Eddie `Lockjaw´ Davis

This release presents the complete Cookbook sessions by Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis in a quartet/quintet format with Shirley Scott on organ and, on some tracks, Jerome Richardson on flute, as well as tenor and baritone sax. This is the first time that all of this material is contained on a single set and in the order in which it was recorded. This set includes the complete contents of the original LPs The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Cookbook (Vols. 1 to 3; Prestige 7141, 7161 & 7219), Jaws (Prestige 7154) & Smokin' (Prestige 7301), plus all of the other songs from the sessions; and a quartet set by the exact same personnel (but with Scott on piano instead of organ) added as a bonus.

EDDIE  "LOCKJAW" DAVIS (tenor saxophone)
JEROME RICHARDSON (flute, tenor & baritone sax)
SHIRLEY SCOTT (organ)
GEORGE DUVIVIER (bass)
ARTHUR EDGEHILL (drums)

Jerome Richardson out on CD 1 [1 & 7-13] and on CD 2 [1-9]. Hackensack, New Jersey, June 20 (CD 1, 1-6), September 12 (CD 1, 7-13 & CD 2, 1-9) & December 5 (CD 2 10-14 & CD 3, 1-7), 1958.

(*) BONUS TRACKS (CD 2, 15 & CD 3,, 8-13): Same personnel except Shirley Scott switches to piano and Richardson is omitted. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, January 31, 1960.


CD 1: Total Time: 76:38

01 THE CHEF 6:00
02 HAVE HORN WILL BLOW 5:15
03 IN THE KITCHEN 12:52
04 BUT BEAUTIFUL 7:43
05 BUT BEAUTIFUL [alt tk] 7:30
06 THREE DEUCES 5:00
07 TANGERINE 4:53
08 POTS AND PANS 3:30
09 OLD DEVIL MOON 4:26
10 I'LL NEVER BE THE SAME 4:
11 I LET A SONG GO OUT OF MY
12 YOU STEPPED OUT OF A DREAM
13 IT'S A BLUE WORLD 5:04


CD2: Total Time: 78:04

01 BLUE LOU 3:39
02 AVALON 3:34
03 TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT 4:18
04 WILLOW, WEEP FOR ME 4:36
05 BUT NOT FOR ME 4:10
06 STRIKE UP THE BAND 3:37
07 I'M JUST A LUCKY SO AND SO 6:16
08 BODY AND SOUL 4:32
09 PENNIES FROM HEAVEN 5:17
10 THE BROILERS 4:58
11 THE GOOSE HANGS HIGH 5:55
12 SIMMERIN' 9:29
13 HEAT N' SERVE 7:23
14 MY OLD FLAME 6:04
15 SERENADE IN BLUE 4:16*


CD 3: Total Time: 78:34

01 STARDUST 6:45
02 HIGH FRY 6:16
03 SKILLET 8:42
04 SMOKE THIS 6:08
05 I SURRENDER DEAR 5:28
06 JAWS 5:31
07 THE REV 9:03
08 IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU 5:43*
09 WHAT'S NEW 3:56*
10 THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU 6:25*
11 THE MAN I LOVE 4:20*
12 SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES 4:31*
13 I COVER THE WATERFRONT 5:35*