Johnny Griffin & Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Release Date: 08 October 2007
Label: Storyville Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 717101851522
Description
All of the tracks on this CD were recorded live by Danish Radio at the Montmartre Club in Copenhagen on July 10 1984. There were many teams with two tenors: Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt, Ben Webster and Red Holloway, Dexter Gordon and Wardell Gray, “but I don’t believe any two-tenor unit stayed together so long and travelled the country as much as Johnny Griffin and I did” Eddie Davis told Stanley Dance. There was a marked contrast between the approaches of the two men. Davis, self-taught, modelled himself on Ben Webster at the outset, especially when playing ballads, and many have observed a Charlie-Parker like rhythmic quality in Griffin’s playing, particularly at faster tempos. In tandem they made an unbeatable team.
Tracks: Blues Up And Down / Oh, Gee / Call It What You Wanna / Funky Fluke / Hey Lock / Lester Leaps In / Intermission Riff.
Tracklisting
Danish Radio Big Band
Thomas Fonnesbaek
Michel Petrucciani Trio
Carsten Dahl Golden Ratio Trio
Jacob Christoffersen Trio
Peter Vuust & Aarhus Jazz Orchestra
Johnny Griffin Quartet
Kira Martini
Johnny Griffin & Eddie “Lockjaw� Davis
Johnny Griffin & Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
