NYC |
Genre: | Jazz |
Length: | 41:38 |
Label: | Riverside JLP-39 |
Producer: | Orrin Keepnews |
Chronology: | Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis |
Prev Title: | Tough Tenor Favorites |
Prev Year: | 1962 |
Next Title: | Goin' to the Meeting |
Next Year: | 1962 |
Jawbreakers is an album by saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and trumpeter Harry "Sweets" Edison recorded in 1962 and released on the Riverside label.[1] [2]
The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars with the review by Scott Yanow stating, "Harry "Sweets" Edison and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis always made for a logical combination for both had immediately recognizable sounds and could say an awful lot with one note... Easily recommended to straightahead jazz fans as are the later Sweets-Lockjaw recordings".[3]
All compositions by Harry "Sweets" Edison except where noted