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Released
  
1960

Tough Tenors(1960)
  
Griff & Lock(1960)

Producer
  
Genre
  
Tough Tenors(1960)
  
Griff & Lock(1960)

Release date
  
1960

Label
  
MPS Records


Recorded
  
November 4 & 10, 1960Plaza Sound Studios, New York City

Artists
  
Johnny Griffin, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis

Similar
  
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis albums, Jazz albums

The johnny griffin and eddie lockjaw davis quintet tough tenors full album


Tough Tenors is an album by saxophonists Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Johnny Griffin recorded in 1960 and released on the Jazzland label.

Contents

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Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 4 stars stating, "Tough Tenors is one of the many amazing jazz recordings from 1960, and will please saxophone fans, Davis/Griffin fans, and anyone who enjoys classic hard bop."

Track listing

  1. "Tickle Toe" (Lester Young) - 5:30
  2. "Save Your Love for Me" (Buddy Johnson) - 7:09
  3. "Twins" (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Johnny Griffin) - 6:35
  4. "Funky Fluke" (Bennie Green) - 9:16
  5. "Imagination" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 4:29
  6. "Soft Winds" (Benny Goodman, Fletcher Henderson) - 7:17

Personnel

  • Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Johnny Griffin - tenor saxophone
  • Junior Mance - piano
  • Larry Gales - bass
  • Ben Riley - drums
  • Songs

    1Again 'n' Again3:25
    2Tin Tin Deo10:02
    3If I Had You4:17

    References

    Tough Tenors Wikipedia


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