Jaws in Orbit

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Jaws in Orbit
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Studio album by
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis with Shirley Scott
Released1959
RecordedMay 1, 1959 [1]
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Genre Jazz
Length35:04
Label Prestige
PRLP 7171 [2]
Producer Esmond Edwards
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis chronology
Very Saxy
(1959)		Jaws in Orbit
(1959)		 Hear My Blues
(1959)
Shirley Scott chronology
Scottie Plays the Duke
(1959)		Jaws in Orbit
(1959)		 Soul Searching
(1959)

Jaws in Orbit is an album by saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis with organist Shirley Scott, recorded in 1959 for the Prestige label. [3]

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The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "The group that Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis led with organist Shirley Scott during the latter half of the 1950s was quite accessible and did a great deal to popularize the organ band in jazz." [4]

Track listing

All compositions by Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis except as indicated

  1. "Intermission Riff" (Ray Wetzel) - 6:24
  2. "Can't Get Out of This Mood" (Frank Loesser, Jimmy McHugh) - 5:24
  3. "Foxy" - 5:52
  4. "Our Delight" (Tadd Dameron) - 6:21
  5. "Bahia" (Ary Barroso) - 7:29
  6. "Bingo Domingo" - 5:56

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Berger, Edward; Chevan, David (May 20, 1993). Bassically Speaking: An Oral History of George Duvivier. Scarecrow Press. ISBN   9780810826915 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN   9781440229169 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ Payne, D. Shirley Scott discography accessed July 9, 2012
  4. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 9, 2012
  5. ↑ 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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