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Bacalao (album)

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Released
  
August 1960

Length
  
43:26

Producer
  
Esmond Edwards

Recorded
  
December 20, 1959

Release date
  
1960

Genre
  
Jazz

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Studio
  
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

Bacalao(1959)
  
Person to Person(1960)

Bacalao(1959)
  
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis with Shirley Scott(1960)

Artists
  
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Shirley Scott, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Shirley Scott

Label
  
Marathon Media International Ltd.

Similar
  
Shirley Scott albums, Jazz albums

Bacalao is an album by saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis with organist Shirley Scott recorded in 1959 for the Prestige label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review states, "Organ combo soul-jazz was still new and fresh in 1959, and Scott was helping Davis find new ways to interpret very familiar melodies. Although not quite essential, Bacalao is a rewarding example of Davis' ability to thrive in an organ/tenor setting".

Track listing

  1. "Last Train From Overbrook" (James Moody) – 5:07
  2. "Sometimes I'm Happy" (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar) – 6:23
  3. "That Old Black Magic" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 5:02
  4. "Fast Spiral" (Davis) – 4:35
  5. "Dobbin' with Redd Foxx" (Moody) – 5:29
  6. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Arlen, Mercer) – 4:54
  7. "Dansero" (Lee Daniels, Richard Hayman, Sol Parker) – 5:33
  8. "When Your Lover Has Gone" (Einar Aaron Swan) – 6:23

Personnel

  • Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis – tenor saxophone
  • Shirley Scott – organ
  • George Duvivier – bass
  • Arthur Edgehill – drums
  • Ray Barretto – bongos
  • Luis Perez – bongos, congas

    • Songs

    1Last Train From Overbrook5:05
    2Sometimes I'm Happy6:21
    3That Old Black Magic5:02

    References

    Bacalao (album) Wikipedia
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