Bacalao (album)

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Bacalao
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Studio album by
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis with Shirley Scott
ReleasedAugust 1960 [1]
RecordedDecember 20, 1959
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre Jazz
Length43:26
Label Prestige
PRLP 7178
Producer Esmond Edwards
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Bacalao is an album by saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis with organist Shirley Scott recorded in 1959 for the Prestige label. [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Allmusic review states, "Organ combo soul-jazz was still new and fresh in 1959, and Scott was helping Davis find new ways to interpret very familiar melodies. Although not quite essential, Bacalao is a rewarding example of Davis' ability to thrive in an organ/tenor setting". [3]

Track listing

  1. "Last Train From Overbrook" (James Moody) – 5:07
  2. "Sometimes I'm Happy" (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar) – 6:23
  3. "That Old Black Magic" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 5:02
  4. "Fast Spiral" (Davis) – 4:35
  5. "Dobbin' with Redd Foxx" (Moody) – 5:29
  6. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Arlen, Mercer) – 4:54
  7. "Dansero" (Lee Daniels, Richard Hayman, Sol Parker) – 5:33
  8. "When Your Lover Has Gone" (Einar Aaron Swan) – 6:23

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Billboard Sep 12, 1960
  2. ↑ Payne, D. Shirley Scott discography accessed July 10, 2012
  3. 1 2 Henderson, A. Allmusic Review accessed July 10, 2012
  4. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 338. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.



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