Eddie `Lockjaw´ Davis

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1978

Nice Jazz 1978

Eddie `Lockjaw´ Davis

Black And Blue

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NIG 150568

BB 1006

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Nice Jazz 1978

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These recordings were made at the Nice Jazz Festival in 1978 where, due to the array of stars performing, everything was ideal for having high quality music. The result is astounding. Each track is truly great and the same can be said about each individual musician making it impossible to decide who played best. They are all completely complementary. Eddie Lockjaw Davis has two distinctive facets: on a slow tempo, his tone is warm and mellow. On a fast tempo his playing becomes driving and rough toned. Listen to Lover Come Back to Me where, for more than twelve minutes Lockjaw and Illinois Jacquet share a formidable exchange. The session with J.C. Heard and Vic Dickenson, which lasts for an impressive 30 minutes, with beautiful solos from Lockjaw and Dickenson. Brazil, played on a calypso style or Errol Garner’s Misty were Davis proves again and again the scope of his talent.

PERSONNEL:

ON TRACKS [1-3]

ILLINOIS JACQUET, tenor sax
EDDIE DAVIS, tenor sax
ROLAND HANNA, piano
MAJOR HOLLEY, bass
ALAN DAWSON, drums

July 15, 1978

ON TRACKS [3], [7] & [9]

EDDIE DAVIS, tenor sax
HARRY EDISON, trumpet
VIC DICKENSON, trombone
HANK JONES, piano
MAJOR HOLLEY, bass
JC HEARD, drums

July 9, 1978

ON TRACKS [4-5]

EDDIE DAVIS, tenor sax
HARRY EDISON, trumpet
ROLAND HANNA, piano
HANK JONES, piano
MAJOR HOLLEY, bass
ALAN DAWSON, drums

July 10, 1978

ON TRACK [6]

EDDIE DAVIS, tenor sax
HARRY EDISON, trumpet
VIC DICKENSON, trombone
GERRY WIGGINS, piano
MAJOR HOLLEY, bass
OLIVER JACKSON, drums

July 7, 1978

ON TRACK [8]

EDDIE DAVIS, tenor sax
PAUL BASCOMB, tenor sax
VIC DICKENSON, trombone
EDDIE VINSON, alto sax
GERRY WIGGINS, piano
MAJOR HOLLEY, bass
JC HEARD, drums

July 8, 1978

TRACKS:

01. Lover Comme Back To Me
02. Brazil
03. Rompin’ With J.C
04. Young Man With A Horn
05. Just Friends
06. Misty
07. Tangerine
08. On Green Dolphin Street
09. Stompin’ At The Savoy