Jaw's Blues

1981 live album by Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Jaw's Blues
Live album by
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Released1981
RecordedFebruary 11, 1981
VenueThe Domicile, Munich, West Germany
GenreJazz
Length52:07
LabelEnja
3097 ST
ProducerHorst Weber & Matthias Winckelmann
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis chronology
The Heavy Hitter
(1979) 		Jaw's Blues
(1981) 		Live at the Widder
(1981)

Jaw's Blues is a live album by American jazz saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis recorded in Munich in 1981 and released on the German Enja label.[1][2][3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]

Allmusic stated "The tough-toned and always-passionate tenor saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis is in typically combative form on this quartet date ... Fans of the tenor will want this swinging set".[4]

Track listing

  1. "I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) – 6:24
  2. "Young Man With a Horn" (George Stoll, Ralph Freed) – 4:18
  3. "What Is This Thing Called Love?" (Cole Porter) – 7:01
  4. "Broadway" (Billy Bird, Teddy McRae, Henri Woode) – 7:28
  5. "But Beautiful" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) – 4:41
  6. "Jaw's Blues" (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis) – 7:31
  7. "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington) – 7:30 Bonus track on CD reissue
  8. "Days of Wine and Roses" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) – 7:14 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Enja Records Listing accessed April 10, 2017
  2. ^ Jazzlists: Enja Records main series discography, accessed April 10, 2017
  3. ^ Di Filippo, R., Enciclopedia del Jazz: Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis accessed April 10, 2017
  4. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Jaw's Blues – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
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