Very_Saxy

<i>Very Saxy</i>

Very Saxy

1959 studio album by Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis with Buddy Tate, Coleman Hawkins and Arnett Cobb

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.[4]

Quick Facts Very Saxy, Released ...
More information Review scores, Source ...

Reception

The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected the album as part of its suggested Core Collection.[1] 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".[2]

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

References

  1. [1]
    Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008) [1992]. "Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis". The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). New York: Penguin. p. 338. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  2. [2]
    Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 6, 2012.
  3. [3]
    Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 98. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. [4]
    Payne, D. Shirley Scott discography, accessed July 6, 2012.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Very_Saxy, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.