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Released
  
1962

Tough Tenor Favorites (1962)
  
Grab This! (1962)

Label
  
Cool Note

Tough Tenor Favorites (1962)
  
Jawbreakers (1962)

Release date
  
1962

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
February 5, 1962 New York City

Artists
  
Johnny Griffin, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis

Similar
  
The Midnight Show, Battle Stations, Tough Tenors Again 'n, The Late Show, The First Set

Tough Tenor Favorites is an album by saxophonists Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Johnny Griffin recorded in 1962 and released on the Jazzland label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 4 stars stating "Johnny Griffin and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, the two "tough tenors" in question, always made for an exciting team... The main winner in these fiery tenor "battles" is the listener".

Track listing

  1. "Bahia" (Ary Barroso)
  2. "Blue Lou" (Irving Mills, Edgar Sampson)
  3. "How Am I to Know?" (Jack King)
  4. "Ow!" (Dizzy Gillespie)
  5. "I Wished on the Moon" (Dorothy Parker, Ralph Rainger)
  6. "Tin Tin Deo" (Gil Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie, Chano Pozo)
  7. "From This Moment On" (Cole Porter)

Personnel

  • Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Johnny Griffin - tenor saxophone
  • Horace Parlan - piano
  • Buddy Catlett - bass
  • Ben Riley - drums

    • Songs

    1Bahia5:59
    2Blue Lou4:46
    3How Am I To Know5:00

    References

    Tough Tenor Favorites Wikipedia
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