Jaw's Blues

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Jaw's Blues
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Live album by Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Released 1981
Recorded February 11, 1981
Venue The Domicile, Munich, West Germany
Genre Jazz
Length52:07
Label Enja
3097 ST
Producer Horst Weber & Matthias Winckelmann
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis chronology
The Heavy Hitter
(1979) The Heavy Hitter1979
Jaw's Blues
(1981)
Live at the Widder
(1981) Live at the Widder1981

Jaw's Blues is a live album by American jazz saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis recorded in Munich in 1981 and released on the German Enja label. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
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Allmusic 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". [4]

Track listing

  1. "I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) – 6:24
  2. "Young Man With a Horn" (George Stoll, Ralph Freed) – 4:18
  3. "What Is This Thing Called Love?" (Cole Porter) – 7:01
  4. "Broadway" (Billy Bird, Teddy McRae, Henri Woode) – 7:28
  5. "But Beautiful" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) – 4:41
  6. "Jaw's Blues" (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis) – 7:31
  7. "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington) – 7:30 Bonus track on CD reissue
  8. "Days of Wine and Roses" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) – 7:14 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

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References

  1. Enja Records Listing accessed April 10, 2017
  2. Jazzlists: Enja Records main series discography, accessed April 10, 2017
  3. Di Filippo, R., Enciclopedia del Jazz: Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis accessed April 10, 2017
  4. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Jaw's Blues – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved April 10, 2017.