Tenor saxophonist Eddie ”Lockjaw” Davis, whose gruff-toned, compulsively swinging solo work was featured during three tours of duty with the Count Basie band and on numerous recordings under his own ...
This is FRESH AIR. Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead says tenor saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and organist Shirley Scott had one of the great jazz partnerships in the late 1950s. A new anthology focuses ...
this great jam session was recorded in 1954. sonny stitt joined eddie"lockjaw"davis' organ trio for an afternoon at the famous birdland club. sonny and jaws took their turn romping through standards ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The fleet-fingered Johnny Griffin and soul-stirring Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis were muscular tenor sax modernists ...
This is FRESH AIR. In the early 1960s, saxophonists Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Johnny Griffin co-led a jumping two-tenor band. A live recording has now surfaced. Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead says it's ...
this great jam session was recorded in 1954. sonny stitt joined eddie"lockjaw"davis' organ trio for an afternoon at the famous birdland club. sonny and jaws took their turn romping through standards ...