I Only Have Eyes for You (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis album)

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I Only Have Eyes for You
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Studio album by Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis with the Paul Weedon Trio
Released 1962
Recorded November 15, 1962
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Jazz
Length32:20
Label Prestige
PRLP 7261
Producer Ozzie Cadena
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis chronology
Goin' to the Meeting
(1962) Goin' to the Meeting1962
I Only Have Eyes for You
(1962)
Trackin'
(1962) Trackin'1962

I Only Have Eyes for You is an album by saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis recorded in 1962 for the Prestige label. [1]

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis American saxophonist

Edward F. Davis, known professionally as Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.

Prestige Records American jazz record label

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Reception

Professional ratings
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The AllMusic review states simply "A five piece with Don Patterson on the Hammond B-3 and Paul Weeden on guitar". [2]

AllMusic Online music database

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Don Patterson was an American jazz organist.

Hammond organ electric organ

The Hammond organ is an electric organ, invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Various models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to specify a variety of sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs generated sound by creating an electric current from rotating a metal tonewheel near an electromagnetic pickup, and then strengthening the signal with an amplifier so it can drive a speaker cabinet. Around two million Hammond organs have been manufactured. The organ is commonly used with, and associated with, the Leslie speaker.

Track listing

  1. "I Only Have Eyes for You" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) - 5:14
  2. "Sweet and Lovely" (Gus Arnheim, Jules LeMare, Harry Tobias) - 4:34
  3. "Street Lights" (Matthew Gee) - 5:29
  4. "The Way You Look Tonight" (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) - 6:31
  5. "It's a Pity to Say Goodnight" (Billy Reid) - 4:44
  6. "Time on My Hands" (Harold Adamson, Mack Gordon, Vincent Youmans) - 5:48

Personnel

Tenor saxophone type of 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 the Alto is pitched in the key of E), and written as a transposing instrument in the treble clef, sounding an octave and a major second lower than the written pitch. Modern tenor saxophones which have a high F key have a range from A2 to E5 (concert) and are therefore pitched one octave below the soprano saxophone. People who play the tenor saxophone are known as "tenor saxophonists", "tenor sax players", or "saxophonists".

Guitar fretted string instrument

The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that usually has six strings. It is typically played with both hands by strumming or plucking the strings with either a guitar pick or the finger(s)/fingernails of one hand, while simultaneously fretting with the fingers of the other hand. The sound of the vibrating strings is projected either acoustically, by means of the hollow chamber of the guitar, or through an electrical amplifier and a speaker.

George Duvivier American musician

George Duvivier was an American jazz double-bassist.

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References

  1. Prestige Records discography accessed July 13, 2012
  2. 1 2 Earlewine, M. AllMusic Review accessed July 13, 2012