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Jawbreakers (album)

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Released
  
1962

Producer
  
Orrin Keepnews

Genre
  
Jazz

Release date
  
1962

Label
  
Universal Music LLC

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Recorded
  
April 18, 1962 New York City

Jawbreakers (1962)
  
Goin' to the Meeting (1962)

Jawbreakers (1962)
  
Ben and "Sweets" (1962)

Artists
  
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Harry "Sweets" Edison

Jazz albums
  
Jaws, Trackin', The Battle of Birdland, I Only Have Eyes for You, Bacalao

Jawbreakers is an album by saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and trumpeter Harry "Sweets" Edison recorded in 1962 and released on the Riverside label.

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Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars with the review by Scott Yanow stating, "Harry "Sweets" Edison and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis always made for a logical combination for both had immediately recognizable sounds and could say an awful lot with one note... Easily recommended to straightahead jazz fans as are the later Sweets-Lockjaw recordings".

Track listing

All compositions by Harry "Sweets" Edison except as indicated

  1. "Oo-Ee!" - 5:15
  2. "Broadway" (Billy Bird, Teddy McRae, Henri Woode) - 5:20
  3. "Jawbreakers" - 6:36
  4. "Four" (Miles Davis) - 3:36
  5. "Moolah" - 4:39
  6. "A Gal in Calico" (Leo Robin, Arthur Schwartz) - 4:43
  7. "I've Got a Crush on You" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 5:55
  8. "Close Your Eyes" (Bernice Petkere) - 5:34

Personnel

  • Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - tenor saxophone
  • Harry "Sweets" Edison - trumpet
  • Hugh Lawson - piano
  • Ike Isaacs - bass
  • Clarence Johnston - drums

    • Songs

    1OO-EE!5:14
    2Broadway5:19
    3Jawbreakers6:34

    References

    Jawbreakers (album) Wikipedia
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