Johnny Griffin & Eddie Lockjaw Davis • In Copenhagen

 

 

JOHNNY GRIFFIN & EDDIE "LOCKJAW" DAVIS«««« Johnny Griffin, Eddie ‘Lockjaw’ Davis (tenor sax), Harry Pickens (piano), Curtis Lundy (bass), Kenny Washington (drums) All of the tracks on this CD were recorded live by Danish Radio at the Montmartre Club in Copenhagen on July 10 1984. There were many teams with two tenors: Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt, Ben Webster and Red Holloway, Dexter Gordon and Wardell Gray, "but I don’t believe any two-tenor unit stayed together so long and travelled the country as much as Johnny Griffin and I did" Eddie Davis told Stanley Dance. There was a marked contrast between the approaches of the two men. Davis, self-taught, modelled himself on Ben Webster at the outset, especially when playing ballads, and many have observed a Charlie-Parker like rhythmic quality in Griffin’s playing, particularly at faster tempos. In tandem they made an unbeatable team. On these tracks they are backed by Harry Pickens

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JOHNNY GRIFFIN & EDDIE "LOCKJAW" DAVIS"""" Johnny Griffin, Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis (saxo tenor), Harry Pickens (piano), Curtis Lundy (bajo), Kenny Washington (batería) Todos los temas de este CD fueron grabados en directo por la Radio Danesa en el Club Montmartre de Copenhague el 10 de julio de 1984. Hubo muchos equipos con dos tenores: Gene Ammons y Sonny Stitt, Ben Webster y Red Holloway, Dexter Gordon y Wardell Gray, "pero no creo que ninguna unidad de dos tenores haya permanecido junta tanto tiempo y haya recorrido el país tanto como Johnny Griffin y yo", dijo Eddie Davis a Stanley Dance. Había un marcado contraste entre los enfoques de los dos hombres. Davis, autodidacta, tomó como modelo a Ben Webster al principio, especialmente cuando tocaba baladas, y muchos han observado una calidad rítmica similar a la de Charlie-Parker en la forma de tocar de Griffin, especialmente a tempos más rápidos. En tándem formaban un equipo imbatible. En estos temas están respaldados por Harry Pickens

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Tracklist:
1 - Blues Up And Down
2 - Oh, Gee
3 - Call It What You W
4 - Funky Fluke
5 - Hey Lock
6 - Lester Leaps In
7 - Intermission Riff

    
Credits:
    Bass – Curtis Lundy
    Design – Chris Olesen
    Drums – Kenny Washington
    Liner Notes – Alun Morgan
    Photography By – Jan Persson
    Piano – Harry Pickens
    Producer – Karl Emil Knudsen, Richard Boone
    Tenor Saxophone – Lockjaw Davis, Johnny Griffin

Notes
Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark (07/10/1984)
Recorded At – Jazzhus Montmartre

Label: Storyville – 101 8515
Series: In Copenhagen
Released: 18 sept 2007
Genre: Jazz
Style: Swing
https://www.discogs.com/Johnny-Griffin-Lockjaw-Davis-In-Copenhagen/release/12935887

 

 

 

 

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