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Released
  
1958

The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Cookbook (1958)
  
Scottie (1958)

Release date
  
1958

Label
  
Original Jazz Classics

The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Cookbook (1958)
  
Jaws (1958)

Artist
  
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis

Producer
  
Esmond Edwards

Genre
  
Jazz

The Eddie

Recorded
  
June 20, 1958 Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack

The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Cookbook is an album by saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis with organist Shirley Scott and flautist Jerome Richardson recorded in 1958 for the Prestige label. The album was later issued as Vol. 1 when two subsequent "Cookbook" volumes were released.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 3½ stars and stated "The music on this 1958 date holds few surprises; it's meat and potatoes all the way, but it's made using the choicest ingredients".

Track listing

All compositions by Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis except as indicated

  1. "Have Horn, Will Blow" - 5:11
  2. "The Chef" - 5:59
  3. "But Beautiful" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 7:40
  4. "In the Kitchen" (Johnny Hodges) - 12:53
  5. "Three Deuces" - 4:58
  6. "Avalon" (Buddy DeSylva, Al Jolson, Vincent Rose) - 3:32 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

  • Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - tenor saxophone
  • Shirley Scott - organ
  • Jerome Richardson - flute (tracks 1-4), tenor saxophone (track 5)
  • George Duvivier - bass
  • Arthur Edgehill - drums
  • Songs

    1Have Horn - Will Blow5:16
    2The Chef6:01
    3But Beautiful7:44

    References

    The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Cookbook Wikipedia