Jawbreakers (album) explained

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]

Reception

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]

Track listing

All compositions by Harry "Sweets" Edison except where noted

  1. "Oo-Ee!" - 5:15
  2. "Broadway" (Billy Bird, Teddy McRae, Henri Woode) - 5:20
  3. "Jawbreakers" - 6:36
  4. "Four" (Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson) - 3:36
  5. "Moolah" - 4:39
  6. "A Gal in Calico" (Leo Robin, Arthur Schwartz) - 4:43
  7. "I've Got a Crush on You" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 5:55
  8. "Close Your Eyes" (Bernice Petkere) - 5:34

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/riverside-records/catalog-400-series/#rlp-430 Riverside Records discography
  2. Gallagher, B. Enciclopedia del Jazz: Harry Sweets Edison, accessed July 30, 2019
  3. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 12, 2012