Tough Tenor Favorites

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/Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Quintet. Johnny Griffin/Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Quintet: Johnny Griffin, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (tenor saxophone); Horace Parlan (piano); Buddy Catlett (bass); Ben Riley (drums). Recorded at Plaza Sound Studios, New York, New York on February 5, 1962. Originally released on Jazzland (976). Includes liner notes by Peter Drew. Digitally remastered by Joe Tarantino (1995, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California). Personnel: Johnny Griffin (saxophone, tenor saxophone); Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (saxophone, tenor saxophone); Horace Parlan (piano); Ben Riley (drums). Audio Remasterer: Joe Tarantino. Liner Note Author: Peter Drew. Recording information: Berkeley, CA (02/05/1962); Plaza Sound Studios, New York, NY (02/05/1962). Photographer: Steve Shapiro. Unknown Contributor Role: Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Quintet . TOUGH TENOR FAVORITES is a real treat for saxophone fanatics. The "tough tenors" in question are sax luminaries Johnny Griffin and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, who team up here for seven tracks of toe-to-toe hard bop. Backed by Horace Parlan (piano), Buddy Catlett (bass), and Ben Riley (drums), Davis and Griffin often play the head in unison (the melody of "Blue Lou," played at a blinding pace, is a good example), then trade fours or eights for passages of egalitarian jamming. Davis's tenor sound is fuller and more straightforward, while Griffin plays faster and with a bit more edge. The two make an excellent team on this 1962 date, especially when one supports the other by playing melodic variations ("Bahia") or interweaving a complementary line (as on Chano Pozo's Latin-tinged "Tin Tin Deo"). Treatments of "I Wished on the Moon" and Dizzy Gillespie's "Ow!" are among the other highlights here, and showcase both saxophonists to great effect.
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