Tough Tenor Favorites Explained

Tough Tenor Favorites
Type:Studio
Artist:The Johnny Griffin and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Quintet
Cover:Tough Tenor Favorites.jpg
Released:1962
Recorded:February 5, 1962
New York City
Genre:Jazz
Label:Jazzland
JLP-76
Chronology:Johnny Griffin
Prev Title:The Kerry Dancers
Prev Year:1961–62
Next Title:Grab This!
Next Year:1962

Tough Tenor Favorites is an album by saxophonists Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Johnny Griffin recorded in 1962 and released on the Jazzland label.[1]

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".[2]

Track listing

  1. "Bahia" (Ary Barroso)
  2. "Blue Lou" (Irving Mills, Edgar Sampson)
  3. "How Am I to Know?" (Jack King)
  4. "Ow!" (Dizzy Gillespie)
  5. "I Wished on the Moon" (Dorothy Parker, Ralph Rainger)
  6. "Tin Tin Deo" (Gil Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie, Chano Pozo)
  7. "From This Moment On" (Cole Porter)

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/johnny-griffin/catalog/album-index/#jazzland-jlp-76 Johnny Griffin discography
  2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed October 25, 2012