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Smokin' (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis album)

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Released
  
1964

Release date
  
1964

Label
  
Compulsion

Length
  
35:04

Producer
  
Esmond Edwards

Genre
  
Jazz

Smokin' (Eddie

Recorded
  
September 12 and December 5, 1958 Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack

Smokin' (1958)
  
Blow Arnett, Blow (1959)

Smokin' (1958)
  
Scottie Plays the Duke (1959)

Artists
  
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Shirley Scott

Similar
  
Shirley Scott albums, Jazz albums

Smokin′ is an album by saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis with organist Shirley Scott recorded in 1958 for the Prestige label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states: "Together the group swings hard on basic originals, blues and an occasional ballad, showing why this type of accessible band was so popular during the era."

Track listing

All compositions by Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis except as indicated

  1. "Pots and Pans" - 6:13
  2. "It's a Blue World" (George Forrest, Robert Wright) - 6:04
  3. "Blue Lou" (Irving Mills, Edgar Sampson) - 5:13
  4. "Pennies from Heaven" (Johnny Burke, Arthur Johnston) - 3:27
  5. "High-Fly" (Randy Weston) - 5:28
  6. "Smoke This" - 5:01
  7. "Jaws" - 3:38

Personnel

  • Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - tenor saxophone
  • Shirley Scott - organ
  • Jerome Richardson - baritone saxophone (track 5), flute (track 6), tenor saxophone (track 7)
  • George Duvivier - bass
  • Arthur Edgehill - drums

    • Songs

    1High Fry6:16
    2Smoke This6:08
    3Pennies from Heaven5:17

    References

    Smokin' (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis album) Wikipedia
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