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Released
  
1975

The Tenor Giants Featuring Oscar Peterson (1975)
  
Porgy and Bess (1975)

Producer
  
Norman Granz

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
50:15

Release date
  
1975

Label
  
Pablo Records

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Recorded
  
October 16, 1975 - October 10, 1975

Artists
  
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Oscar Peterson, Zoot Sims

Similar
  
Jaws, Jawbreakers, The Midnight, Smokin', Trackin'

The Tenor Giants Featuring Oscar Peterson is a 1975 (see 1975 in music) live album by the tenor saxophonists Zoot Sims and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, featuring the pianist Oscar Peterson.

Contents

Reception

Bill Holland, writing for Billboard, said "[w]alk up to a friend who likes...jazz", listed the personnel, then said "get ready for a major smile", and mentioned that "Davis plays Coleman Hawkins to Sims' Lester Young".

Ken Dryden's AllMusic review says that the album "was an inspired idea, because each of the two tenor saxophonists approach the instrument differently...highly recommended." He calls the rhythm section "a great one...providing plenty of fuel for the featured soloists."

Track listing

  1. "The Man I Love" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 10:42
  2. "My Old Flame" (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) – 2:49
  3. "Don't Worry 'bout Me" (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) – 3:11
  4. "There Will Never Be Another You" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 8:17
  5. "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You" (Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 5:32
  6. "Tangerine" (Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger) – 9:03
  7. "Out of Nowhere" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) – 7:32
  8. "Groovin' High" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 10:24

Performance

  • Zoot Sims – tenor saxophone
  • Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - tenor saxophone
  • Oscar Peterson – piano
  • Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen – double bass
  • Louie Bellson – drums
  • Production

  • Norman Granz - producer
  • Jamie Putnam - art direction
  • Ted Williams - photography
  • Deb Sibony - design
  • Songs

    1The Man I Love10:42
    2My Old Flame2:50
    3Don't Worry 'Bout Me3:12

    References

    The Tenor Giants Featuring Oscar Peterson Wikipedia