Very Saxy Explained

Very Saxy
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis with Buddy Tate, Coleman Hawkins and Arnett Cobb
Cover:	Very Saxy.jpg
Released:	1959
Recorded:	April 29, 1959 Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	38:27
Label:	Prestige PR 7167
Producer:	Esmond Edwards
Chronology:	Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Prev Title:	Blow Arnett, Blow
Prev Year:	1959
Next Title:	Jaws in Orbit
Next Year:	1959

Very Saxy is an album by saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis with Buddy Tate, Coleman Hawkins and Arnett Cobb recorded in 1959 for the Prestige label.^[1]

Reception

The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected the album as part of its suggested Core Collection.^[2] The Allmusic review awarded the album 4 stars and stated: "a historic and hard-swinging jam session... the four tenors battle it out and the results are quite exciting".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and George Duvivier except as indicated

1. "Very Saxy" - 8:18
2. "Lester Leaps In" (Lester Young) - 6:15
3. "Fourmost" (Shirley Scott) - 5:22
4. "Foot Pattin'" (Duvivier) - 8:53
5. "Light and Lovely" - 9:55

Personnel

• • Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - tenor saxophone Buddy Tate - tenor saxophone
• Coleman Hawkins - tenor saxophone
• Arnett Cobb - tenor saxophone
• Shirley Scott - organ
• George Duvivier - bass
• Arthur Edgehill - drums

Notes and References

1. Payne, D. Shirley Scott discography, accessed July 6, 2012.
2. Book: Cook, Richard. Richard Cook (journalist). Brian Morton . Brian Morton (Scottish writer) . The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. 1992. 9th. The Penguin Guide to Jazz. 2008. Penguin. New York. 978-0-141-03401-0. 338. Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis.
3. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 6, 2012.