Very Saxy

Very Saxy
Studio album by Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis with Buddy Tate, Coleman Hawkins and Arnett Cobb
Released	1959
Recorded	April 29, 1959 Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:27
Label	Prestige PR 7167
Producer	Esmond Edwards
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis chronology
Blow Arnett, Blow (1959) Very Saxy (1959) Jaws in Orbit (1959)
Buddy Tate chronology
Swinging Like Tate (1958) Very Saxy (1959) Tate's Date (1959)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Penguin Guide to Jazz	[1]
Allmusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]

Very Saxy is an album by saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis with Buddy Tate, Coleman Hawkins and Arnett Cobb recorded in 1959 for the Prestige label. ^[4]

Reception

The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected the album as part of its suggested Core Collection. ^[1] The Allmusic review awarded the album 4 stars and stated: "a historic and hard-swinging jam session... the four tenors battle it out and the results are quite exciting". ^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and George Duvivier except as indicated

1. "Very Saxy" - 8:18
2. "Lester Leaps In" (Lester Young) - 6:15
3. "Fourmost" (Shirley Scott) - 5:22
4. "Foot Pattin'" (Duvivier) - 8:53
5. "Light and Lovely" - 9:55

Personnel

• Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - tenor saxophone
• Buddy Tate - tenor saxophone
• Coleman Hawkins - tenor saxophone
• Arnett Cobb - tenor saxophone
• Shirley Scott - organ
• George Duvivier - bass
• Arthur Edgehill - drums

References

1. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008) [1992]. "Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis". The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). New York: Penguin. p. 338. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 6, 2012.
3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp.  98. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
4. Payne, D. Shirley Scott discography, accessed July 6, 2012.