Griff & Lock

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Griff & Lock
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Studio album by
Released1961
RecordedNovember 4 & 10, 1960
StudioPlaza Sound Studios, New York City
Genre Jazz
Label Jazzland
JLP-42
Producer Orrin Keepnews
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis chronology
Tough Tenors
(1960)
Griff & Lock
(1961)
The First Set
(1961)
Johnny Griffin chronology
Tough Tenors
(1960)
Griff & Lock
(1960)
The First Set
(1961)

Griff & Lock is an album by saxophonists Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Johnny Griffin recorded in 1960 and released on the Jazzland label. [1]

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Reception

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The contemporaneous DownBeat reviewer described the album as "hearty, full-blowing jazz of the type now associated with this partnership of contrasting tenor styles". [3] The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "Easily recommended to straightahead jazz fans." [2]

Track listing

  1. "The Last Train from Overbrook" (James Moody) - 6:50
  2. "Hey Lock!" (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis) - 7:54
  3. "Midnight at Minton's" (Babs Gonzales) - 5:23
  4. "Second Balcony Jump" (Billy Eckstine, Jerry Valentine) - 4:19
  5. "I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) - 6:33
  6. "Good Bait" (Tadd Dameron) - 7:39

Personnel

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References

  1. Johnny Griffin discography accessed July 11, 2012
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 11, 2012
  3. 1 2 Tynan, John (September 28, 1961). "Eddie David – Johnny Griffin: Griff and Lock". DownBeat . Vol. 28, no. 20. p. 28.