''Jaw's Blues'' is a live album by American jazz saxophonist

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Edward F. Davis (March 2, 1922 – November 3, 1986), known professionally as Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. It is unclear how he acquired the moniker "Lockjaw" (later shortened in "Jaws"): it is either said that ...

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Critical reception

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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".

Track listing

# " I'll Remember April" ( Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) – 6:24 # "Young Man With a Horn" (

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) – 7:28 # " But Beautiful" ( Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) – 4:41 # "Jaw's Blues" (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis) – 7:31 # " On Green Dolphin Street" (

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, Johnny Mercer) – 7:14 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

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tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...

* Horace Parlan –

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

* Reggie Johnson – bass * Alvin Queen – drums

References

{{Horace Parlan Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis live albums 1981 live albums Enja Records live albums